Final Destination 5 (2011)

All Critics (131) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (83) | Rotten (52) | DVD (12)

Stabs at the dramatic don't amount to anything that makes us care, even for Bell, who has been solid on AMC's The Walking Dead and in the chairlift chiller Frozen.

November 24, 2011 Full Review

Tom Russo

Boston Globe

Top Critic

It sticks to gimmicky scenes in which twentysomethings are dispatched in ingenious ways, but first-time director Steven Quayle delivers cheap fun that will keep fans happy.

August 24, 2011 Full Review

Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Top Critic

A surprising infusion of energy and macabre humor reanimates this horror franchise.

August 22, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Bruce Diones

New Yorker

Top Critic

The death sequences are fun; unfortunately, nearly everything in between is tedious and mechanical.

August 12, 2011 Full Review

Eric D. Snider

Film.com

Top Critic

Director Steven Quale stages the death scenes with intermittently effective black humour to juice up a premise that, essentially, has all the suspense of watching the line at an abattoir.

August 12, 2011 Full Review

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Under the direction of James Cameron protegé Steven Quayle, the visual effects from Ariel Velasco Shaw (who has crafted mayhem on everything from 300 to Freddy vs. Jason) ensure that no industrial hook through a skull is left unimagined.

August 12, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Though not a great horror film by any means, Final Destination 5 succeeds as a comedic splatter fest solely by sticking to Stephen King's old motto: 'If in doubt, gross 'em out.'

February 15, 2013 Full Review

Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

Final Destination 5 benefits from smart 3D, but even in 2D, the set-pieces will satisfy -- presenting some of the most outrageous kill sequences in franchise history.

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

It's testament to the 2000 original that there's still so much mileage left in the 'death is coming for you' concept 11 years later.

September 28, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

This instalment of the gory series shows that it actually has enough smarts to make you look forward to Final Destsixation, or whatever they'll call it.

September 13, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

The deaths are just as gruesome and fun as ever, but the script's utter lack of originality drags things down quite a bit.

January 29, 2012 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Final Destination 5 defies every odd that was placed against it. It's way better than anyone could have imagined and stands right next to Final Destination 2 as the best in the franchise.

January 14, 2012 Full Review

Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton

Dread Central

when you finally get to the end of the film, it works in the context of the series and definitely tops the previous installment

January 6, 2012 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Fails to breathe new life into a tired franchise.

January 3, 2012 Full Review

Jordan Farley

SFX Magazine

The performances are amateur (at best), the formula is predictable, and there's nothing scary going on here.

December 26, 2011 Full Review

Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

No gore in 3-D alas for this Blu-ray release.

December 26, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

Does clever writing a horror movie make? I think it does. And if you do too, then set your GPS for 'Final Destination 5,' one of the best of the dark-humored, grisly components in the franchise about people meeting their demise in bizarre ways .

December 22, 2011 Full Review

Linda Cook

KWQC-TV (Iowa)

It works as a good carnival house of horrors might work, giving participants a vicarious thrill a minute. (Blu-ray Combo edition)

December 14, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

It's a neat, tidy, tightly wound little horror picture with a single-minded intent to startle you out of your seat while causing you to laugh immoderately.

December 14, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Not even a tacked on surprise ending can save this mess.

December 12, 2011 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

we just like good-looking young people being killed off in inventive and gruesome ways! Death is a sick puppy . . . and so are we!

December 9, 2011 Full Review

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

The end result is a better-than-average sequel that will surely thrill fans of the Final Destination movies, and it's ultimately difficult to recall a horror franchise that has fared as well (and remained as entertaining) as this.

November 17, 2011 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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September 29, 2011 Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

• 1. Bludworth: You all just be careful now.
  – Submitted by Samantha A (3 months ago)
• 1. Woman: Excuse me, those passengers who got off the plane earlier, what was that all about?
  2. Flight Attendant: The kid had a panic attack & hurried off the plane, said he had some kind of vision.
  – Submitted by Karthi K (8 months ago)
• 1. Bludworth: I don't make the rules. I just clean up after the game is over.
  – Submitted by Andrew D (8 months ago)
• 1. John: Life's a bitch.
  – Submitted by Matthew D (9 months ago)
• 1. Woman: Excuse me, those passengers who got off the plane earlier, what was that all about?
  2. Flight Attendant: The kid had a panic attack & hurried off the plane, said he had some kind of vision.
  – Submitted by Matthew D (9 months ago)
• 1. Sam Lawton: I-I'm not going to let you hurt her, Peter. You're just gonna have to kill me.
  2. Peter Friedkin: [laughs] That doesn't do me any good, Sam. Death's after you too!
  – Submitted by Jordan E (10 months ago)