Final Destination (film series)
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The Final Destination series is a series of horror
films based on an unproduced script written by Jeffrey Reddick
for the X-Files
television series. Distributed by New Line Cinema
, all five films are centered on the themes of fatalism
, predestination
, and precognition
, in relation to death
(i.e. how to foresee, avoid or control it). In a less abstract sense, each film features a group of people dying in a series of elaborate, invariably fatal and often gory scenarios that frequently resemble Rube Goldberg machine
s in their complexity.
The series is noteworthy amongst others in the horror genre in that the "villain" of the movies is not the stereotypical slashers, monsters, creatures, beasts, ghosts, or demons. It is the entity Death
itself (very occasionally 'seen' as a fleeting shadow), which manipulates the environment in deadly ways with the intent of "recapturing" those who somehow manage (usually through warning premonitions) to escape their fates for the first time. The franchise has also spawned a related book series (published by Black Flame
) and comic series (published by Zenescope Entertainment Inc).
) is going on his high school trip to Paris
along with his fellow students and teachers. Before the take-off, Alex has a premonition that the flight will explode on takeoff, killing everyone on board. When events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, he attempts to stop the flight leading to a handful of passengers being left behind including Clear Rivers (Ali Larter
), Carter Horton (Kerr Smith
), Billy Hitchcock (Seann William Scott
), Valerie Lewton (Kristen Cloke
), Terri Chaney (Amanda Detmer
), and Tod Waggner (Chad Donella
). After Alex and his friends are forced off the plane, the airliner explodes in mid-air, killing everyone left on it. When Tod dies in a bizarre accident only a month later, Alex begins to suspect that they were never meant to get off the plane that night. As the survivors begin to die one-by-one, those that remain struggle to find a way to cheat Death's plan. Five months later, Alex, Clear, and Carter are relaxing in Paris having believed they've finally beaten Death. However, Carter is killed as he attempts to rescue Alex from a falling neon sign.
) has a premonition of a pile-up
on Route 23, killing everyone involved. She stalls her SUV on the entrance ramp with her three best friends Shaina, Dano, and Frankie (Sarah Carter
, Alex Rae, and Shaun Sipos
). This stops police officer Thomas Burke (Michael Landes
), Eugene Dix (T.C. Carson
), Rory Peters (Jonathan Cherry), Kat Jennings (Keegan Connor Tracy
), Nora and Tim Carpenter (Lynda Boyd
and James Kirk
), Evan Lewis (David Paetkau
), and pregnant
Isabella Hudson (Justina Machado
) from entering the freeway. While Officer Burke questions Kimberly about the inconvenience, her vision becomes a reality and an 18-wheeler truck carrying cars crashes into Kimberly's SUV, killing Shaina, Dano, and Frankie. In the days following the accident, Kimberly learns of the crash of Flight 180 and teams with only survivor, Clear, to try to save a new group of people from Death's plan. This time, the survivors are warned that only "new life" can stop Death and are killed one-by-one as they attempt to protect Isabella as her delivery date draws closer. It is revealed that Isabella was never meant to die and Kimberly drowns herself into the lake so that she may be granted "new life" after being resuscitated by emergency staff. The film ends with Kimberly and Officer Burke witnessing the death of a young boy saved by Rory during the course of the film, revealing that Death's plan is still in action.
), the school photographer at McKinley High School, visits an amusement park along with her friends Kevin Fischer (Ryan Merriman
), Jason Wise (Jesse Moss
), and Carrie Dreyer (Gina Holden
). As Wendy and her friends board the Devil's Flight roller coaster, she has a premonition that it will crash, killing everyone on board. Wendy panics and manages to get off the roller coaster along with Kevin, Wendy's younger sister Julie (Amanda Crew
), Ian McKinley (Kris Lemche
), Perry Malinowski (Maggie Ma
), Erin Ulmer (Alexz Johnson
), Lewis Romero (Texas Battle
), Frankie Cheeks (Sam Easton
), and Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin (Chelan Simmons
and Crystal Lowe
). Minutes later, the disaster occurs as Jason and Carrie are brutally killed. A few days after the disaster, Kevin told Wendy about the crash of Flight 180 from the first film, and claims that the people who got off of the roller coaster will start dying in the same order they were meant to die in, just as Alex and his friends did. Once again, survivors die in a series of strange accidents, but Wendy, Kevin, and Julie come to believe they've avoided their own fates after Ian killed himself. Their attempts to survive later prove fruitless when all three cross paths five months later and die in a bizarre subway accident.
