Final Destination 5 (2009)
EDIT
IMDb rating of 5.8
DIRECTED BY[]
Steven Quale
PRODUCED BY[]
Craig Perry
Warren Zide
WRITTEN BY[]
Eric Heisserer
STARRING[]
Nicholas D'Agosto
Emma Bell
Miles Fisher
Arlen Escarpeta
David Koechner
Tony Todd
MUSIC BY[]
Brian Tyler
CINEMATOGRAPHY[]
Brian Pearson
EDITING BY[]
Eric Sears
DISTRIBUTED BY[]
Warner Bros. Pictures
RELEASE DATE[]
August 4, 2009 (Fantasia Film Festival)
August 12, 2009
RUNTIME[]
92 minutes
COUNTRY[]
LANGUAGE[]
English
BUDGET[]
$40,000,000
GROSS[]
$157,887,643
PRECEDED BY[]
The Final Destination
(2009)
Final Destination 5 is a 2009 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer. It is the fifth installment in the Final Destination film series and a prequel to the first film. Final Destination 5 stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd, and follows a young man (played by D'Agosto) who has a premonition and saves a group of people from death when a suspension bridge begins to collapse. However, they soon learn that they cannot escape death.
Despite The Final Destination being originally announced as the final film in the franchise, due to its financial success, development of Final Destination 5 began in 2010. Filming took place in Vancouver, as with the first three installments.
Final Destination 5 was theatrically released on August 12, 2009, and on DVD on December 27, 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some critics considered it both a return-to-form for the franchise and an improvement over the previous installment. Reviews criticized the film for failing to bring anything new to the franchise, weak character development, and average dialogue, but also praised the use of 3D, the visual effects, the inventive death scenes, the return of suspense as opposed to a campy feel (particularly both the opening sequence and the twist ending). The film was a financial success, grossing $157 million worldwide against a $40 million budget, becoming the second highest-grossing film in the franchise. A sequel is in development.
Plot[]
Sam Lawton is on his way to a company retreat with his colleagues. While their bus crosses the North Bay Bridge, Sam has a premonition that high winds will cause the bridge under construction to collapse, killing everyone except his ex-girlfriend Molly Harper, whom he manages to get across the bridge safely. Panicked, he persuades Molly, his friends Nathan Sears and Peter Friedkin, Peter's girlfriend Candice Hooper, his boss Dennis Lapman, and co-workers Olivia Castle and Isaac Palmer to leave just as the bridge collapses. After being interrogated by FBI agent Jim Block, the survivors attend a memorial service for their deceased co-workers where they are being watched by coroner William Bludworth.
Later, Candice dies during her gym practice from a chain reaction that causes her to fall off the uneven bars and snap her spine. The next day, Isaac is killed at a Chinese spa when his head is crushed by a falling Buddha statue during an acupuncture session. Bludworth, who has been present for both deaths, tells the remaining survivors that if they wish to cheat Death, they must kill someone who was never meant to die on the bridge and thereby claim their remaining lifespan. At the same time, Sam and Molly fail to save Olivia, who falls out of a window to her death at an eye surgery clinic. Sam learns that the survivors are dying in the order they were meant to die on the bridge and realizes that Nathan is next.
Nathan, who has returned to the factory, accidentally kills his co-worker Roy Carson during an argument. He relays this information to the remaining survivors, who believe that Nathan must have claimed Roy's remaining lifespan. When Dennis arrives to question the incident, a wrench launched by a belt sander splits his face, killing him. That evening, Sam and Molly rekindle their relationship at the restaurant where the former is working. Peter, who has become unstable after Candice's death, interrupts the date and decides to kill Molly to take her lifespan. After Peter draws a gun, Sam and Molly both escape to the kitchen as Block overhears the gunshots from outside and enters the restaurant, only to be shot dead by Peter. The former attempts to kill Molly and Sam to eliminate witnesses, but Sam stabs Peter with a meat spit to save Molly.
