Laura's screening with Laura Weaser

Final Destination 5. Out now on DVD and Blu-ray. Directed by Steve Quale.

‘Naw, you should be scared hunny, this film is the death of… YOUR CAREER!'

I hate when movies lie. When it was Final Destination 4, they called it The Final Destination, implying that, thank God, there was to be no more.

While one was a great idea and creepy concept in the early 2000s, five movies later the repetitive storyline of cheating death/fate/destiny before being turned into a gruesome mess is old news.

So what have we had thus far? We have had cheating death on a plane, cheating death on a motorway pile up, on a rollercoaster and a speedway. Now, we have cheating death on a suspension bridge.

Our plucky group of unsuspecting teen/young adults are heading out on a workplace bonding retreat (FYI: the group together as co-workers is incredibly unbelievable), when BOOM, an entire suspension bridge collapses… but of course, thanks to psychic intervention, our ‘heroes' are saved.

Or are they…

Where do I start? Aside from the repetitive plot – to be fair I can overlook this due to the fact the other four are exactly the same and this is to be expected – the worst part about this film is the acting. Cringe-worthy would be putting it lightly.

The main characters Sam and Holly (Nicholas D'Agosto and Emma Bell) set the mood with a supposedly heartfelt break-up just before stepping foot on the doomed bus trip.

It was the most unemotional break-up I have ever seen.

Emma Bell seems to have one solo expression on her face the entire film – the blank, sulky-teenager look. You know the one; mouth half-open, vacant eyes, random hand gestures that move from the elbow. But in her defence it is not just her.

They are all terrible and I never felt sorry for a single one of them.

In fact, their deaths were the cause of much amusement watching them go in various ways. Kudos go only to former The Bold and The Beautiful actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, who is not only hot, but understands the concept of fear as she has her eye burnt out of her head.

Speaking of their deaths, these deaths were also terrible. It wasn't the fate of death that resulted in their demise; it was poor workplace health and safety standards that killed these people.

Loose screws in air vents, open electrical cords, Lasik eye surgeons just casually leaving their patients lying around.

OSH would have had a field day. At least in the early Final Destinations death clearly had a hand in their deaths, including decapitation near train tracks and waste disposal units that turn themselves on.

Attempts to shock and awe just came off way too humourous including an acupuncture session gone wrong.

Unfortunately I won't get this hour and a half back of my life, but you can.

What was cool and early in early 2000s needs to reach its destination before more innocent acting careers get hurt.

Reel Moments

The crowd pleaser – the ending. It cleverly worked in the previous films and left die-hard fans (or just people that have watched all of them) going ‘ah, I see what they did there'.

The stage dive – the whole film, bar the ending and clever open title sequence.

Final curtain call? – it was terrible. See the original Final Destination to three for good times, four for a light chuckle and avoid this like the plague.