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Final Destination is an American horrorfranchise composed of five films, comic books and novels. It is based on an unproduced spec script by Jeffrey Reddick, originally written for The X-Files television series, and was distributed by New Line Cinema. All five films center around a small group of people who escape impending death when one individual (the protagonist of each film) has a sudden premonition and warns them that they will all die in a terrible mass-casualty accident. After avoiding their foretold deaths, the survivors are killed one by one in bizarre accidents caused by an unseen force creating complicated chains of cause and effect, resembling Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity,[1] and then read omens sent by another unseen entity in order to again avert their deaths.
The series is noteworthy among other films in the horror genre in that the antagonist is not a stereotypical slasher or other physical being, but Death personified, subtly manipulating circumstances in the environment with a design on claiming anyone who escapes their fated demise.
In addition to the films, a novel series, which includes the novelizations of the first three films, was published throughout 2005 and 2006 by Black Flame. A one-shot comic book titled Final Destination: Sacrifice was released alongside select DVDs of Final Destination 3 in 2006, and a comic series titled Final Destination: Spring Break was published by Zenescope Entertainment in 2007.
Final Destination | |
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Directed by | James Wong (1, 3) David R. Ellis (2, 4) Steven Quale (5) |
Produced by | Glen Morgan (1, 3) James Wong (3) Warren Zide (1–5) Craig Perry (1–5) |
Written by | Jeffrey Reddick (1–2) James Wong (1, 3) Glen Morgan (1, 3) J. Mackye Gruber (2) Eric Bress (2, 4) Eric Heisserer (5) |
Starring | Devon Sawa Ali Larter Kerr Smith Sean William Scott A.J. Cook Michael Landes Mary Elizabeth Winstead Ryan Merriman Kris Lemche Bobby Campo Shantel VanSanten Mykelti Williamson Nicholas D'Agosto Emma Bell Miles Fisher Arlen Escarpeta Courtney B. Vance David Koechner Tony Todd |
Music by | Shirley Walker (1–3) Brian Tyler (4–5) |
Cinematography | Robert McLachlan (1, 3) Gary Capo (2) Glen MacPherson (4) Brian Pearson (5) |
Edited by | James Coblentz (1) Eric Sears (2, 5) Chris G. Willingham (3) Mark Stevens (4) |
Production company | Zide/Perry Productions (1–5) Hard Eight Pictures (1, 3) |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema (1–4) Warner Bros. Pictures (5) |
Final Destination: March 17, 2000 Final Destination 2: January 31, 2003 Final Destination 3: February 10, 2006 The Final Destination: August 28, 2009 Final Destination 5: August 12, 2011 | |
Running time | Total (5 films): 453 minutes |
Budget | Total (5 films): $154 million |
Box office | Total (5 films): $665 million |
In the original Final Destination, high school student Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) boards Volee Airlines Flight 180 with his classmates for a field trip to Paris, France. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition that the plane will explode in mid-air, killing everyone on board. When the events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, he panics, and a fight breaks out, which leads to several passengers being left behind, including Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), Carter Horton (Kerr Smith), Billy Hitchcock (Seann William Scott), Valerie Lewton (Kristen Cloke), Terry Chaney (Amanda Detmer), and Tod Waggner (Chad Donella), who witness the plane explode moments later. Afterwards, the survivors begin to die one by one through a series of bizarre accidents, and Alex attempts to find a way to 'cheat' Death's plan before it is too late. Six months later, Alex, Clear, and Carter travel to Paris to celebrate their survival, believing they have finally cheated Death; however, after Carter is crushed by a giant neon sign, they realize that Death's plan is still in action.[2]
Final Destination 2, picking up one year after the first film, features college student Kimberly Corman (A. J. Cook) heading to Daytona Beach for spring break with her friends Shaina, Dano, and Frankie (Sarah Carter, Alex Rae, and Shaun Sipos). En route, Kimberly has a premonition of a huge car pile-up on Route 23, killing everyone involved. She stalls her SUV on the entrance ramp, preventing several people from entering the highway, including state trooper 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). While Officer Burke questions Kimberly, the pile-up occurs as she predicted. In the days following the accident, the survivors begin to die one by one in a series of bizarre accidents. After learning about the explosion of Flight 180, Kimberly teams up with Clear Rivers, the only survivor of Flight 180, to try to save a new group of people from Death. This time the survivors are told that only 'new life' can defeat Death, and they must stay alive long enough for Isabella to have her baby. It is later revealed that Isabella was never meant to die in the pile-up, and Kimberly drowns herself in a lake so that she can be resuscitated by emergency staff, thus granting her 'new life'; saving her and Officer Burke.[3]
Final Destination 3, set five years after[note 1] the explosion of Flight 180 and four years after the pile-up on Route 23, has high school student Wendy Christensen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) visiting an amusement park for grad night 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, Wendy has a premonition that the ride will crash, killing everyone on board. When Wendy panics a fight breaks out and several people leave or are forced off the ride before the accident occurs, including 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). When the survivors start to die one by one in a series of strange accidents, Wendy and Kevin set out to save those who remain after they learn of the events of the first two films. Most of their attempts are futile, with the exception of Julie and themselves, leading them to believe they have cheated Death. However, the three 'coincidentally' cross paths five months later and are caught in a horrifying subway accident.[4]
In The Final Destination, set nine years after the explosion of Flight 180, eight years after the pile-up on Route 23 and four years after the Devil's Flight disaster, college student Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) visits the McKinley Speedway for a study break with his friends Lori Milligan, Janet Cunningham, and Hunt Wynorski. While watching the race, Nick has a premonition that a race car crash will send debris into the stands, causing the stadium to collapse on the guests. When Nick panics a fight breaks out and several people leave before the accident occurs, including, his friends Lori (Shantel VanSanten), Janet (Haley Webb), and Hunt (Nick Zano), security guard George Lanter (Mykelti Williamson), and spectators Jonathan Groves (Jackson Walker), Andy Kewzer (Andrew Fiscella), Samantha Lane (Krista Allen), Carter Daniels (Justin Welborn), and Nadia Monroy (Stephanie Honoré). Once again, the survivors are killed in a series of strange accidents except for Janet, who is rescued just moments before her death. This leads the remaining survivors to believe that they have cheated Death, until Nick has another premonition of a disastrous explosion at a shopping mall, which he manages to prevent, saving himself, Lori, and Janet. Two weeks later, Nick realizes the mall disaster vision was only meant to lead them to where Death needed them to be and all three are killed by a runaway semi.[5]