) has a premonition in which multiple race cars pile-up at the McKinley Speedway, killing his friends and causing a sharp metal pole to impale him through the chest. Nick immediately persuades his friends Lori Milligan (Shantel VanSanten
), Janet Cunningham (Haley Webb
), and Hunt Wynorski (Nick Zano
), security agent George Lanter (Mykelti Williamson
), and spectators Andy Kewzer (Andrew Fiscella
), Samantha Lane (Krista Allen
), Carter Daniels (Justin Welborn
), and Nadia Monroy (Stephanie Honoré
) to leave the stadium, escaping seconds before Nick's vision becomes a reality then, Nadia dies after a flying tire shoots at her. When Nick hears of the deaths of some of the survivors, he learns about the previous disasters from the first three films and realizes that Death is coming for them. Once again, the survivors are killed in a series of bizarre accidents except Janet, who is saved just moments before her death thanks to Nick's visions. This leads other survivors to believe they have beaten Death, until Nick has a vision of a disastrous explosion at a mall. Although Nick manages to stop this disaster as well, the film ends when he, Lori, and Janet are killed by a runaway semi in the cafe.
) has a premonition about the bridge he is on collapsing. As the vision becomes reality, Sam manages to save himself and his friends Molly Harper (Emma Bell
), Candice Hooper (Ellen Wroe), Peter Friedkin (Miles Fisher
), Isaac Palmer (P. J. Byrne
), Nathan Sears (Arlen Escarpeta
), Dennis Lapman (David Koechner
), and Olivia Castle (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
). After Candice and Issac die in bizarre accidents, Sam is warned of Death's plans and told that his only means of survival is to kill somebody else and claim his remaining lifespan. Dennis and Olivia are killed before having a chance to save themselves, but Nathan successfully claims the lifespan of a co-worker when he accidentally causes his death in a warehouse accident. Peter decides to target Molly, jealous that she survived instead of his girlfriend, Candice. Peter eventually gains the lifespan of an investigating agent, but is killed by Sam while attacking Molly. Two weeks later, while on their way to Paris for their job apprenticeship, Sam and Molly are boarding Flight 180, where they heard of Alex's visions from the first film and are too late to leave the plane and later killed in the resulting accident. Nathan, who is in a nearby restaurant, learns that the construction worker he accidentally killed had a brain tumor that was likely to fatally erupt "any day, now" and is immediately killed by the landing gear as it falls from the plane.
that if Final Destination 5 is a success at the box office, then two sequels would be filmed back-to-back
.
, Mexico
. The miniseries was later released in a trade paperback collection, which included the Sacrifice comic as bonus content.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
films based on an unproduced script written by Jeffrey Reddick
Jeffrey Reddick
Jeffrey Reddick is an American screenwriter best known for creating The Final Destination series. He also wrote the horror film Tamara and the remake of Day of the Dead. Raised in Jackson, Kentucky, he graduated Breathitt County High School in 1987 and attended Berea College...
for the X-Files
The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...
television series. Distributed by New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...
, all five films are centered on the themes of fatalism
Fatalism
Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all events or actions to fate.Fatalism generally refers to several of the following ideas:...
, predestination
Predestination
Predestination, in theology is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God. John Calvin interpreted biblical predestination to mean that God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others...
, and precognition
Precognition
In parapsychology, precognition , also called future sight, and second sight, is a type of extrasensory perception that would involve the acquisition or effect of future information that cannot be deduced from presently available and normally acquired sense-based information or laws of physics...
, in relation to death
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
(i.e. how to foresee, avoid or control it). In a less abstract sense, each film features a group of people dying in a series of elaborate, invariably fatal and often gory scenarios that frequently resemble Rube Goldberg machine
Rube Goldberg machine
A Rube Goldberg machine, contraption, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction...
s in their complexity.
The series is noteworthy amongst others in the horror genre in that the "villain" of the movies is not the stereotypical slashers, monsters, creatures, beasts, ghosts, or demons. It is the entity Death
Death (personification)
The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood...
itself (very occasionally 'seen' as a fleeting shadow), which manipulates the environment in deadly ways with the intent of "recapturing" those who somehow manage (usually through warning premonitions) to escape their fates for the first time. The franchise has also spawned a related book series (published by Black Flame
Black Flame
Black Flame was an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop and a sister imprint to the Black Library and Solaris Books. Black Flame was devoted to publishing cult fiction in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror...
) and comic series (published by Zenescope Entertainment Inc).
Final Destination (2000)
In 2000, Alex Browning (Devon SawaDevon Sawa
Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian actor. Although he appears in independent films, he is best known for portraying the part of Alex Browning in the 1999 movie Final Destination...
) is going on his high school trip to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
along with his fellow students and teachers. Before the take-off, Alex has a premonition that the flight will explode on takeoff, killing everyone on board. When events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, he attempts to stop the flight leading to a handful of passengers being left behind including Clear Rivers (Ali Larter
Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
), Carter Horton (Kerr Smith
Kerr Smith
Kerr Van Cleve Smith is an American actor best known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series Dawson's Creek, Kyle Brody in The WB's, supernatural drama, Charmed and more recently Axel Palmer in My Bloody Valentine 3D...
