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KManX89 said:

I just saw Final Destination: Bloodlines in IMAX. Rare Friday off from work, so I decided to treat myself to a IMAX showing of my first ever Final Destination in the theater. Glad I did because the movie was great. It gave us the best opening to any Final Destination ever (seriously, that scene on board the Seattle space needle was epic) and from there, it gives us likable characters with an interesting family dynamic and a unique take on the Death games that we’ve never seen before. For the first time, I actually felt like I wasn’t watching the same movie for the fifth time (or I guess sixth now). Sure there’s the usual “family/friends talking about how to cheat Death” stuff, but it’s done in a way that feels fresh. I commend it for that (and that awesome opening).

Speaking of the family, you’re really torn on whether you want to see Steph’s family get smushed (but let’s be real, I think you do as much as the movie might try to convince you otherwise). Oh, yeah, and it really hits it out of the park there as well with some gnarly deaths. The gore and deaths in this movie are brutal, this might seriously be the most violent of all the Final Destinations. Even I was squirming in my seat, saying “oh shit” at some of the deaths. FD4 (“The” Final Destination, which of course it wasn’t) ain’t got shit on this movie, in any department really.

It was also nice seeing Tony Todd getting a great final sendoff (R.I.P.) and I’m not remiss in saying you’ll really love the new earlier connection they gave him to the series mythos.

Needless to say, I wasted no time pre-ordering the 4K after I got out of the theater.

I'd like the Final Destination movies better if they had Death more often taking out people who actually deserved to die. Like if more victims in the franchise were like the racist tow truck driver who met his end while attempting a cross burning on someone's lawn.