First Final Distraction, probably the last. This is the first one I have ever seen and I am happy that I got it for free.
It's hard for me to write a review of a movie without revealing spoilers and this is a Final Destination movie so I am sure if you are familiar, unlike me, then you know what is to come. First off, the movie is ecstatically full of nail biting suspense. It runs off the general horror formula which is done primarily through cut edits. The tension builds up through scenary other then through character interaction and/or story progression. The reality of this movie runs off this strict structure of life and death. Souls are to be counted for. I don't know if there is a steady rate of death that needs to be followed or that if you should die, then you have to. It's very empirical and kept me on the edge of my seat or clutching the innerness of my stomach from raw, gruesome shots.
Each death has to do with familiar fears. Fears that happen to anyone and everyone in the specific events they show. A laser (our inner fear of science fiction and doctors) scorches a persons eye off which makes her fall out a window and pop her eye out which gets run over by a fucking truck. I wish I got to write this thing. It's like saw and paranormal where everyone feels like they could of written a scene for this movie. That's a good thing.
But it all starts off with a premonition. Its just a boring story of people trying to escape death and finding out what they can know about the bullshit event they have been drawn too. But it doesn't matter what they know because none of it all helps even if they did what they were supposed to, or what they knew. What you come to see a movie for is not present in this film. A story. Not really. It's interesting to see that this all happens after a women breaks up with her boyfriend to not hold him back but he wants to be held back. Love pushes the story but then the relationship starts back up after he saves his 8 friends. They all work together too which shows you in modern society, friends are the only people you work with and date and talk too. Work mates are your everything so make the best of it or you ain't saving your life to eventually die anyway. What a revelation!
The death scenes are amazingly shot. It's like watching a Rune's Goldberg machine of death happen to all of these bystanders of retribution or whatever. We fear construction for the healing process that could lead into destruction. AHH a bridge with nice water underneath. Keep on this falling apart contraption with a lot of metal. Don't jump off a swim to safety because, AAHHHHHH! Either these people are blinded by fear or just not animals. Where are you survival tactics when you need them. Shoved up your butt. There is so many fears here that it feels like some snuff fetish film I am watching. It's dark with love and deaths. It's almost a turn on.
I wonder why I would never watch the other four and I realize that they are probably formulaic.
711 Blips out of 1000
Pros
-Awesome kill scenes
-Suspenseful
-Gory, Mushy, Classy
Cons
-Everyone dies
-No story
-Actions aren't controlled so no climax or character change.
How would you like to die?
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