), Billy Hitchcock (Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series...
), Valerie Lewton (Kristen Cloke
Kristen Cloke
Kristen Ann Cloke is an American actress.-Personal life:Cloke was born in Van Nuys, California and attended California State University, Northridge. She is associate artistic director of The Alliance Repertory Company in Burbank, California, where she writes, produces and directs. She is married...
), Terri Chaney (Amanda Detmer
Amanda Detmer
Amanda Jeannette Detmer is an American actress who has appeared in various films and television shows.-Life and career:...
), and Tod Waggner (Chad Donella
Chad Donella
Chad E. Donella is a Canadian actor who has appeared in several movies and television shows.-Life and career:He attended the Arts York Drama Program, in which he participated in such plays as Oedipus Rex, Waiting for Godot, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. He has performed at Toronto's...
). After Alex and his friends are forced off the plane, the airliner explodes in mid-air, killing everyone left on it. When Tod dies in a bizarre accident only a month later, Alex begins to suspect that they were never meant to get off the plane that night. As the survivors begin to die one-by-one, those that remain struggle to find a way to cheat Death's plan. Five months later, Alex, Clear, and Carter are relaxing in Paris having believed they've finally beaten Death. However, Carter is killed as he attempts to rescue Alex from a falling neon sign.
Final Destination 2 (2003)
One year after the explosion of Flight 180, Kimberly "Kim" Corman (A. J. CookA. J. Cook (actress)
Andrea Joy "A.J." Cook-Andersen is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds...
) has a premonition of a pile-up
Multiple-vehicle collision
A multi-vehicle collision is a road traffic accident involving many vehicles. Generally occurring on high capacity and high speed routes such as freeways, they are one of the deadliest forms of traffic accidents...
on Route 23, killing everyone involved. She stalls her SUV on the entrance ramp with her three best friends Shaina, Dano, and Frankie (Sarah Carter
Sarah Carter
Sarah Carter is a Canadian actress, best known for her role in the TNT drama Falling Skies.-Biography:Carter was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She attended Balmoral Hall School where she was a dedicated dancer and took part in various school plays including ‘’The Wizard...
, Alex Rae, and Shaun Sipos
Shaun Sipos
Shaun Sipos is a Canadian actor. Sipos is perhaps best known for playing David Breck on The CW series Melrose Place.-Career:...
). This stops police officer Thomas Burke (Michael Landes
Michael Landes
Michael Christopher Landes is an American actor. He is known for his roles of Jimmy Olsen in the first season of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Detective Nicholas O'Malley in Special Unit 2, Officer Thomas Burke in Final Destination 2, and David Conlon in The Wedding Bells.-Lois...
), Eugene Dix (T.C. Carson
Terrence C. Carson
Terrence C. Carson is an American singer and stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single and Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the voice double for Samuel L. Jackson. He is also well known for voicing Kratos in the God of War series...
), Rory Peters (Jonathan Cherry), Kat Jennings (Keegan Connor Tracy
Keegan Connor Tracy
Keegan Connor Tracy is a Canadian actress known for her roles as the ill-fated Kat Jennings in Final Destination 2 and Dawn/Molly in Blackwoods .She was born in Sarnia, Ontario...
), Nora and Tim Carpenter (Lynda Boyd
Lynda Boyd
Lynda Boyd is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, musician, and writer. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Hollywood films Final Destination 2 , An Unfinished Life , She's the Man , and On Thin Ice, with Diane Keaton...
and James Kirk
James Kirk (actor)
James Nichol Kirk is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role of Sebastian in She's the Man.-Filmography and Theatre work:-External links:*...
), Evan Lewis (David Paetkau
David Paetkau
David E. Paetkau is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Evan Lewis in Final Destination 2 , Beck McKaye in Whistler , and Sam Braddock in the CTV television series Flashpoint ....
), and pregnant
Pregnancy
Pregnancy refers to the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, in a woman's uterus. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets...
Isabella Hudson (Justina Machado
Justina Machado
Justina Machado is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vanessa Diaz in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under.-Early life:...
) from entering the freeway. While Officer Burke questions Kimberly about the inconvenience, her vision becomes a reality and an 18-wheeler truck carrying cars crashes into Kimberly's SUV, killing Shaina, Dano, and Frankie. In the days following the accident, Kimberly learns of the crash of Flight 180 and teams with only survivor, Clear, to try to save a new group of people from Death's plan. This time, the survivors are warned that only "new life" can stop Death and are killed one-by-one as they attempt to protect Isabella as her delivery date draws closer. It is revealed that Isabella was never meant to die and Kimberly drowns herself into the lake so that she may be granted "new life" after being resuscitated by emergency staff. The film ends with Kimberly and Officer Burke witnessing the death of a young boy saved by Rory during the course of the film, revealing that Death's plan is still in action.