In Final Destination 5, Sam Lawton (Nicholas D'Agosto) is on his way to a corporate retreat with his colleagues. While they cross the North Bay Bridge, Sam has a premonition that the bridge will collapse, killing everyone on it. Sam manages to persuade several of his co-workers to get off the bridge before the accident occurs, including Molly Harper (Emma Bell), Nathan Sears (Arlen Escarpeta), Peter Friedkin (Miles Fisher), Dennis Lapman (David Koechner), Olivia Castle (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), Isaac Palmer (P. J. Byrne), and Candice Hooper (Ellen Wroe). After Candice and Isaac die in bizarre accidents, Sam is warned that Death is still after the survivors and told that if he wants to live he must kill someone who was never meant to die on the bridge, and claim their remaining lifespan. Olivia and Dennis are killed before they have a chance to save themselves, but Nathan claims the lifespan of a co-worker when he accidentally causes his death in a warehouse accident. Peter attempts to kill Molly, jealous that she survived instead of Candice. He eventually gains the lifespan of an investigating agent, but is killed by Sam before he can kill Molly. Sam and Molly later board a plane to Paris, which is later revealed to be Flight 180 from the first film. Unable to get off the plane, both are killed in the resulting explosion. The landing gear is sent flying towards New York City and crashes into a cocktail bar, killing Nathan, since the co-worker whose life he claimed had a terminal illness and was due to die 'any day now'.[6]
Final Destination was written by Jeffrey Reddick after having 'read a story about a woman who was on vacation and her mom called her and said, 'Don’t take the flight tomorrow, I have a really bad feeling about it.'. The woman switched flights and the plane she was originally supposed to take crashed. Originally having written the script as an episode of The X Files, Reddick decided to turn the script into a feature-length film at the behest of one of his New Line Cinema colleagues. After reading his spec script, New Line Cinema hired Reddick to write the screenplay; James Wong and Glen Morgan were later brought on board to help with the script, making alterations to comply with their standards.[7]
Final Destination, when compared to other top-grossing American horror franchises--A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hannibal Lecter, Psycho, Saw, Scream and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre—and adjusting for the 2011 inflation[8] is the tenth highest grossing horror franchise in the United States at approximately $347.8 million.[9]
Film | Release date | Budget | Box office gross | References | ||
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North America | Outside North America | Worldwide | ||||
Final Destination | March 17, 2000 | $23 million | $53,331,147 | $59,549,147 | $112,880,294 | [10] |
Final Destination 2 | January 31, 2003 | $26 million[citation needed] | $46,961,214 | $43,465,191 | $90,426,405 | [11] |
Final Destination 3 | February 10, 2006 | $25 million | $54,098,051 | $63,621,107 | $117,719,158 | [12] |
The Final Destination | August 28, 2009 | $40 million | $66,477,700 | $119,689,439 | $186,167,139 | [13] |
Final Destination 5 | August 12, 2011 | $40 million | $42,587,643 | $115,300,000 | $157,887,643 | [14] |
Total | $154 million | $263,455,755 | $401,624,884 | $665,080,639 | [15][16] |
The franchise has been praised for its innovative premise, of the invisible abstract concept of Death killing people, instead of a usual slasher killer; the death sequences have also been praised for their creativity.[17]
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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Final Destination | 34% (94 reviews)[18] | 36 (28 reviews)[citation needed] | B-[19] |
Final Destination 2 | 48% (111 reviews)[20] | 38 (25 reviews)[citation needed] | B+[19] |
Final Destination 3 | 43% (115 reviews)[21] | 41 (28 reviews)[citation needed] | B+[19] |
The Final Destination | 28% (96 reviews)[22] | 30 (14 reviews)[citation needed] | C[19] |
Final Destination 5 | 62% (134 reviews)[23] | 50 (24 reviews)[24] | B+[19] |
In early 2011, Tony Todd said in an interview with Dread Central that if Final Destination 5 was a success at the box office, then two sequels would be filmed back-to-back.[25] On August 23, 2011, when asked whether he would be directing a sequel, Steven Quale elaborated, 'Who knows. Never say never. I mean, it'll be up to the fans. We'll see how this one performs internationally, and if it makes as much money as the fourth one, I'm sure Warner Brothers will want to make another one.'[26]
In January 2019, it was announced that a reboot was in the works at Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema, with Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan set to write the script. The new film is billed as a 're-imagining' of the franchise.[27]
Character | Films | ||||
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Final Destination | Final Destination 2 | Final Destination 3 | The Final Destination | Final Destination 5 | |
2000 | 2003 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 | |
William Bludworth | Tony Todd | Tony Todd | |||
Clear Rivers | Ali Larter | Ali Larter (f) | |||
Alex Browning | Devon Sawa | Photograph | Referenced | Devon Sawa (f) | |
Carter Horton | Kerr Smith | Photograph | Kerr Smith (f) | ||
Billy Hitchcock | Seann William Scott | Photograph | Referenced | Seann William Scott (f) | |
Valerie Lewton | Kristen Cloke | Photograph | Referenced | Kristen Cloke (f) | |
Terry Chaney | Amanda Detmer | Photograph | Referenced | Amanda Detmer (f) | |
Tod Waggner | Chad Donella | Photograph | Referenced | ||
George Waggner | Brendan Fehr | Brendan Fehr (f) | |||
Larry Murnau | Forbes Angus | Forbes Angus (f) | |||
Agent Weine | Daniel Roebuck | ||||
Agent Schreck | Roger Guenveur Smith | ||||
Kimberly Corman | A. J. Cook | Photograph (Deleted Scene) | |||
Thomas Burke | Michael Landes | Photograph (Deleted Scene) | Michael Landes (f) | ||
Eugene Dix | T. C. Carson | Referenced | T. C. Carson (f) | ||
Rory Peters | Jonathan Cherry | Referenced | Jonathan Cherry (f) | ||
Kat Jennings | Keegan Connor Tracy | Referenced | Keegan Connor Tracy (f) | ||
Nora Carpenter | Lynda Boyd | Referenced | Lynda Boyd (f) | ||
Tim Carpenter | James Kirk | James Kirk (f) | |||
Evan Lewis | David Paetkau | Referenced | David Paetkau (f) | ||
Dano Estevez | Alex Rae | Referenced | Alex Rae (f) | ||
Frankie Whitman | Shaun Sipos | Referenced | Shaun Sipos (f) | ||
Shaina McKlank | Sarah Carter | Referenced | Sarah Carter (f) | ||
Brian Gibbons | Noel Fisher | ||||
Isabella Hudson | Justina Machado | ||||
The Devil / Subway Voice Announcer | Tony Todd (v) | ||||
Wendy Christensen | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Mary Elizabeth Winstead (f) | |||
Kevin Fischer | Ryan Merriman | Ryan Merriman (f) | |||
Julie Christensen | Amanda Crew | Amanda Crew (f) | |||
Ian McKinley | Kris Lemche | Referenced | Kris Lemche (f) | ||
Perry Malinowski | Maggie Ma | Referenced | Maggie Ma (f) | ||
Erin Ulmer | Alexz Johnson | Referenced | Alexz Johnson (f) | ||
Lewis Romero | Texas Battle | Texas Battle (f) | |||
Frankie Cheeks | Sam Easton | Referenced | Sam Easton (f) | ||
Ashley Fruend | Chelan Simmons | Referenced | Chelan Simmons (f) | ||
Ashlyn Halperin | Crystal Lowe | Referenced | Crystal Lowe (f) | ||
Amber Regan | Ecstasia Sanders | ||||
Jason Wise | Jesse Moss | Referenced | |||
Carrie Dreyer | Gina Holden | Referenced | |||
Nick O'Bannon | Bobby Campo | Bobby Campo (f) | |||
Lori Milligan | Shantel VanSanten | Shantel VanSanten (f) | |||
Janet Cunningham | Haley Webb | Haley Webb (f) | |||
Hunt Wynorski | Nick Zano | Nick Zano (f) | |||
George Lanter | Mykelti Williamson | Mykelti Williamson (f) | |||
Andy Kewzer | Andrew Fiscella | Andrew Fiscella (f) | |||
