Final Destination 5's Gymnastics Death Is The Series Most Underrated Setpiece
Final Destination 5's gymnastics death might not top the list of the franchise's most creature setpieces, but it's easily the most underrated. Final Destination started life as «Flight 180,» a spec script written by Jeffrey Reddick as an episode of The X-Files. This would have seen Scully's younger brother having a premonition that the plane he was about to board would explode, which it does soon after he refuses to board. The spec eventually evolved into Final Destination, where Death itself comes to haunt a group of teenagers who are escorted off a plane that explodes in midair.
Final Destination kicked off a great horror franchise, which focused on creative setpieces where characters would have to escape Death engineering gruesome ends for them. While some entries are better than others, even the lesser Final Destination movies have their moments. Final Destination 5 arrived in 2011 and is considered one of the best of the series, and ends with the shocking revelation the movie was really a prequel and that the «survivors» are killed when Flight 180 from the first movie explodes.
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Despite receiving positive reviews, Final Destination 5 proved to be something of a box-office disappointment. While Final Destination 6 is in development, it's unknown when it will hit screens. The upcoming sequel has a big legacy to live up to, with Final Destination setpieces such as the second movie's car pile-up or the surprise bus kill from the 2000 original ranking high on fan lists. Possibly the most underrated is Final Destination 5's gymnastics death, where the character of Candice (Ellen Wroe) meets a bloody end during gym practice.
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