Two weeks later, Sam and Molly board a plane to Paris. Before taking their seats, they notice a fight between Carter Horton and Alex Browning, who are both removed from the plane with Ms. Lewton and the other students, revealing that the plane they are boarding is Volée Airlines Flight 180. Upon take-off, Sam overhears Alex's vision from a flight attendant's conversation with a passenger. When he realizes that it is too late for him and Molly to escape, both of them perish along with everyone else on the plane in the explosion that follows. At Roy's memorial, Nathan learns from a co-worker about Roy's autopsy and the discovery of his brain aneurysm that would have resulted in his death in a short time anyway. As Nathan realizes he is still in danger, the landing gear from the plane breaks through the roof and crushes him, setting off the events of the first four films.
n
List of deaths
List of deaths in the film Final Destination 5.
| Name | Cause of Death | Killer | On Screen | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bay Bridge Victims and bus driver | Various: died trying to escape North Bay Brigde collapse. | Death | Yes | Shown in detail in vision, later partially shown from afar |
| Hipper | Severe Organ Damage: stabbed in the chest | Death | No | Deleted scene |
| Candice Hooper | Severe Cervical and Spinal trauma: snapped in half, breaking her back and neck, after a fall during gymnastic training. | Death | Yes | |
| Isaac Palmer | Decapitation/Crushing: got his head crushed by a budha statue. | Yes | Death | Prior to his death, he fell from a table, during an acupunture session, while trying to escape a starting fire. The needles were driven into his flesh, due to the drop. An explosion, knocked him against the wall, which in turn caused the statue to fall. |
| Olivia Castle | Falling: slipped on bead eye, falling through a window, crashing into a car | Death | Yes | Prior to her death, her eye was lasered by a malfunctioned laser surgery machine, searing both her eye (blinding her in that eye) and her hand. After her fall, her eye was slammed out of the socket and a car drove over it. |
| Roy Carson | Falling/Impalement: fell through the catwalk and was impaled, through the jaw on a hook. | Nathan Sears | Yes | As Nathan was responsible for Roy's death, Roy's remaining lifetime was given to Nathan. |
| Dennis Lapman | Severe Head Trauma: a wrench was launched in his face, at eye level. | Death | Yes | |
| Jim Block | Shooting: shot three times in the back. | Peter Friedkin | Yes | As Peter was responsible for Jim's death, Jim's remaining lifetime was given to Peter. |
| Peter Friedkin | Impalement: Impaled by meat skewer. | Sam Lawton | Yes | As Sam was responsible for Peter's death, Peter's remaining lifetime (stolen from Jim) was given to Sam. |
| Flight 180 female attendant | Explosion/Incineration: died when the plane exploded. | Death | Yes | The disaster that kills her, is the plane disaster from the first. |
| Molly Harper | Bisection: sucked out of a plane, bisected on one of the tail wings. | Death | Yes | The disaster that kills her, is the plane disaster from the first. |
| Flight 180 victims and Sam Lawton | Explosion/Incineration: died when the plane exploded. | Death | Yes | The disaster that kills them, is the plane disaster from the first. |
| Several people in the bar and Nathan Sears | Crushing: Crushed by falling plane's landing gear | Death | Yes | The disaster that kills them, is the plane disaster from the first. |
- Nicolas D'Agosto as Sam Lawton
- Emma Bell as Molly Harper
- Miles Fisher as Peter Friedkin
List of deaths in the film Final Destination 5.
| Name | Cause of Death | Killer | On Screen | Notes |
|---|
- Nicolas D'Agosto as Sam Lawton
- Emma Bell as Molly Harper
- Miles Fisher as Peter Friedkin
- Ellen Wroe as Candice Hooper
- Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Olivia Castle
- P.J. Byrne as Isaac Palmer
- Arlen Escarpeta as Nathan Sears
- David Koechneras Dennis Lapman
- Courtney B. Vance as Agent Jim Block
- Tony Todd as William Bludworth
- Brent Stait as Roy Carson
- Roman Podhora as John
- Jasmin Dring as Cho
- Barclay Hope as Dr. Leonetti
Development[]
h
f Deaths
Counted Deaths[]
- 86 North Bay Bridge Victims - Killed by lack of infrastructure investment - 19 mins in
- Candice Hooper - Pretzelfied by a balance beam - 36 mins in
- Isaac Palmer - Head crushed by Buddha statue - 51 mins in
- Olivia Castle - Eye & hand lasik'ed, fell 3-4 stories - 1 hr in
- Roy Carson - Construction hook through chin & head - 1 hr 5 mins in
- Dennis Lapman - Wrench through the head - 1 hr 8 mins in
- Agent Block - Shot ~3x in back by Peter Friedkin - 1 hr 19 mins in
- Peter Friedkin - Stabbed through the back w/ skewers - 1 hr 21 mins in
- Nathan Sears - Crushed by falling plane part - 1 hr 26 min in
Non-counted Deaths[]
- Molly Harper* - Cut in Half by Plane Wing.
- Sam Lawton* - Burned Alive in Airplane Flight 180.
- Barmen in the cafe - Crushed by falling plane part.
| Final Destination | Pages in this category are related to the Final Destination series. | |
| Films • Characters • Cast • Images | ||