The Final Destination 3D

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The latest Final Destination movie plays out exactly the same as the others and by now there is absolutely no sense of surprise or anything.  Predictable as it was, the 3D aspect makes it more enjoyable and although it is used fairly sparsely, often it is used to good effect.  Cannot imagine watching it on a normal theater let alone on DVD, but with 3D and all its not bad.  The setups are as expected quite elaborate, though I liked the ones in part 2 better.  I hope this is the end of the series, as really its time has come.  The first 2 are definitely enjoyable, and the last two are nowhere near as bad as most horror movies out there.  The series must qualify as a big success with 4 movies in 9 years.  Only other series that comes to mind is of course the hugely successful Saw series and really the SAW movies have no comparison - 6 movies in 6 years??

All in all, would give The Final Destination a decent 5.5/10!

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