Countdown Movie Review
Final Destination: The App
"Oh...yeah, I guess it is"
I could stop the review there and you would likely know what to expect from this 2019 film, but with sadly nothing better to do on a Saturday night, and not wanting you to get any expectations of this movie being nearly as good as Final Destination, I'll continue on. There's a popular app that predicts the exact time of one's death, and it's deadly accurate. Should you dare cheat death's design, however, it will come for you in other ways...sound familiar?
"Now that you mention it"
This one is rated PG-13, so you know not to expect a lot of blood or gore, though a couple of the death scenes look decent. The opening sequence is enough to capture your attention, but the story plays out fairly predictably, with a couple comedic characters thrown in to, I don't know, lighten the whole death mood thing?
Including P.J. Byrne from...Final Destination 5
I have a theory that those who spend their time looking down at their phones miss life happening around them--while the characters in this movie do have reason to take a look at their cellular once in a while, there is so much time spent looking at phones in this movie you may want to go ahead and grab yours.
Oh
My
God
So
Much
Time
Spent
Looking
At
Cell
Phones
Throughout
This
Movie
Other than the comparisons to one of the most beloved horror franchises of the 21st Century, there's not anything about this movie that will make it stand out in the long run. It's standard theatrical release PG-13 fare that plays it safe in practically every way it can, and one that was shot for little but made a lot--one would certainly expect a sequel any day now. As for the death app, the one thing about this movie you may think might be original--it reminded me a lot of one of my favorite DVD bonus features. It was called the Death Clock, and it predicted when the viewer would die.
I'll let you guess what movie offers this bonus feature
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5
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