Samantha Lane | Krista Allen | Krista Allen (f) | |||
Carter Daniels | Justin Welborn | Justin Welborn (f) | |||
Nadia Monroy | Stephanie Honoré | Stephanie Honoré (f) | |||
Jonathan Groves | Jackson Walker | ||||
Cynthia Daniels | Lara Grice | Lara Grice (f) | |||
Sam Lawton | Nicholas D'Agosto | ||||
Molly Harper | Emma Bell | ||||
Peter Friedkin | Miles Fisher | ||||
Agent Block | Courtney B. Vance | ||||
Nathan Sears | Arlen Escarpeta | ||||
Dennis Lapman | David Koechner | ||||
Olivia Castle | Jacqueline MacInnes Wood | ||||
Isaac Palmer | P. J. Byrne | ||||
Candice Hooper | Ellen Wroe | ||||
Roy Carson | Brent Stait | ||||
John | Roman Podhora |
Throughout 2005, publishing company Black Flame released a series of Final Destination books which faithfully follow the premise of the films, with each involving a group of people who find themselves targeted by Death after surviving a catastrophe of some sort due to a character experiencing a precognitive vision. Their first five novels all featured original stories, with the first novel, entitled Dead Reckoning, has punk rocker Jessica Golden saving herself and several others from the collapse of Club Kitty in Los Angeles, earning Death's ire.[28]Destination Zero, also set in LA, has magazine employee Patricia Fuller and few others survive a train bombing and afterward, while being stalked by Death, Patti learns this is not the first time her family has been hunted by the entity.[29]End of the Line has a group of New York Citysubway crash survivors, led by twins Danny and Louise King, trying to escape Death, who uses an unknowing agent to hasten its acquisition of the survivors.[30] In Dead Man's Hand a group meant to die in the crash of a Las Vegas glass elevator are stalked by both Death and the FBI, the latter believing the group's savior Allie Goodwin-Gaines was responsible for the elevator crash.[31]Looks Could Kill has beautiful New York model Stephanie 'Sherry' Pulaski stopping her friends from boarding a yacht when she has a vision of it exploding, but is left horribly disfigured and comatose by flying debris moments afterward when her vision comes true; eventually awakening the embittered Stephanie makes a deal with Death, aiding it in claiming her friends in exchange for having her good looks restored.[32]
After the run of the original series of books Black Flame released novelizations of the first three films in January 2006.[33][34][35] Black Flame's last Final Destination novel was Death of the Senses released in mid-2006. Taking place in New York the book has a homeless man named Jack Curtis saving policewoman Amy Tom from a maniac after having a vision of Amy's death; Amy's attacker is later revealed to be a serial killer who was meant to murder six other people (representing the first five senses and a sixth) who Death begins targeting as Jack and Amy rush to find and warn the intended victims.[36] It was, due to a printing error, only available for a short period of time before being recalled, leaving only a few copies in circulation. A tenth novel, titled Wipeout and written by Alex Johnson, was planned, but cancelled; the book would have featured a pair of surfers and several others, after surviving a plane crash in Hawaii, being hunted by Death and the survivor of another disaster, an unstable soldier who had nearly died in an ambush in Afghanistan.[37]
The first Final Destination comic book, titled Sacrifice, was published by Zenescope Entertainment and came packaged with a limited-edition DVD of Final Destination 3, sold exclusively at Circuit City stores. The premise of the story involves the survivor of a terrible accident and his friend Jim, who continually experiences images of other people's deaths, isolating himself from the rest of the world to escape the visions that torment him.[38] Zenescope later released a five-issue miniseries, titled Final Destination: Spring Break, which involves a group led by Carly Hagan being stalked by Death after surviving a hotel fire and becoming stranded in Cancún, Mexico. The miniseries was later released in a trade paperback collection, which included the Sacrifice comic as bonus content.[39]
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Steven Quale |
Eric Heisserer | .. | (written by) |
Jeffrey Reddick | .. | (characters) |
Nicholas D'Agosto | .. | Sam | |
Emma Bell | .. | Molly | |
Miles Fisher | .. | Peter Friedkin | |
Ellen Wroe | .. | Candice Hooper | |
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood | .. | Olivia Castle | |
P.J. Byrne | .. | Isaac | |
Arlen Escarpeta | .. | Nathan | |
David Koechner | .. | Dennis | |
Courtney B. Vance | .. | Agent Block | |
Tony Todd | .. | Bludworth | |
Brent Stait | .. | Roy | |
Roman Podhora | .. | John | |
Jasmin Dring | .. | Cho | |
Barclay Hope | .. | Dr. Leonetti | |
Chasty Ballesteros | .. | Spa Receptionist | |
Mike Dopud | .. | Chef | |
Tanya Hubbard | .. | Coach | |
Frank Topol | .. | Federal Agent | |
Tim Fellingham | .. | Rocker | |
Blaine Anderson | .. | Crime Scene Tech | |
Dawn Chubai | .. | Reporter | |
Ryan Hesp | .. | Mike the Waiter | |
Ian Thompson | .. | Bus Driver | |
Andy Nez | .. | Campus Security | |
Jodi Balfour | .. | Woman | |
June B. Wilde | .. | FD1 Passenger | |
Brittany Rogers | .. | Porter | |
Diana Pavlovská | .. | Flight Attendant | |
Michael Adamthwaite | .. | Line Cook | |
Grace Baek | .. | Spa Technician | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Forbes Angus | .. | Larry Murnau (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Kristen Cloke | .. | Valerie Lewton (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Nestor de la Zerda | .. | Factory Worker (uncredited) | |
Amanda Detmer | .. | Terry Chaney (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Marlo Franson | .. | Bartender (uncredited) | |
Mark Holden | .. | Co-Pilot (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Stephanie Honoré | .. | Nadia (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Thom Kyle | .. | Pilot (voice) (uncredited) | |
Wes Lagarde | .. | Poolboy (uncredited) | |
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe | .. | Ashlyn (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Devon Sawa | .. | Alex Browning (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Chelan Simmons | .. | Ashley Freund (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Kerr Smith | .. | Carter Horton (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Richard Brener | .. | executive producer |
Walter Hamada | .. | executive producer |
Sheila Hanahan | .. | executive producer (as Sheila Hanahan Taylor) |
Mathew Hart | .. | line producer |
Erik Holmberg | .. | executive producer |
Jason Koffeman | .. | associate producer |
Dave Neustadter | .. | executive producer |
Craig Perry | .. | producer |
John Rickard | .. | co-producer |
Warren Zide | .. | producer |
Brian Tyler |
Brian Pearson |
Eric A. Sears | .. | (as Eric Sears) |
Eyde Belasco |
David Sandefur |
Sandi Tanaka |
Caroline George-Kohne |
Melissa Olson |
Jori Woodman |
Christopher Clark | .. | special effects key makeup artist |
Teegan Colby | .. | special effects key makeup artist (as Tegan Colby) |
Paul Edwards | .. | hair stylist |
Joann Fowler | .. | key makeup artist |
Cayley Giene | .. | makeup effects lab technician |
Céline Godeau | .. | special makeup effects artist |
Toby Lindala | .. | key makeup effects / special effects makeup designer |
J.P. Mass | .. | special effects makeup coordinator |
Amanda McGowan | .. | assistant makeup artist |
Miyuki Mori | .. | prosthetics |
Benson Musav | .. | special effects key makeup artist (as Benson Musaev) |
Tamar Ouziel | .. | assistant makeup artist: day calls |
Geoff Redknap | .. | special makeup effects artist |
Krista Seller | .. | key makeup artist |
