FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES

The sixth film in the horror franchise and the first in 14 years serves as the most quasi-prequel of the bunch. The film opens 50 years ago where a terrible accident befalls a group of people while one of them has a premonition of it before it actually happens. The twist however is the granddaughter of the person who had the premonition 50 years ago, is now reliving that same nightmare herself and must save her family in the process. Like any film in the FINAL DESTINATION franchise, you know what you're getting into when you buy your ticket. The same formula is followed, although this does switch it up a bit in an interesting way and the over-the-top kills, which I must say, there were 2 or 3 here that were pretty nice and memorable. There's a heartfelt and final appearance by Tony Todd who's able to go out on his own terms (well done team). But even with the new kills and the, at times, outrageous amount of fake blood, the film ultimately was a letdown for me and one of the main culprits was due to the distracting and laughable casting. The main star is Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) who's obviously of Hispanic decent. However, her mother is played by Rya Kihlstedt who's of Swedish decent and her father is played by Tinpo Lee who's of Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander decent. And here my friends is where DEI goes wrong. It doesn't even make sense anymore nor are they even trying. How did a Swedish mother and an Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander conceive a Hispanic daughter!? The genealogy math ain't mathing on that one. Meanwhile her brother (Teo Briones) is of Filipino decent. For some reason it must have been extremely important to the producers and/or the studio to cast a female Hispanic because it doesn't make sense otherwise. They must have strained themselves on their virtue signaling flex. 5.5/10