A New Era of Death: Final Destination 6 Reviewed

Hey girlfriend! This weekend, I went to see Final Destination 6, and I was honestly blown away. To give you some context, I’ve never considered myself a huge fan of the series. I'd watched a couple of the earlier films and remembered a few iconic scenes—like the log falling off the truck in the second movie and the roller coaster crash from Final Destination 3—but everything else was kind of a blur.

I didn’t plan on seeing the sixth film at first, until my sister told me the entire series actually had connections, and that the sixth movie was going to put a new spin on it all. So, naturally, I did what any committed person would do: I binge-watched the whole series to catch up.

While movies 1-5 clearly follow the aftermath of the 180 plane crash, FD6 takes things in a different direction. I didn’t catch any direct reference to the number "180," but I may need to watch it again to double-check. What sets FD6 apart is its unique, non-linear storytelling. In previous films, we’d witness a major disaster, and then we’d flashback to the present, where the person who had the premonition tries to save themselves and others from death’s grasp. In FD6, however, the disaster isn’t shown in real time; instead, the main character experiences it through recurring dreams about her grandmother’s past. This introduces the concept of bloodlines, which adds a new layer to the storyline.

What I really liked is that while FD6 continues the series’ theme of sensing death’s approach—something fans have come to expect—it feels more grounded than before. In earlier films, the deaths were often triggered by supernatural events, like objects moving on their own or leaks that vanish after the victim’s death. In FD6, the chain of events feels more natural, almost like a Rube Goldberg machine: one small mistake leads to another, like a door slamming, which causes a clipboard to fall onto a keyboard, turning on an MRI machine, whose super-magnetic power becomes deadly. And of course, the deaths are just as unpredictable and gory as ever. You get that same sense of dread, knowing someone’s about to die—and then, true to Final Destination fashion, they go out in the most gruesome way possible.

One of the nice callbacks to earlier films is the return of the mysterious morgue man. We finally get his name and backstory in FD6, and after a traumatic ending, it’s clear the seventh movie will likely revolve around him trying to outwit death. It’s a bold direction that could take the series in an interesting new direction.