Adina Shore | .. | assistant hair stylist |
Andrea Simpson | .. | hair stylist |
Lisa Strong | .. | makeup artist |
Fay von Schroeder | .. | first assistant makeup artist |
Debra Wiebe | .. | key hair stylist |
Devon Ellis | .. | special makeup effects crew (uncredited) |
Mathew Hart | .. | production manager: additional photography / unit production manager |
Darin Read | .. | post-production supervisor |
Paul Barry | .. | first assistant director |
Benjamin Cairns | .. | production assistant |
Mindy Heslin | .. | second assistant director: second unit |
Sara Irvine-Erickson | .. | second assistant director (as Sara Irvine) |
Yannick Leray | .. | third assistant director |
Darius Matheson | .. | second assistant director |
Shaun Moskie | .. | third assistant director |
Jody Ryan | .. | third assistant director: second unit |
Aaron Schneider | .. | second unit director |
Pete Whyte | .. | first assistant director: second unit / second unit director |
Patrick Stark | .. | unit director: Corporate Video unit (uncredited) |
David Stanley Brand | .. | carpenter assistant: scenic (as David Brand) |
Graham Brunskill | .. | stand-by carpenter |
Eunha Choi | .. | title designer |
David Clarke | .. | assistant art director |
Doug Girling | .. | set designer |
Paul Goodwin | .. | set dresser |
Sean Goojha | .. | graphic designer |
John Hamilton | .. | paint foreman |
Haida Harper | .. | assistant property master |
Ray Harvie | .. | storyboard artist |
Craig Henderson | .. | construction coordinator |
Adrian Hrytzak | .. | graphic designer |
Aaron Jordan | .. | head sculptor |
Michael Jovanovski | .. | lead dresser |
Bryan Korenberg | .. | property master |
Ray Lai | .. | prop illustrator |
Joe May | .. | set designer |
Jamie Rama | .. | illustrator |
Jim Ramsay | .. | set designer |
Daniel Scarcello | .. | sculptor |
Kristin Shanski | .. | assistant property master |
Shelley Silverman | .. | art department coordinator |
Andrew Smith | .. | set buyer |
Doug Teather | .. | key set dresser |
Kevin Tomecek | .. | construction buyer |
Rena Van Steele | .. | standby painter |
Joe Wolkosky | .. | set designer |
Darcy Wyness | .. | lead greensperson |
Janice Lynn Coats | .. | scenic carpenter (uncredited) |
Paul Aulicino | .. | foley editor |
Kristian Bailey | .. | sound mixer: second unit |
Michael Broomberg | .. | foley artist (as Michael J. Broomberg) |
Kerry Carmean-Williams | .. | sound effects editor |
Nerses Gezalyan | .. | sound mixer |
David Husby | .. | production sound mixer / sound mixer |
Chris Jargo | .. | adr editor |
Darryl Marko | .. | additional boom operator |
Dave McMoyler | .. | supervising sound editor |
Charles O'Shea | .. | boom operator |
Jason Oliver | .. | adr mixer |
Michelle Pazer | .. | adr editor / dialogue editor |
Steve Pederson | .. | re-recording mixer |
Brad Sherman | .. | re-recording mixer |
Jon Title | .. | sound designer |
Candice Todesco | .. | sound assistant |
Karen Vassar Triest | .. | sound effects editor (as Karen Triest) |
Gayle Wesley | .. | first assistant sound editor |
Ben Wilkins | .. | sound effects editor |
Steven M. Adams | .. | special effects (as Steve Adams) |
Michael Bolan | .. | aerial rigging coordinator |
Lisa Cairns | .. | special effects |
Kelly Coe | .. | special effects assistant |
Rory Cutler | .. | special effects coordinator |
Chris Hatchwell | .. | special effects technician |
Graham S. Hollins | .. | special effects foreman (as Graham Hollins) |
Chris Link | .. | special effects rigger |
Eric Milner | .. | special effects technician |
Clay Orr | .. | special effects technician |
Matthew Scurry | .. | special effects technician |
John Sleep | .. | special effects foreman |
Matt Sleep | .. | special effects assistant |
Steve Tressel | .. | special effects fabricator |
Darya Douglas-Andres | .. | special effects assistant (uncredited) |
Michael Adkisson | .. | 2D artist: Prime Focus |
Frank Akrong | .. | digital compositor |
Fahed Alhabib | .. | visual effects coordinator |
Phil Amelung | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / digital artist (as Philipp Amelung) |
Austin Andrews | .. | digital effects artist |
Aymeric Aute | .. | visual effects artist |
Patrice Avery | .. | previs producer: HALON |
Derek Babchishin | .. | animator |
Berj Bannayan | .. | visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX |
Jared Barber | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / lead animator |
Greg Baxter | .. | visual effects producer |
Romain Bayle | .. | 2D artist: Prime Focus |
Joseph Bell | .. | visual effects producer: CoSA VFX |
Magda Bernal | .. | visual effects digital coordinator |
Landon Bootsma | .. | digital compositor: Prime Focus |
Christopher Bozzetto | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Neal Bradshaw | .. | 3d scan technician: Gentle Giant Studios |
Bill Bridges | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Cuco Bures | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / senior nuke technical director (as Jaime Burés Cuco) |
Steve Casa | .. | 3d scan technician |
Chun-Ping Chao | .. | digital compositor: Soho VFX (as Chun Ping Chao) |
Sujesh V. Chitty | .. | matte painter: Soho VFX |
Crystal Choo | .. | visual effects coordinator: Prime Focus |
Gus Comegys | .. | 3D conform artist: FotoKem |
Patrick Conaty | .. | compositor |
Natalie Conliffe | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Marlis Coto | .. | digital compositor |
Eric Covello | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Ryan Cromie | .. | senior texture artist |
Colin Cunningham | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Shane Davidson | .. | 2D supervisor: Prime Focus |
Bryan Davies | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / visual effects artist |
Mike Davis | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Anthony Di Ninno | .. | previs artist |
Mike Diltz | .. | digital compositor: Prime Focus |
Matthew Dorazio | .. | visual effects artist |
Warren Douglas | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Peter Dudley | .. | digital compositor |
Charlene Eberle Douglas | .. | visual effects producer: Prime Focus (as Charlene Eberle) |
Nadav Ehrlich | .. | 3D animator: Soho VFX |
Eddie Englander | .. | digital compositor: Soho VFX |
Patrick Esposito | .. | visual effects executive: Prologue |
Mathieson Facer | .. | rigging technical director: Prime Focus VFX |
David Feinsilber | .. | visual effects coordinator |
Brody Fikker | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus (as Brody Fikkert) |
Jordan Flanagan | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Julia Flanagan | .. | animator: Prime Focus VFX |
Gillian George | .. | 2D artist: Prime Focus / matte painter |
Nader Gholipour | .. | dynamics artist / visual effects artist |
Sonia Gilmore | .. | visual effects coordinator: Prime Focus (as Sonia Henkel Gilmore) |
Michelle Gold | .. | visual effects assistant |
Marcos Gonzalez | .. | previs artist |
Oded Granot | .. | digital compositor: Prime Focus |
Darren Griffiths | .. | 3D conform artist: FotoKem |
Martin Halle | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / effects technical director |
Matt Hallen | .. | digital compositor |
Matt Hansen | .. | CG artist |
Ashlyn Hardie | .. | visual effects assistant |
Brandon Harr | .. | lidar scanning: LiDAR VFX |
Jason Heinze | .. | compositor |
Jesse Parker Holmes | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Paul Hormis | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / visual effects artist |
Bryan Howard | .. | rigger: Soho VFX |
Christoffer Hulusjö | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Stu Hunter | .. | tracking/roto |
Manovigianek Jehman | .. | 3D integration artist: Prime Focus |
Abhishek Joshi | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus (as Avi Joshi) / visual effects artist |
