Justified Kills: Why Final Destination Bloodlines Surprises and Delivers

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Death has never been so logical. Final Destination Bloodlines delivers what might be the most perfectly plotted horror film in years, surprising us with its airtight storyline and fully justified character actions. Who would have thought that the sixth installment in a horror franchise would be the one to eliminate plot holes entirely?

The film brilliantly connects to the broader Final Destination universe while standing confidently on its own. Set after previous entries yet functioning as a prequel that explains the entire franchise's mythology, Bloodlines introduces a 1950s premonition that establishes the "bloodlines" concept – suggesting all victims throughout the series share a connection. This elegant world-building enhances rather than complicates, giving viewers just enough information without overwhelming them with convoluted explanations.

Tony Todd's final performance deserves special recognition, as the filmmakers crafted a perfect send-off that acknowledges both the character and the actor. His recurring presence throughout the franchise finally receives meaningful context. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond shines as "a perfect likable dick," landing every joke and emotional beat with precision that elevates the entire film. Unlike typical horror movies where audiences root for annoying characters to die, Bloodlines presents people you genuinely care about, making their potential deaths more impactful.

The family-centric narrative creates a refreshing dynamic where characters quickly accept their predicament and work together intelligently. Gone are the frustrating moments of previous films where skeptical characters ignore warnings until it's too late. Our only minor complaint involves the occasionally obvious CGI that lacks the visceral impact of the practical effects in earlier entries. Nevertheless, both hosts rate this as potentially the best film of the year and a triumphant revitalization of the franchise. What are your favorite kills from the Final Destination series? Share in the comments and join the conversation!

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
the feel-good comedy hit of the summer is here.
In case you don't know, we'reobviously talking about final
destination bloodlines, themovie where everyone dies in
spectacular fashion withhilarious results.
I'm joined by Addy for yetanother review and got to say

(00:28):
man, this was a good movie.
Can't believe it.
We finally watched a movie thatwas actually good, that we were
excited to watch and lived upto the hype.
I was super pumped to see this.
I feel like the trailers didsuch a great job of showing the
suspense, the build-up of thekills, without actually showing
how people die.

(00:48):
But they did something reallysmart.
They they showed some footagethat wasn't in the actual movie
and I love that because I'm sosick of trailers spoiling movies
.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
You know what my favorite part about this film is
what?
Final destination bloodlines isthe first film this year that
justified everything.
Yeah, there was not a singleplot hole that I could spot, and
usually I'm on that shit and itbuggers me to the end of days.

(01:21):
Whereas with final destinationbloodlines, every character was
justified in their actions,every story point was justified
to happen and there was nothingout of place, which is weird for
a movie that is that much outthere, you know what I mean?

Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, of course, like , if you told me five years ago
that I was going to review aFinal Destination movie and that
was going to be the mostlogical, you know, plot hole
non-existent movie of the year,I would have been like, what?
Like?
Because all the sequels havesome plot holes in them,

(02:00):
absolutely.
There was actually a momentafter we watched this where you
were saying to me, oh, I hatethat this thing happened because
that wasn't justified.
And then we talked about it.
I was like, no, it actually was.
They covered their tracks.
Yeah, they did a really goodjob.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I love the this kind of world build up.
Every movie is an anthology,meaning that every movie is
existing in the same world buttotally separate stories, and I
love that.
So Tony Todd is one characterthat exists in every film.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
I'm pretty sure he's almost in every movie.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
There might be one or two sequels he's not in, but he
was a reoccurring character andthe thing I love is that this
movie justified it, why he is arecurring character throughout
all the films.
It's just, oh, I love that and,based on the premonition that

(02:53):
happened in the 50s, is thesetup for for the other five
films.
If you think about it, they'reone of the bloodlines all these
kids throughout all these yearsthat all died they all could
have have been they all wouldhave been.
Either them or their parentswould have been at that party.
Yeah, it's f***ing phenomenal.
So this movie it happened aftereverything else, yet sets up

(03:13):
everything that happened before.
But it doesn't go crazy withher, it doesn't go crazy on her,
to the point where it's like,oh, this person was related to
this Like of explaining andbeing like.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
You know, it doesn't do it in a way where you're like
, oh man, this is making my headhurt.
It just goes like, it shows youlike the outline of it, and
it's like, yeah, yeah, you workit out.
One thing I was gonna say isthe way they treated tony todd
in his final performance.
His send-off was brilliantbecause there was a wink and a

(03:49):
nod to the audience of like Iknow this is my final
performance, I know I'm goingout, I'm going to enjoy what
little left life I have left,which makes sense for the real
life actor and for the characterin the context of the story.
It was just so brilliant theway they did that I loved it.

