For those of us who are familiar with the Final Destination franchise, this one isn’t going to add anything new. For those that aren’t, don’t feel a need to go back to the start in order to know what’s going on here. The fourth instalment of the Destination series follows the successful formula to a tee. The characters are given as much depth as a saucer of milk, and there is zero effort to add any originality to the concept. That’s not to say there isn’t any fun to be had. The death scenes, while nowhere near as spontaneous and clever as they were in at least the first two films, are still elaborate, fun and generally end badly for Death’s chosen one. The 3-D experience immerses the viewer into the action, which happens thick, bloody and often and there are some fun moments to be had also, especially the scene involving a premonition involving an accident at a cinema. A clever way to make the cinema goer squirm, although I doubt the same effect would be had at home watching it on DVD.

Once again we follow a bunch of 20 somethings scramble to survive after 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, sending flaming debris into the stands, 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 Van Santen), 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 for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one in increasingly gruesome ways Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination.

Expect little and you wont be disappointed. It is fair to say the franchise has peaked, yet fans of the series will still get a few kicks out of this one.

4.5/10

PK (TELLYS)