Terry Kalinich | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / animator |
Michael Karp | .. | previs artist |
Jiwoon Kim | .. | digital compositor |
Cyryl Koshyk | .. | visual effects supervisor (as Ciril Koshyk) |
Jason Labbe | .. | rigging technical director: Prime Focus VFX |
Charles Lai | .. | digital compositor |
Matthew Lajoie | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Miles Lauridsen | .. | visual effects supervisor: Prologue Films |
Emanuele Lecchi | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / lighting technical director |
Robin Lee | .. | systems administrator |
Sam Lee | .. | compositor: prime focus (as Samuel Lee) / senior compositor: Prime Focus |
Eric D Legare | .. | visual effects technical director |
David Legault | .. | production visual effects editor |
Paul Lemeshko | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX (as Pavlo Lemeshko) |
Alex Llewellyn | .. | digital compositor: Prime Focus |
Blaine Lougheed | .. | visual effects set coordinator |
Daniel Lu | .. | lead modeller/rigger: Soho VFX |
Allan Magled | .. | visual effects producer: Soho VFX |
Pranav Malasi | .. | stereo paint artist |
Agata Matuszak | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Steve McLeod | .. | visual effects editor: prime focus |
Stu McRae | .. | 2D artist: Prime Focus (as Stuart Macrae) |
Michael Miller | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Ryan Mintenko | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / visual effects artist |
Jonathan Mitchell | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus (as Jon Mitchell) / visual effects artist |
Mo Mohamoud | .. | roto/paint artist |
Steve R. Moore | .. | visual effects editor |
Alessandro Nardini | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / visual effects |
Dave Olivares | .. | visual effects technical director |
Zai Ortiz | .. | visual effects supervisor: Prologue Films |
Rui Padinha | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus (as Rui Vasco de Almeida Padinha) / digital artist: Prime Focus |
Seong Tae Park | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Stephen Paschke | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / Naiad technical director |
Chris Payne | .. | flame artist / title designer |
Jason Pelham | .. | digital intermediate visual effects producer |
Chris Pember | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / senior Naiad technical director |
Todd Sheridan Perry | .. | CG supervisor: Prime Focus |
Long-Hai Pham | .. | previs artist |
Jason Pomerantz | .. | production supervisor: IMAX version |
Dan Power | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Khatal Prajakta | .. | digital compositor |
Mark Prusten | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / lead sequence fluid effects td |
Vasisht Ramachandran | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Nicole Ratcliffe | .. | pre-visualization editor |
Reupal D. Rawal | .. | 2D supervisor / visual effects supervisor |
Jorge Razon | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Carmichael Reid | .. | visual production assistant |
Jonathan Reynolds | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Brian Ritz | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Philip Rosado | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus (as Phil Rosado) / cg modeler |
David Rose | .. | digital compositor: Prime Focus |
Maya Roza | .. | digital compositor (as Dorian Roza) |
Daniel Rubin | .. | digital compositor |
Chris Ryan | .. | senior technical director |
Ruben Salazar | .. | digital compositor |
Steve Sayer | .. | visual effects artist: Soho VFX (as Stephen Sayer) |
László Sebõ | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Keith Sellers | .. | digital effects supervisor: Soho VFX |
Martin Seu | .. | visual effects artist |
Sung Seu | .. | visual effects artist: Prime Focus Film |
Carolyn Shelby | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX |
Raunaq Singh | .. | compositor |
Scott Smith | .. | visual effects: Soho VFX (as Scott Smith) |
Daniel St-Amant | .. | digital compositor |
Bobby Stockport | .. | visual effects artist |
Trevor Strand | .. | 2D artist: Prime Focus |
Adrian Sutherland | .. | digital compositor: Soho vfx |
Sarah Swick | .. | production manager: Soho VFX / visual effects: Soho VFX |
Tomaso Tartarotti | .. | digital compositor |
Rob Tasker | .. | compositor: Soho VFX |
Manuel Tausch | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Anna Terekhova | .. | digital compositor |
Jeff Tetzlaff | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / lead model/texture artist: PrimeFocus |
Mark Theriault | .. | visual effects |
Joel Thompson | .. | visual effects editor |
Patrick Thompson | .. | digital compositor |
Syria Toliver | .. | digital compositor |
Randy Ui | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / digital artist |
Martijn van Herk | .. | technical director |
Ariel Velasco-Shaw | .. | visual effects supervisor (as Ariel Velsaco Shaw) |
Dmitry Vinnik | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus / CG lead / technical supervisor |
Walter Volpatto | .. | digital stereoscopic artist |
Darren Wall | .. | pre-vis supervisor: Prime Focus |
Blair Werschler | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus |
Chad Wiebe | .. | visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus |
Greg Winhall | .. | digital artist |
Andrew Winters | .. | visual effects artist |
Paul Wojdylo | .. | visual effects |
Sunny Wong | .. | digital compositor |
Ed Wou | .. | 3D artist: Prime Focus (as Edward Wou) |
Jesús L. Yapor | .. | compositor: Prime Focus VFX |
Michelle Yhan | .. | stereoscopic compositor: Soho VFX |
Tristan Zerafa | .. | compositor |
Kai Zhang | .. | digital artist: Soho VFX |
Tong Zhou | .. | CG artist: Prime Focus Vancouver |
Pedram Ziaei | .. | compositor |
James Albiez | .. | visual effects artist: Soho VFX (uncredited) |
Sneha Amin | .. | digital compositor (uncredited) |
Somesh Ghosh | .. | cleanup supervisor: Mumbai Prime Focus (uncredited) |
Christopher Lance | .. | visual effects supervisor: CoSA VFX (uncredited) |
Lorraine Rozon | .. | recruiter: Prime Focus VFX (uncredited) |
Chris B. Schnitzer | .. | director of visual effects: Warner Bros. (uncredited) |
László Sebõ | .. | head of technical direction: Prime Focus (uncredited) |
Daniel Sessoms | .. | visual effects prep artist (uncredited) |
John Treusch | .. | visual effects artist (uncredited) |
Robert Ward | .. | visual effects (uncredited) |
Guy Bews | .. | stunt performer |
Leanne Buchanan | .. | stunts (as Leanne Hindle) |
Kimberly Chiang | .. | stunt performer |
Laura Lee Connery | .. | stunts |
Fraser Corbett | .. | stunt performer |
Bruce Crawford | .. | stunt performer |
Colin Decker | .. | stunt department coordinator |
Marny Eng | .. | stunts |
Leif Havdale | .. | stunts |
Trevor Jones | .. | stunt double |
Zandara Kennedy | .. | stunt performer |
Andrea Kinsky | .. | stunt double |
Jon Kralt | .. | stunt double: Miles Fisher |
Keith Lapp | .. | stunts |
Cody Laudan | .. | stunt double: Nicholas D'Agosto |
Michael Lehr | .. | stunt performer: motion capture pre-vis |
Chris Link | .. | stunt rigger |
J.J. Makaro | .. | stunt coordinator |
Atlin Mitchell | .. | stunt double: Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood/Ellen Wroe |
Jeff Sanca | .. | stunt driver |
Monte Thompson | .. | stunt performer / stunt rigger |
Rorelee Tio | .. | stunt performer |
Clay Virtue | .. | stunts |
Ashlea Earl | .. | stunts (uncredited) |
Jordan Acomba | .. | stereo lab data manager |
Thomas Bango | .. | 3d system technician |
Justin Bergler | .. | second assistant camer: 'a' camera, additional photography |
Jonathan Bosse | .. | rigging grip |
Rob Brady | .. | lighting technician |
Brannon D. Brown | .. | camera technician: Phantom Flex |
