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Final Destination Bloodlines review: If gruesome was a person
This film, the latest from the franchise, which has been propelling from last 25 years, embodies gore, grisly and gruesome in the fullest spirit.
Directors Zack Lipovsky and Adam Stein articulate the most bizarre and grisly sequences of Death - the most relentless SOB (read, Son of a B**ch) which returns to settle the scores with the survivors of its mayhem.
Bloodlines sticks to the template of Final Destination as a franchise and idea, but the terror and tonality is amplified to such cosmic levels by the team of writers - Jon Watts, Lori Evans and Guy Busick (of Scream reboot fame) that I was squirming in my seat and clinching my fists all through out.
Death is the villain here, it follows not just you but also your whole bloodline hierarchy in its pursuit of consuming you in the most macabre form. Bodies ripped, bones crushed, faces squashed and bloodlines smudging the curved IMAX screen, all over!
Plagued by horrific visions and recurring nightmares, Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) who gas descended to an academic probation heads back to her maternal relatives' place to excavate the reality of her granny, Iris (Gabrielle Rose) from whom she has apparently inherited the power of premonition.
She must track her down and break the cycle of death, thereby saving the lives of her family members from the grisly demises that await them. But it's not that easy and convenient, with Death sticking its ugly head out.
Bloodlines grips you right from the start - the deadly showdown at the Sky View 'flying' restaurant spearing 400 feet above sea level that would even give a vertigo attack to even an avid macrophile.
Navigating briskly through a series of jolting deaths, it instantly warrants an applause for the technical finesse and the wildly imagined sequences until it all becomes exhausting.
Bloodlines loses its creative fuel, tries to salvage the derailment with its sardonic, outrageous humor, and bright performances from Kaitlyn, Rick Harmon (as Erik Campbell, Stef's cousin) and Owen Joyner (as Bobby Campbell, Stef's cousin), but ultimately succumbs to an underwhelming climax.
In all its tempestuous fun running as a facade over the impending doom, there are complex layers of emotional family bonding in a dysfunctional set -up that adds flesh to its ghoulish bones.
I go with 3 stars.
Final Destination Bloodlines is running at theatres near you and it’s an A rated film.
Ahwaan Padhee, is an IT Techie/Business Consultant by profession and a film critic/cinephile by passion, is also associated with Radio Playback as well, loves writing and conducting movie quizzes. More By Ahwaan Padhee