(04:09):
I will explain one drawback.
I must say, similar to what wesaid about the trailers, it's
reminiscent of just modern filmindustry.
The CGI is just a little bittoo much for me.
Like's gonna date this movie alot more than the first two
films.
They had cgi, but they didn'toverdo it, they didn't overcook

(04:33):
it.
So there's lots of moments whereyou're like, okay, I can tell
that that knife is in.
Like that it's there, that it'snot a fake knife or you know
whatever objects in relation tothe deaths.
But in this you just feel likenothing's really there on the
screen.
It just looks too fake, whereas, as I'm thinking about it, I'm

(04:56):
really excited to go back andrevisit Final Destination 1 and
2, especially because thosedepths have a lot more impact
because of the real practicaleffects used.
So it's a small gripe, but it'ssomething that you just see in
every f***ing movie these daysand you kind of just have to

(05:16):
accept it as that's the way itis I'm not an expert when it
comes to death or death bodies,but some things are just common
sense and some things are not.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
So the way the cgi works in some films is too much
and you can tell it's just fake,which is a shame, uh, but
overall I didn't mind it in afilm that's this much near
perfection.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
I didn't mind it.
Yeah, it's like a nitpickything it's nitpicky.
I was still pissing myself,laughing at some of the deaths,
speaking of great things, though, richard Hammond.

Speaker 2 (05:53):
What a great thing he did he is a perfect likeable
dick.

Speaker 1 (06:00):
He's a perfect likable dick yeah, perfect, like
every time he was on screen,every, every joke they gave him
landed every emotional beatlanded.
He was one of those actors thatin movies like this, I feel like
it's hard for actors to standout, but every now and then,

(06:21):
when you can tell when an actoris like a higher caliber to the
rest of the crew, the rest ofthe cast that's that's what I
felt with this guy I was like Idon't want to see him die.
I hope he doesn't get killedoff quick because he's like a
key highlight as far as thecharacters in this movie,
because the rest of thecharacters aren't given a lot,

(06:44):
but at least he was yeah, heshined through.
There wasn't any one that Ireally wanted to see die no,
everyone was so good.

Speaker 2 (06:54):
That's what I mean yeah there was no unlikable.
Unlikable characters.
It's just people that, somepeople that were just a little
bit annoying, but knowingthey're going to die it's kind
of satisfying.
It gives you a reason.
It's like, okay, I'm going toenjoy your being a dickhead
because you're going to die soonenough.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
But you know what, in the sequels so many people die
because they're still skepticalof that death is coming after
them.
So they're just living theirlife normally and the main
character and maybe someone elseare running around being like
we've got to get to them, we'vegot to convince them before they
die, whereas in this it doesn'thappen that often before

(07:31):
everyone smartens up and is likeall right, let's walk slowly,
let's look around, be careful.
I feel like something couldhappen there.
I can see something coming fromhere.

Speaker 2 (07:45):
I felt like the characters were so much smarter
than they are in other finaldestination movies they
absolutely were, and I think itcomes hand in hand with the fact
that it's a family dynamic.
Yeah, because they, they trusteach other, they believe in each
other and they've got thegrandmother yeah, grand's
explained everything to the thegranddaughter.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
Then one person goes and it's like okay that was kind
of suspicious and but then thesecond one, and then it's like,
okay, all right, we need tostand together.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah, exactly, work this out one to five I'd give
this probably four and a half,it's wow.

Speaker 1 (08:25):
Okay, that's that's high for this is that's high
four and a half because, youknow one, highly engaged, loved
the concept, loved, loved thechange up in the concept, doing
things different with anexisting franchise.
It gave me exactly what Iwanted Brutal, hilarious,

(08:47):
f***ing kills but also kept meengaged through the story of
this family and the characters.
As I said, the only reason I'mnot going to give it a five is
because the cgi was a bit toomuch for me at times, and the
other thing as well is now,after watching it, all I want to
do is watch all of them fromstart to finish again, which a

(09:11):
sequel should do.
That for the right reasons notto be like oh, that was really
shit.
I'm gonna go watch theoriginals, but more so.
I loved that.
I just want more of that.
Now.
What, um, what are you givingit out of five?

Speaker 2 (09:25):
all right, we're gonna do a little bit of, uh,
mathematics here, a bit ofcalculations.
Let's start with the five outof five.
I think everything was reallystrong.
Uh, I'm gonna get take aquarter off it for the trailer
giving away a few things.
So we're ending up on a fourand a half because the CGI same
thing, but I'm gonna add anextra star for Richard.

(09:50):
So what five and a half I'mgiving a five and a half out of
five stars.
She's really like I had no ideaI would love to be so much I
was squirming, I was laughing, Ihad so many reactions in my
body.
We were cracking up from acinematic and story-wise, I
cannot find the faults in thestory, like every character was
thought through.

(10:10):
Every character was unique,including death.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
You never see him.
But it has an evil f***ed upsense of humor.

Speaker 2 (10:17):
It has an evil f***ed up sense of humour, it has an
evil f***ed up sense of humourand it has a presence.
So yeah, I'm going to give thisa five and a half out of five
stars.
Best film of the year.

Speaker 1 (10:25):
I would definitely say it probably is going to be
the best film of the year for meand best film in the last few
years I've seen and that's itfor us guys.
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