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Six years after the explosion of Flight 180, Wendy Christensen (Mary Elizabeth WinsteadMary Elizabeth Winstead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress. She is best known for her scream queen roles in the horror films Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, Death Proof, and The Thing...
), the school photographer at McKinley High School, visits an amusement park along with her friends Kevin Fischer (Ryan Merriman
Ryan Merriman
Ryan Earl Merriman is an American actor. He began his acting career as a child actor during the mid-1990s and has appeared in several feature films and television shows.-Background:...
), Jason Wise (Jesse Moss
Jesse Moss
-Life and career:Moss was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his roles of Jason Wise in Final Destination 3 and Quinn McKaye on Whistler, for which Moss won a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series in 2007. Moss starred in the Dear Mr...
), and Carrie Dreyer (Gina Holden
Gina Holden
- Early life :Holden was born in the small town of Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, and moved often while growing up. With every move, Holden would join whatever community group she could so she could follow her passion for acting. At fifteen, she was signed to a modeling contract and moved to...
). As Wendy and her friends board the Devil's Flight roller coaster, she has a premonition that it will crash, killing everyone on board. Wendy panics and manages to get off the roller coaster along with Kevin, Wendy's younger sister Julie (Amanda Crew
Amanda Crew
Amanda Crew is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her work on the television series 15/Love and Whistler, and in the feature-length films Final Destination 3, Sex Drive, The Haunting in Connecticut, and Charlie St. Cloud.-Early life:Crew was born in Langley, British...
), Ian McKinley (Kris Lemche
Kris Lemche
-Early life:Lemche was born in Brampton, Ontario to a schoolteacher mother and a father who was the proprietor of a heating business. Lemche attended the Mayfield School of Arts...
), Perry Malinowski (Maggie Ma
Maggie Ma
Maggie Ma is a Chinese-Canadian film actress. She is best known for playing the role of Perry in Final Destination 3.-Trivia:...
), Erin Ulmer (Alexz Johnson
Alexz Johnson
Alexzandra Spencer "Alexz" Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Her debut album Voodoo was independently released on March 30, 2010....
), Lewis Romero (Texas Battle
Texas Battle
Texas Quency Battle is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Marcus Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.-Early life:...
), Frankie Cheeks (Sam Easton
Sam Easton
Sam Easton is a Canadian actor. He was nominated for the Tim Sims Award in 2000.-Filmography:*That One Night *Decoys 2: Alien Seduction *Final Destination 3 *Puck This...
), and Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin (Chelan Simmons
Chelan Simmons
Chelan Simmons is a Canadian actress, professional model and performer.-Early life:Simmons was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the middle child of three .-Career:...
and Crystal Lowe
Crystal Lowe
Crystal Lowe is a Canadian-born actress best known for her scream queen roles in the horror films Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.-Early life:...
). Minutes later, the disaster occurs as Jason and Carrie are brutally killed. A few days after the disaster, Kevin told Wendy about the crash of Flight 180 from the first film, and claims that the people who got off of the roller coaster will start dying in the same order they were meant to die in, just as Alex and his friends did. Once again, survivors die in a series of strange accidents, but Wendy, Kevin, and Julie come to believe they've avoided their own fates after Ian killed himself. Their attempts to survive later prove fruitless when all three cross paths five months later and die in a bizarre subway accident.
The Final Destination (2009)
Nine years after the explosion of Flight 180, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby CampoBobby Campo
Robert Joseph "Bobby" Camposecco is an American actor. Known for his appearances in CSI: Miami, Mental, Legally Blondes and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, he is also known for his most successful main role in the 2009 horror film The Final Destination.-Biography:Campo was born in Wheeling,...
) has a premonition in which multiple race cars pile-up at the McKinley Speedway, killing his friends and causing a sharp metal pole to impale him through the chest. Nick immediately persuades his friends Lori Milligan (Shantel VanSanten
Shantel VanSanten
Shantel Yvonne VanSanten is an American actress and model. She currently stars in the CW television series One Tree Hill where she portrays Quinn James On film, she stars in You and I, Something Wicked, and The Final Destination...
), Janet Cunningham (Haley Webb
Haley Webb
Haley Vianne Webb is an American actress.-Biography:Haley was born in Fairfax, Virginia and grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia. She is the granddaughter of Vianne Bryant Webb....
), and Hunt Wynorski (Nick Zano
Nick Zano
Nick Zano is an American actor and producer. He is best known for having played Vince in The WB's sitcom What I Like About You...
), security agent George Lanter (Mykelti Williamson
Mykelti Williamson
Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for...
), and spectators Andy Kewzer (Andrew Fiscella
Andrew Fiscella
Andrew "Andy" Fiscella is an American actor most notably known for his roles in the film Quarantine and The Final Destination. He also appeared in Ice Cube's music video "Why We Thugs".- Filmography :- Television :...