Robert Brunelle | .. | 3D camera systems engineer |
Alex Bunin | .. | remote head technician |
Andreas Carmona | .. | Best Boy Rigging Grip |
Chuck Comisky | .. | 3D supervisor |
David Crone | .. | director of photography: second unit |
Rob Crone | .. | remote head technician |
Ken Decker | .. | generator operator |
Andrew Dumas | .. | 3d system technician |
Bill Earle | .. | rigging grip |
Amine El Fadl | .. | camera: trainee |
Gil Forrester | .. | dolly grip |
Dan Gorval | .. | best boy grip |
David Goyer | .. | lamp operator |
Darren Gregory | .. | rigging grip |
Doane Gregory | .. | still photographer |
Curt Griebel | .. | key rigging grip |
Tyler Guenther | .. | rigging grip |
Mathew Hart | .. | additional photography |
Tom Heigl | .. | camera technician: Phantom Flex |
Patrick Hogue | .. | digital imaging technician |
Dale Hunter | .. | digital imaging engineer |
Gaetan Jalbert | .. | rigging gaffer |
Jason Jensen | .. | first assistant camera |
Charles Koetke | .. | additional grip |
Steve Koster | .. | aerial director of photography |
Steve Krasznai | .. | second assistant camera |
Jeff Kuzyk | .. | lighting technician |
Doug Lavender | .. | first assistant camera |
Andrew Learmonth | .. | 3D video assist: second unit |
Milton Loo | .. | lighting technician |
Andrew Mackie | .. | best boy rigging grip |
Julian Marles | .. | rigging grip |
Paul Matsalla | .. | lighting technician |
David McClung | .. | gaffer: second unit |
Joern Christian Novotny | .. | lighting balloon technician |
Kim Olsen | .. | key grip |
Chooch Paglaro | .. | digital imaging technician: b unit |
Dylan Paul | .. | balloon light technician |
Sasha Proctor | .. | second assistant camera |
Victor Prokopowicz | .. | grip: relief crew |
Jeff W. Rios | .. | 3d camera tech |
Maninder K. Saini | .. | additional digital imaging technician: b unit |
John Sanderson | .. | 3d video assist |
Leon Serginson | .. | grip |
Bryce Shaw | .. | dolly grip: 'b' camera |
Troy James Sobotka | .. | key grip: additional photography / leadman grip |
Jason Tidsbury | .. | light balloon technician |
Adam Uttley | .. | grip: second unit |
Shai Vera | .. | best boy rigger |
Roger Vernon | .. | director of photography: second unit |
Troy Wagner | .. | 3d camera tech / 3d system tech |
Pat Waller | .. | rigging grip |
Roger Wells | .. | rigging lighting best boy |
Stewart Whelan | .. | key first assistant camera: 3D camera system |
Aaron Wik | .. | grip |
Carrie Wilson | .. | second assistant camera |
Peter F. Woeste | .. | director of photography: second unit (as Pete Woeste) |
Cody Yarbrough | .. | grip |
John Banovich | .. | director of photography: corporate unit (uncredited) |
Jared Barber | .. | lead animator |
Dennis Kang | .. | previs artist |
Matthew Lajoie | .. | animator |
Agata Matuszak | .. | animator |
Jorge Razon | .. | dynamics |
Michelle Allen | .. | casting: Canada |
Andrea Brown | .. | extras casting director |
Sara Brown | .. | extras casting assistant |
Terri Douglas | .. | adr voice casting |
Cameron Fatkin | .. | casting assistant |
Samantha Stiglitz | .. | casting associate |
Jeffrey Fayle | .. | costume set supervisor: second unit |
Marie Jeanne Melanson | .. | set supervisor |
Julie O'Rourke | .. | costume buyer |
Marco Pimenta | .. | costume supervisor (as Marco Daxton) |
Gus Comegys | .. | 3D conform artist |
Joseph Derrico III | .. | assistant editor: opening title sequence |
Darren Griffiths | .. | 3d stereo balancing / additional colorist / on-line editor |
Jeff Halsey | .. | digital intermediate producer |
Kevin Hickman | .. | first assistant editor |
Thom Kyle | .. | assistant editor |
Paul Lavoie | .. | digital intermediate producer |
Eric Litman | .. | assistant editor |
Steve R. Moore | .. | editor: visual effects |
Nathaniel Park | .. | editor: main title sequence |
Mathieu Reid | .. | color timer |
Bill Schultz | .. | digital intermediate executive |
Walter Volpatto | .. | digital intermediate colorist |
Maja Zdanowski | .. | Post 3D Stereographer |
Ken Brooker | .. | assistant location manager: second unit |
Jina Johnson | .. | assistant location manager |
Ken MacAlpine | .. | location scout |
Tim Moshansky | .. | location scout |
Kendrie Upton | .. | location manager |
Kim Blackburn Bowen | .. | music consultant |
Jeff Carson | .. | preview music editor |
Kyle Clausen | .. | assistant music editor |
Robert Elhai | .. | orchestrator |
Peter Fuchs | .. | score recordist / scoring mixer |
Aiko Fukushima | .. | orchestrator |
Rossano Galante | .. | orchestrator |
Pakk Hui | .. | musical score arrangements / orchestrator |
Charles Martin Inouye | .. | music editor (as Chuck Martin) |
Stefanie Kim | .. | orchestrator |
Andrew Kinney | .. | orchestrator |
Gary Krause | .. | music editor (as Gary L. Krause) / score coordinator (as Gary L. Krause) |
Joe Lisanti | .. | music editor |
Matthew Llewellyn | .. | score coordinator |
Robert Lydecker | .. | score coordinator (as Bob Lydecker) |
Vladimir Martinka | .. | music librarian |
Alan Meyerson | .. | score recordist |
Dana Niu | .. | orchestrator |
Keith Power | .. | musical score arrangements |
Jeff Toyne | .. | orchestrator |
Brian Tyler | .. | conductor |
Shirley Walker | .. | composer: original themes |
Brad Warnaar | .. | orchestrator |
Christian Wenger | .. | assistant engineer |
Allan Wilson | .. | conductor |
Ron Irvine | .. | transportation captain |
Dustin Lee Abram | .. | production assistant |
Camrin Agin | .. | production attorney |
Rey Astronomo | .. | computer/video playback operator |
Jackie Bissley | .. | unit publicist |
Theodore Bocolas | .. | production assistant |
Susan Boyajian | .. | adr actor |
Kimberly Buckham | .. | first assistant production coordinator |
Kyle Cooper | .. | title sequence: designer and second unit director |
Jeff Croft | .. | production assistant |
Jason Crosby | .. | marine coordinator |
Hanelize de Beer | .. | second assistant coordinator |
Terry Edinger | .. | production accountant |
Jim Filippone | .. | aerial coordinator |
Byron Fudge | .. | second assistant production coordinator |
Lukasz Gosek | .. | production assistant |
Elspeth Grafton | .. | script supervisor: second unit |
Victoria James | .. | clearance coordinator |
Ian Jarvis | .. | accounting clerk |
Michael Aaron Keith | .. | production assistant (as Mike Reid) |
Erin Lander | .. | adr loop group |
Andrea Larsen | .. | first assist accountant |
Justin Lauzon | .. | production assistant |
Darron Leiren-Young | .. | assistant to the producer |
Sonia Levesque | .. | assistant: Mr. Quale |
Muite Macharia | .. | production assistant (as Paul Muite Macharia) |
Lee McNish | .. | head caterer |
Jeff D. Miller | .. | production coordinator: PACE |
Troy James Miller | .. | main title producer |
Heidi Brook Myers | .. | adr loop artist |
David Nitzsche | .. | main titles editor |
Scott Parker | .. | post-production accountant |
Jane Pearson | .. | assistant accountant |
Brandon Mark Peterson | .. | production assistant (as Brandon Peterson) |
Korey Petrie | .. | key production assistant |
Liam Powell | .. | production assistant |
Michael Prokop | .. | assistant chef |
Morgan Reynolds | .. | assistant: Mr. Holmberg |
Yolanda Sangareau | .. | production assistant |
Stephen Sawchuk | .. | production assistant |
Michael Schulz | .. | production assistant |
Shawn Seifert | .. | boat wrangler |
Frank Sharp | .. | adr actor |
Adrienne Sol | .. | production coordinator |
Mitch Spacone | .. | system support: FotoKem |
Jon Stephenson | .. | marine safety |
David Taylor | .. | stereographer |
Matt Towstyka | .. | head caterer |
Kelli Turner | .. | paramedic |
Janice Yip | .. | production assistant: prep |
Ross Zieroth | .. | production assistant |
Krysta Halliwell | .. | production assistant (uncredited) |
Final Destination 5 | |
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Directed by | Steven Quale |
