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The Art of Death…….in 3D!

The Story:

On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O’Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori (Shantel VanSanten), and their friends, Janet (Haley Webb) and Hunt (Nick Zano), to leave… escaping seconds before Nick’s frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they’ve cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one — in gruesome ways.

Release Date: August 28, 2009

Distributor: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.)

Directed by: David R. Ellis (Final Destination 2, Cellular, Snakes on a Plane)

Starring: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Haley Webb, Nick Zano, Krista Allen

Budget: $40.000.000

Gross Revenue: $183.200.000

Review:

I’m not a fan of this franchise, but I’ve watched all Final Destination series. Except from the first title, all of Final Destination movies ended up just like we predicted, including this last one. So, this franchise movies are just about finding the best and beautiful death for the characters.

So, let’s skip talking about story and logic of this movie, because there were none. The important point is about the art of visualization on how the character would die. Unfortunately, I watched this movie on DVD, so I missed all the 3D effects of the film. So, what’s left for me just some gross blood spilling, head chopping, and body exploded to pieces.

When I saw Krista Allen in the cast of main character, I expected sexy death or struggle to survive action from her. But, the fact is she died before the first 30 minutes of this movie with not sexy at all.

My conclusion, if you’re not planning to watch this movie in 3D theatre just don’t bother to watch it all. Of course you might consider it if you’re a hardcore fan of slasher type of movie.

My Rating: D+

IMDb user rating: 5.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes meter: 29%

Metacritic: 30/100

Yahoo! critics: none

Yahoo! users: B