), Samantha Lane (Krista Allen
Krista Allen
Krista Allen is an American actress. She is best known for her work in the television series Days of Our Lives, Baywatch Hawaii, and What About Brian; and in the Hollywood films Liar Liar, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and The Final Destination...
), Carter Daniels (Justin Welborn
Justin Welborn
Justin Welborn is an actor and singer best known for his roles in the films The Signal, Dance of the Dead, and The Final Destination.- Filmography :- Television :- Video :*2008 - MGS: Acquiescence - Stunt...
), and Nadia Monroy (Stephanie Honoré
Stephanie Honoré
Stephanie Honoré Sanchez is an American actress best known for her roles in the horror films The Final Destination and Mirrors 2.-Filmography:-External links:...
) to leave the stadium, escaping seconds before Nick's vision becomes a reality then, Nadia dies after a flying tire shoots at her. When Nick hears of the deaths of some of the survivors, he learns about the previous disasters from the first three films and realizes that Death is coming for them. Once again, the survivors are killed in a series of bizarre accidents except Janet, who is saved just moments before her death thanks to Nick's visions. This leads other survivors to believe they have beaten Death, until Nick has a vision of a disastrous explosion at a mall. Although Nick manages to stop this disaster as well, the film ends when he, Lori, and Janet are killed by a runaway semi in the cafe.
Final Destination 5 (2011)
On his business trip with his employees at Presage Paper, Sam Lawton (Nicholas D'AgostoNicholas D'Agosto
- Early life :D'Agosto was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Deanna Rae and Alen D'Agosto, who own several Arby's in Omaha. His father is Italian and his mother is of Dutch and English descent. He was raised Catholic and selected Genesius of Rome, the patron saint of actors, as his confirmation...
) has a premonition about the bridge he is on collapsing. As the vision becomes reality, Sam manages to save himself and his friends Molly Harper (Emma Bell
Emma Bell
Emma Jean Bell is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Parker O'Neil, one of the main characters in the 2010 film Frozen, and as Amy in The Walking Dead. Bell played the female lead in the thriller-horror film Final Destination 5...
), Candice Hooper (Ellen Wroe), Peter Friedkin (Miles Fisher
Miles Fisher
Miles Fisher is an American film and television actor and musician. Born as James Leslie Miles Fisher, he was raised in Dallas, Texas until his family moved to Washington, D.C. He was educated at the St. Albans School in Washington, D.C...
), Isaac Palmer (P. J. Byrne
P. J. Byrne
Paul Jeffrey "P. J." Byrne is an American television actor, most known for his recurring role of Irv Smiff Sachs on the sitcom The Game....
), Nathan Sears (Arlen Escarpeta
Arlen Escarpeta
Arlen Alexander Escarpeta is a Belizean actor. He is best known for his roles as Lawrence in the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th and as Mike in the 2010 drama Brotherhood...
), Dennis Lapman (David Koechner
David Koechner
David Michael Koechner is an American comedian, musician, and character actor. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest...
), and Olivia Castle (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is a Canadian actress perhaps best known for her role as Steffy Forrester on the long-running American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is also known for her role in the Disney XD television movie Skyrunners and appeared in Horror film Final Destination 5...
). After Candice and Issac die in bizarre accidents, Sam is warned of Death's plans and told that his only means of survival is to kill somebody else and claim his remaining lifespan. Dennis and Olivia are killed before having a chance to save themselves, but Nathan successfully claims the lifespan of a co-worker when he accidentally causes his death in a warehouse accident. Peter decides to target Molly, jealous that she survived instead of his girlfriend, Candice. Peter eventually gains the lifespan of an investigating agent, but is killed by Sam while attacking Molly. Two weeks later, while on their way to Paris for their job apprenticeship, Sam and Molly are boarding Flight 180, where they heard of Alex's visions from the first film and are too late to leave the plane and later killed in the resulting accident. Nathan, who is in a nearby restaurant, learns that the construction worker he accidentally killed had a brain tumor that was likely to fatally erupt "any day, now" and is immediately killed by the landing gear as it falls from the plane.
Future
On February 1, 2011, Tony Todd said in an interview with DreadCentralCraveOnline
CraveOnline is a male lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company AtomicOnline, the publishing division of Evolve Media Corp.- History :...
that if Final Destination 5 is a success at the box office, then two sequels would be filmed back-to-back
Back to back film production
Filming sequels "back to back" refers to the practice of filming two or more movies as one production, reducing costs and time.Trilogies are common in the film industry, particularly in the science fiction, fantasy and adventure genres...
.
Cast
List indicator(s)
- (v) indicates the actor or actress lent only his or her voice for his or her film character
- (f) indicates the actor or actress did not appear in any new footage for the film; footage from an earlier film was used.