Produced by |
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Written by | Eric Heisserer |
Based on | Characters created by Jeffrey Reddick |
Starring | |
Music by | Brian Tyler |
Cinematography | Brian Pearson |
Edited by | Eric Sears |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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92 minutes[1] | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million[2] |
Box office | $157.9 million[2] |
Final Destination 5 is a 2011 American 3Dsupernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and is the fifth and most recent installment of the Final Destination film series. It was written by Eric Heisserer and stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd.
Despite the previous film being originally announced as the final of 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. It was theatrically released in August 12, 2011, and on DVD on December 27, 2011, which includes deleted scenes, documentaries, and a parody music video by the cast.
The film received mostly positive reviews; the first film in the franchise to do so. Critics praised the plot, CGI, death scenes and tone, especially in comparison to the previous installment. The film was a financial success and is the second-highest-grossing film in the franchise.
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 the bridge will collapse, killing everyone except his ex-girlfriend Molly Harper, whom he manages to get across the bridge safely. In a panic, he persuades several people to leave the bridge before it collapses, including Molly, his friends Nathan Sears and Peter Friedkin, Peter's girlfriend Candice Hooper, his boss Dennis Lapman, and his co-workers Olivia Castle and Isaac Palmer. FBI agent Jim Block doesn't believe that Sam is responsible for the bridge collapse, but promises to keep an eye on him. At the memorial service, coroner William Bludworth mysteriously tells the survivors that 'Death doesn't like to be cheated,' and warns them to be careful. However, they ignore his warning and leave, believing this to be nonsense.
Later, Candice goes to the gym to practice with Peter, but a chain reaction causes her to fly off the uneven bars, and she snaps her spine, leaving Peter devastated. 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. On the same day, Olivia goes to an eye surgery clinic to treat her myopic vision. While the doctor is away looking for files, the laser malfunctions, searing her eye and hand. She manages to free herself just as Sam and Molly arrive to save her, but trips and falls out of the window onto a car below. Later, Sam learns that the survivors are dying in the order they were meant to die on the bridge, and realize that Nathan is next.
Meanwhile, Nathan, who has returned to the factory, accidentally kills his co-worker, Roy Carson, during an argument by pushing him in front of a lifting hook, which impales him through the chin. As Nathan informs the remaining survivors about this, they realize he claimed Roy's remaining lifespan by killing him, and therefore must be safe. When Dennis arrives to question Nathan about the incident, a wrench launched by a belt sander hits him in the face, killing him.
That evening, after working at a restaurant, Sam asks his supervisor to reserve the restaurant for a date with Molly. Peter, who has become unstable after Candice's death, interrupts the date and tells them that he will kill Molly to take her lifespan. After Peter draws a gun, Sam and Molly both escape to the kitchen. Agent Block overhears the gunshots from outside. When he enters the restaurant, he is shot dead by Peter. Believing that he is safe from Death, Peter decides to kill both Molly and Sam to remove any witnesses. The two men fight and Peter knocks Sam unconscious. Just as Peter is about to stab Molly with a kitchen knife, Sam awakens and stabs him in the back with a large skewer, leading Sam to believe he has claimed Block's life.
Two weeks later, Sam and Molly board a plane to Paris. As they take their seats, they notice a couple passengers being removed from the plane. Upon take-off, Sam overhears that one of the removed passengers had a vision of the plane's destruction, but it's too late, and both he and Molly are killed when the plane explodes. At Roy's memorial, Nathan learns that Roy had a brain aneurysm that would have burst 'any day now.' As Nathan realizes he may still be in danger, the landing gear from the plane breaks through the roof and crushes him.
Alan Horn, the head of Warner Bros., confirmed at ShoWest in March 2010 that Final Destination 5 was in works at ShoWest.[3] Producer Craig Perry later added that the film would be shot in 3D.[4]Eric Heisserer was announced as screenwriter in April 2010.[5] The studio initially picked August 26, 2011, as the release date[6] but later changed it to August 12, 2011.[7] In June 2010, New Line Cinema announced that Steven Quale would direct.[8]
According to Heisserer, Final Destination 5 was always meant to be a prequel, set before the first film; the idea having come from franchise producer Craig Perry. Heisserer said that one major problem he encountered while writing the film was coming up with good death sequences, believing that managing to do so in the world of Final Destination is 'ridiculously hard'. The inspiration for Olivia's death sequence involving LASIKeye surgery after his wife underwent the same type of surgery.[9]
In August 2010, actor and musician Miles Fisher was the first to be cast in the film as Peter Friedkin.[10] Fisher had appeared in numerous short films and in a small role in the comedy film Superhero Movie (2008). Fisher said during an interview that 'I've done a little bit of television and a little bit of film, but 3-D is almost an entirely different sport.'[11] Three days after Fisher's casting, Arlen Escarpeta was cast in the film as Nathan.[12] Escarpeta explained that 'I think what they're going to do really, really well this time around, they're going to go back—the story, the plot, a lot of stuff is really going to matter, I think the last movie it was just death. It was death, death, death, which is fine because that's what people want to see. But this time we're going to give them a little bit of everything – good story, great director—it's going to be good.'[13] He appeared in the films American Gun (2005) and Friday the 13th (2009). In late August 2010 Nicholas D'Agosto and Ellen Wroe were cast.[14] One day later, Tony Todd, who portrayed William Bludworth from the first two installments joined the film.[15]
On August 30, 2010, David Koechner and P. J. Byrne were announced to have joined the cast.[16] On September 2, Emma Bell was cast as the female lead; Molly.[17] In mid-September both Jacqueline MacInnes Wood and Courtney B. Vance joined the main cast.[18]
Location filming returned to Vancouver, where parts of the first three films were shot. Principal photography took place between September 13 and December 14, 2010.[19] Producers stated that this installment would be darker and more suspenseful in the style of the original film.[20]Final Destination 3 star Chelan Simmons revealed that the opening scene would be filmed on the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver.[21]
The soundtrack to Final Destination 5 was released physically on August 16, 2011, four days after the release of the film. The soundtrack contains 19 tracks composed by Brian Tyler, music composer of The Final Destination. It is also the second Final Destination Free mp4 movie download sites. soundtrack album to be released. Miles Fisher also released a tie-in video for his single 'New Romance' which features the key actors in the film in a Saved by the Bell parody in which most are killed in freak accidents, in keeping with the series.
