Aug 31 2009
The Final Destination - Not So Final for The Franchise
I cannot believe that the fourth movie of this dying franchise revitalized the franchise completly and according to the firm Exhibitor Relations the film is head to head with Rob Zombie Halloween 2. So far this is one of the films of the Final Destination series that has topped number one in the box office even surpassing the previous installment Final Destination 3 and has reached US$28.3 million dollars in just two days. How a movie that has used the same formula over and over has reached US$28.3 million dollars in just one weekend it’s impossible to know because in many horror/ gore fan circles the fans despise the Final Destination movies because they lack of originality.
It’s amazing to think that this movie who hasn’t revolutionized the horror/ supernatural genre has reached that quantity of money in just 48 hours but maybe fans and movie goers aren’t expecting too much of the horror cinema lately and they just want to go to something that they don’t have to think too much as the reason is much of the Final Destination movies aren’t original like the 70’s, 80’s and Gallo movies as the new producers and writers they just want to shock people with a few gore and blood shows instead of making them think about the modus operandi of the killer even if the killer is Death herself. These developers aren’t masters of horror they are just amateurs with a big budget.
Final Destination 4th dethroned Inglorious Basterd that opened last weekend by just 8 million dollar but so far not worldwide because the movie of Quentin Tarantino has grossed US$70 millions world wide. Halloween 2 is in 3d place by US$17 million dollars, followed by District 9 which has grossed US$10.7 million dollars and in fifth place G.I. Joe which has earned US$ 8 million dollars (truly a ticket bomb). My score 2 over 5 stars I just had enough by reading the recap in wikipedia I don’t even recommend watching this movie because it’s just a waste of time just like the second and third part.