- (photo) indicates the actor or actress appeared in a photography for the film.
- (s) indicates that the actor did not appear, but a CGI skeleton represented that character and their mode of death.
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
| Character | Film | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Destination Final Destination Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd... (2000) |
Final Destination 2 Final Destination 2 Final Destination 2 is a 2003 supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2000 film Final Destination and was directed by David R. Ellis. It was written by Jeffrey Reddick, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. The film stars Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes and Tony Todd... (2003) |
Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 is a 2006 supernatural slasher film, and the third film in the Final Destination series. The film was directed and written by James Wong, who co-wrote and directed the first film, and was produced by Craig Perry. It was released in North America on February 10, 2006... (2006) |
The Final Destination (2009) |
Final Destination 5 Final Destination 5 Final Destination 5 is a 2011 supernatural horror film written by Eric Heisserer and directed by Steven Quale. It is the fifth installment in the Final Destination film franchise and stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd .The motion... (2011) |
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| William Bludworth William Bludworth William Bludworth is a fictional character the the Final Destination film series, portrayed by Tony Todd in Final Destination, Final Destination 2, and Final Destination 5... |
Tony Todd Tony Todd Anthony T. "Tony" Todd is an American actor and movie producer, known for his height of 6'5", and deep voice. He is well known for playing the Candyman in the horror movie franchise of the same name, William Bludworth in Final Destination and for guest starring roles on numerous television... |
Tony Todd (v) | Tony Todd | |||
| Alex Browning | Devon Sawa Devon Sawa Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian actor. Although he appears in independent films, he is best known for portraying the part of Alex Browning in the 1999 movie Final Destination... |
Devon Sawa (photo) | Devon Sawa (f) | |||
| Clear Rivers Clear Rivers Clear Marie Rivers is the fictional character in the Final Destination film series, portrayed by Ali Larter. Clear serves as the main deuteragonist in both Final Destination and Final Destination 2. A senior at Mt. Abraham High School, Clear is one of the students aboard Volée Airlines Flight 180... |
Ali Larter Ali Larter Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film... |
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| Carter Horton | Kerr Smith Kerr Smith Kerr Van Cleve Smith is an American actor best known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series Dawson's Creek, Kyle Brody in The WB's, supernatural drama, Charmed and more recently Axel Palmer in My Bloody Valentine 3D... |
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| Billy Hitchcock | Seann William Scott Seann William Scott Seann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series... |
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| Valerie Lewton | Kristen Cloke Kristen Cloke Kristen Ann Cloke is an American actress.-Personal life:Cloke was born in Van Nuys, California and attended California State University, Northridge. She is associate artistic director of The Alliance Repertory Company in Burbank, California, where she writes, produces and directs. She is married... |
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| Terry Chaney | Amanda Detmer Amanda Detmer Amanda Jeannette Detmer is an American actress who has appeared in various films and television shows.-Life and career:... |
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| Tod Waggner | Chad Donella Chad Donella Chad E. Donella is a Canadian actor who has appeared in several movies and television shows.-Life and career:He attended the Arts York Drama Program, in which he participated in such plays as Oedipus Rex, Waiting for Godot, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. He has performed at Toronto's... |
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| Kimberly Corman | A. J. Cook A. J. Cook (actress) Andrea Joy "A.J." Cook-Andersen is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds... |
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| Thomas Burke | Michael Landes Michael Landes Michael Christopher Landes is an American actor. He is known for his roles of Jimmy Olsen in the first season of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Detective Nicholas O'Malley in Special Unit 2, Officer Thomas Burke in Final Destination 2, and David Conlon in The Wedding Bells.-Lois... |
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| Rory Peters | Jonathan Cherry Jonathan Cherry Jonathan Cherry is a Canadian actor known for playing Rory Peters in Final Destination 2 and also had a lead role in the video game film adaption House of the Dead. All his training was done at Thornlea Drama Classes. In addition, he was also in a low budget movie called Marker and a few CSI... |
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| Kat Jennings | Keegan Connor Tracy Keegan Connor Tracy Keegan Connor Tracy is a Canadian actress known for her roles as the ill-fated Kat Jennings in Final Destination 2 and Dawn/Molly in Blackwoods .She was born in Sarnia, Ontario... |
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| Nora Carpenter | Lynda Boyd Lynda Boyd Lynda Boyd is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, musician, and writer. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Hollywood films Final Destination 2 , An Unfinished Life , She's the Man , and On Thin Ice, with Diane Keaton... |
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| Tim Carpenter | James Kirk James Kirk (actor) James Nichol Kirk is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role of Sebastian in She's the Man.-Filmography and Theatre work:-External links:*... |
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| Evan Lewis | David Paetkau David Paetkau David E. Paetkau is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Evan Lewis in Final Destination 2 , Beck McKaye in Whistler , and Sam Braddock in the CTV television series Flashpoint .... |