Final Destination 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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Film score by | |
Released | August 16, 2011 |
Length | 68:58 |
Label | JVC, Sony Music Australia |
Commercial songs from the film, but not on the soundtrack
The album contains 19 cues composed by Brian Tyler, omitting commercially released songs that were featured in the film.[22]
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK ruled that the original theatrical poster, which had been used on buses and trains during the summer, 'was likely to cause fear and undue distress to children'. It ruled that the advert must not appear in the original form again.
Warner Bros. countered by stating that the poster 'accurately reflected the content of the film in an appropriate manner without causing excessive fear or distress'. They also added that the poster's dark grey and black colors were 'unlikely to engage the attention of young children', and that the 'surreal' image did not feature people, blood or display any real-life violence.
The ASA, which had received 13 complaints, with three stating that their children (aged between 1 and 3) had been upset, ruled 'We considered the image was likely to catch the attention of children, especially because it was shown on a poster on the Underground, where it was an untargeted medium. Because very young children might view this ad depicting violence, it was likely to cause fear and undue distress to children.'[23]
Final Destination 5 ranked #3 at the weekend box office with $18.4 million behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($27.5 million), which held the top spot for two weeks, and The Help ($25.5 million).[24] It was also the third biggest Final Destination opening to date behind 2009's The Final Destination ($27.4 million) and 2006's Final Destination 3 ($19.1 million).[25]Final Destination 5 grossed $42,587,643 domestically, and $115,300,000 internationally, for a worldwide total of $157,887,643, becoming the second-highest-grossing film in the franchise.[2]
Final Destination 5 was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 27, 2011. The Blu-ray Disc comes in two forms: the movie-only edition and the Blu-ray Disc/DVD/UltraViolet edition.[26] A Blu-ray 3D edition was released exclusively through Best Buy. The film was released in the UK on December 26, 2011; however, only the special-edition Blu-ray Disc contained the 3D cut of the film. An UltraViolet copy was available in all formats.
Before the film appeared in theaters, Fisher released a music video. Starring the main cast of Final Destination 5 and featuring Fisher's original song 'New Romance', the video parodied the 1990s sitcom Saved by the Bell and included a clue to the plot of the film. Fisher, a fan of the show, and video director Dave Green watched every episode, and contemporary shows like Boy Meets World and Clarissa Explains It All. 'We thought, 'Gosh wouldn't it be fun and subversive to have Final Destination-type deaths in this safe, [sitcom] world?' Fisher, who plays a Zack Morris-like character, said. He joked, 'I basically have always been looking for a way to dance with Kelly Kapowski my whole life'.[27]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 62% based on 132 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'It's still only for the gore-thirsty faithful, but Final Destination 5 represents a surprising return to form for the franchise.'[28] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted score, gives the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.[29] It is the highest-rated film of the franchise on both sites. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale.[30]
Richard Roeper stated in his review 'From the opening credits to the final kill this film displays a great use of 3-D.'[31] Todd Gilchrist of Boxoffice Magazine has declared the film in his review for being 'the best 3D horror movie ever made.' He described Final Destination 5 as 'a clean, glossy thriller shot in native 3D (not post-conversion) that maximizes the technology without straining the audience's credulity or their constitutions.' He also stated 'Calling anything the 'best 3D horror film' has the ring of crowning the world's tallest midget, but Quale uses 3D almost shockingly well.'[32] In a review for Toronto.com, Linda Barnard has stated 'this could be a case where the 3-D-shot movie is worth the extra few bucks to see'.[33]
The visual effects were praised for improving on the weak CGI from the previous installment. Betty Jo Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews said in her review 'The film boasts some of the best visual effects ever, especially the bridge-crumbling sequence at the beginning of the film.' In his review of Final Destination 5, Roger Ebert said '.. the special effects do an excellent job of beheading, incinerating, vivisecting, squishing and so on.'[34] 'Final Destination 5 contain some of the most fun effects ever seen that purely enhance the thrills and bloody spills, rather than detract from them,' stated Lisa Giles-Keddie from uk.real.com.[35]
The death scenes in the film have been praised as being suspenseful, creative, and shocking. Boxoffice Magazine said in praise, 'viewers connect to both the relatable pain of everyday injury and the gory gratification of a well-constructed, larger-than-life set piece.'[32] NJ.com opined, 'Admitted, there is a certain inventiveness to the way director Steven Quale stages the violence.'[36]San Francisco Chronicle said that the characters are 'killed in gruesome and spectacular ways'.[37] The gymnastic set piece has been praised as 'anxiety-filled',[38] 'a beautiful example of successful comic suspense',[37] 'Hitchcockian edge-of-your-seat suspense',[39] and 'inventively grotesque'.[40] Film.com stated in their review 'The subsequent deaths are hit-or-miss, but they all show some creative spark. Quale sets them up like a cross between a joke and a magic trick, carefully establishing crucial details.'[41]
The opening bridge collapse has garnered considerable critical acclaim, with many stating it as being on par with the pile-up sequence from Final Destination 2. It has been said to be 'one of the single best sequences of any film all year' by Boxoffice Magazine.[32] Uk.real.com stated that the opening bridge collapse sequence is 'beautifully directed and choreographed'.[35] Eric D. Snider has stated in his review for Film.com that 'The opening premonition is nerve-janglingly effective.'[41]New York Post called the bridge collapse sequence 'spectacular',[42] and Daily News deemed it 'terrifying'.[43]USA Today commented on the sequence, saying 'The effect is terrific and reminiscent of the bridge destruction from Mission: Impossible III.'[44] Betsy Sharkey, a Los Angeles Times film critic stated in her negative review 'I will say, the bus, and the bridge it must cross, does make for a pretty incredible wham-bam opening sequence,' and further added 'The big crumble is a stunner of an opener.'[45] In a review for MSN.com, Kat Murphy said 'the fifth chapter starts out with a slambang catastrophe', then stated that the bridge collapse is 'skillfully orchestrated', and 'this sequence is actually enhanced by 3-D: Holes in the disintegrating bridge seem to pull the gaze down—dizzyingly—to the river below, and jagged camera angles on hanging railings and sliding debris muddle our sense of what's up, what's down.'[46] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised 'This film's opening sequence is undeniably spectacular.'[47] Aaron Hillis from The Village Voice called the bridge collapse 'breathtakingly staged'.[48]The Advocate stated that 'Director Steve Quale and writer Heisserer stage the bridge's collapse in swift but exacting detail.'[49]The Austin Chronicle said the bridge collapse sequence is 'spectacularly gruesome'.[50]
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