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| Wendy Christensen | Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress. She is best known for her scream queen roles in the horror films Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, Death Proof, and The Thing... |
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| Kevin Fischer | Ryan Merriman Ryan Merriman Ryan Earl Merriman is an American actor. He began his acting career as a child actor during the mid-1990s and has appeared in several feature films and television shows.-Background:... |
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| Julie Christensen | Amanda Crew Amanda Crew Amanda Crew is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her work on the television series 15/Love and Whistler, and in the feature-length films Final Destination 3, Sex Drive, The Haunting in Connecticut, and Charlie St. Cloud.-Early life:Crew was born in Langley, British... |
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| Ian McKinley | Kris Lemche Kris Lemche -Early life:Lemche was born in Brampton, Ontario to a schoolteacher mother and a father who was the proprietor of a heating business. Lemche attended the Mayfield School of Arts... |
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| Perry Malinowski | Maggie Ma Maggie Ma Maggie Ma is a Chinese-Canadian film actress. She is best known for playing the role of Perry in Final Destination 3.-Trivia:... |
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| Erin Ulmer | Alexz Johnson Alexz Johnson Alexzandra Spencer "Alexz" Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Her debut album Voodoo was independently released on March 30, 2010.... |
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| Lewis Romero | Texas Battle Texas Battle Texas Quency Battle is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Marcus Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.-Early life:... |
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| Franklin Cheeks | Sam Easton Sam Easton Sam Easton is a Canadian actor. He was nominated for the Tim Sims Award in 2000.-Filmography:*That One Night *Decoys 2: Alien Seduction *Final Destination 3 *Puck This... |
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| Ashley Fruend | Chelan Simmons Chelan Simmons Chelan Simmons is a Canadian actress, professional model and performer.-Early life:Simmons was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the middle child of three .-Career:... |
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| Ashlyn Halperin | Crystal Lowe Crystal Lowe Crystal Lowe is a Canadian-born actress best known for her scream queen roles in the horror films Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.-Early life:... |
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| Nick O'Bannon | Bobby Campo Bobby Campo Robert Joseph "Bobby" Camposecco is an American actor. Known for his appearances in CSI: Miami, Mental, Legally Blondes and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, he is also known for his most successful main role in the 2009 horror film The Final Destination.-Biography:Campo was born in Wheeling,... |
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| Lori Milligan | Shantel VanSanten Shantel VanSanten Shantel Yvonne VanSanten is an American actress and model. She currently stars in the CW television series One Tree Hill where she portrays Quinn James On film, she stars in You and I, Something Wicked, and The Final Destination... |
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| Janet Cunningham | Haley Webb Haley Webb Haley Vianne Webb is an American actress.-Biography:Haley was born in Fairfax, Virginia and grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia. She is the granddaughter of Vianne Bryant Webb.... |
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| Hunt Wynorski | Nick Zano Nick Zano Nick Zano is an American actor and producer. He is best known for having played Vince in The WB's sitcom What I Like About You... |
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| George Lanter | Mykelti Williamson Mykelti Williamson Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for... |
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| Andy Kewzer | Andrew Fiscella Andrew Fiscella Andrew "Andy" Fiscella is an American actor most notably known for his roles in the film Quarantine and The Final Destination. He also appeared in Ice Cube's music video "Why We Thugs".- Filmography :- Television :... |
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| Samantha Lane | Krista Allen Krista Allen Krista Allen is an American actress. She is best known for her work in the television series Days of Our Lives, Baywatch Hawaii, and What About Brian; and in the Hollywood films Liar Liar, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and The Final Destination... |
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| Carter Daniels | Justin Welborn Justin Welborn Justin Welborn is an actor and singer best known for his roles in the films The Signal, Dance of the Dead, and The Final Destination.- Filmography :- Television :- Video :*2008 - MGS: Acquiescence - Stunt... |
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| Nadia Monroy | Stephanie Honoré Stephanie Honoré Stephanie Honoré Sanchez is an American actress best known for her roles in the horror films The Final Destination and Mirrors 2.-Filmography:-External links:... |
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| Cynthia Daniels | Lara Grice | |||||
| Sam Lawton | Nicholas D'Agosto Nicholas D'Agosto - Early life :D'Agosto was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Deanna Rae and Alen D'Agosto, who own several Arby's in Omaha. His father is Italian and his mother is of Dutch and English descent. He was raised Catholic and selected Genesius of Rome, the patron saint of actors, as his confirmation... |
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| Molly Harper | Emma Bell Emma Bell Emma Jean Bell is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Parker O'Neil, one of the main characters in the 2010 film Frozen, and as Amy in The Walking Dead. Bell played the female lead in the thriller-horror film Final Destination 5... |
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| Peter Friedkin | Miles Fisher Miles Fisher Miles Fisher is an American film and television actor and musician. Born as James Leslie Miles Fisher, he was raised in Dallas, Texas until his family moved to Washington, D.C. He was educated at the St. Albans School in Washington, D.C... |
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| Agent Block | Courtney B. Vance Courtney B. Vance Courtney Bernard Vance is an American actor. He was formerly a regular on the NBC/USA television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver. He was also a series regular on the ABC series FlashForward. As of 2011, he appears on the TNT series The Closer as Chief... |
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| Nathan Sears | Arlen Escarpeta Arlen Escarpeta Arlen Alexander Escarpeta is a Belizean actor. He is best known for his roles as Lawrence in the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th and as Mike in the 2010 drama Brotherhood... |
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| Dennis Lapman | David Koechner David Koechner David Michael Koechner is an American comedian, musician, and character actor. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest... |
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| Olivia Castle | Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is a Canadian actress perhaps best known for her role as Steffy Forrester on the long-running American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is also known for her role in the Disney XD television movie Skyrunners and appeared in Horror film Final Destination 5... |
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| Isaac Palmer | P. J. Byrne P. J. Byrne Paul Jeffrey "P. J." Byrne is an American television actor, most known for his recurring role of Irv Smiff Sachs on the sitcom The Game.... |
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Comic books
The first Final Destination comic book, entitled Sacrifice, was published by Zenescope Entertainment and came packaged with a limited edition DVD of Final Destination 3 sold exclusively at Circuit City. The premise of the story involves the survivor of a terrible accident, who continually experiences images of other people's deaths, isolating himself from the rest of the world to escape the visions that torment him. Zenescope later released a five issue miniseries, subtitled Spring Break, which involves a group led by Carly Hagan being stalked by Death after surviving a hotel fire and becoming stranded in CancúnCancún
Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The miniseries was later released in a trade paperback collection, which included the Sacrifice comic as bonus content.
Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Box office revenue | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | |||
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| United States | Foreign | Worldwide | All time domestic | All time worldwide | ||||
| Final Destination Final Destination Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd... |
March 17, 2000 | $53,331,147 (47.2%) | $59,549,147 (52.8%) | $112,880,294 | #1,130 | $23,000,000 | ||
| Final Destination 2 Final Destination 2 Final Destination 2 is a 2003 supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2000 film Final Destination and was directed by David R. Ellis. It was written by Jeffrey Reddick, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. The film stars Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes and Tony Todd... |
January 31, 2003 | $46,961,214 (51.9%) | $43,465,191 (48.1%) | $90,426,405 | #1,309 | $26,000,000 | ||
| Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 is a 2006 supernatural slasher film, and the third film in the Final Destination series. The film was directed and written by James Wong, who co-wrote and directed the first film, and was produced by Craig Perry. It was released in North America on February 10, 2006... |
February 10, 2006 | $54,098,051 (46.0%) | $63,621,107 (54.0%) | $117,719,158 | #1,110 | $34,000,000 | ||
| The Final Destination | August 28, 2009 | $66,477,700 (35.7%) | $119,689,439 (64.3%) | $186,167,139 | #862 | $43,000,000 | ||
| Final Destination 5 Final Destination 5 Final Destination 5 is a 2011 supernatural horror film written by Eric Heisserer and directed by Steven Quale. It is the fifth installment in the Final Destination film franchise and stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd .The motion... |
August 12, 2011 | $42,587,643 (27.0%) | $115,300,000 (73.0%) | $157,887,643 | #1,440 | $40,000,000 | ||
| Total | $263,455,755 | $398,424,884 | $661,880,639 | $173,000,000 | ||||
Critical reception
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance... |
Metacritic Metacritic Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,... |
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| Final Destination Final Destination Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd... |
33% (93 reviews) (4.7/10) | 36 (28 reviews) |
| Final Destination 2 Final Destination 2 Final Destination 2 is a 2003 supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2000 film Final Destination and was directed by David R. Ellis. It was written by Jeffrey Reddick, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. The film stars Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes and Tony Todd... |
47% (107 reviews) (5.0/10) | 38 (25 reviews) |
| Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 is a 2006 supernatural slasher film, and the third film in the Final Destination series. The film was directed and written by James Wong, who co-wrote and directed the first film, and was produced by Craig Perry. It was released in North America on February 10, 2006... |
45% (114 reviews) (5.1/10) | 41 (28 reviews) |
| The Final Destination | 30% (94 reviews) (4.3/10) | 30 (14 reviews) |
| Final Destination 5 Final Destination 5 Final Destination 5 is a 2011 supernatural horror film written by Eric Heisserer and directed by Steven Quale. It is the fifth installment in the Final Destination film franchise and stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd .The motion... |
60% (118 reviews) (5.8/10) | 50 (24 reviews) |
| Overall | 43% | 39 |