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The Prequel to the First Film Reveal
Final Destination 5 is known for being a Surprisingly Improved Sequel. But it is also well known for having the biggest twist in the entire series. The twist in question? The film, and the series as a whole, ends on is that it's actually a Stealth Prequel to the very first film, and that the surviving protagonists are slated to die in the explosion of Flight 180. But this didn't come out of the blue. Eagle-eyed viewers will spot various hints as to the film's real setting.- One of the key plot points is that Sam wants to take a restaurant internship in Paris. This is a blatant clue that the movie will include a flight to France.
- Furthermore, the restaurant where Sam's internship was to take place is the same one that Alex, Clear, and Carter go to in Paris at the end of the first film.
- Some more subtle hints that the film is a prequel include a series of references in the opening scene that place the movie firmly in the late 1990s or very early '00s, such as the comparison of Olivia to Lisa Loeb, the music Molly is listening to in her car on the way in, and the fact that not only are the vehicles (and other technology) about a decade old, but the style of New York license plates on the cars was discontinued in 2001.
- Cell phone addict Isaac carries around an older, clunky model which is the kind of technology they had back then when smartphones weren't mainstream yet.
- When Block is interrogating the survivors after the bridge collapse, he asks Peter if Sam exhibited "extremist" sympathies — a word that wouldn't have been commonly used in 2011 (when Block would've more bluntly asked if Sam had terrorist sympathies; Peter even has to ask "you mean, like a terrorist?"), but was a common euphemism in the '90s for Right Wing Militia Fanatics.
- The restaurant Sam works at is named "LE CAFE MIRO 81". In Spanish, the word 'miro' can be translated as "(I) am watching".
- Not only that, it's also the name of the cafe which the characters meet at at the end of the first movie.
- The spa gift certificate actually has the expiration date "06/30/01", but it appears for a short time, and the title of the spa might nab your attention, you'll either pay no attention to it, or you'll pass it off as background detail.
Deaths
Candice Hooper- Candice's good luck rubber band that she twirls on her wrist snaps prior to beginning her gymnastics practice, hinting how she wouldn't be that lucky when her spine gets snapped in half.
- Candice's insult on Olivia Castle's breasts includes the words "back", "workout", "gym", and "machine". She later dies by breaking her back while doing a workout at a gym using equipment that can be considered a machine.
- In the premonition, she is impaled on a boat's mast which is the support beam that holds onto the sails. In her practice, she is moving on the unfixed, loose support beam that contributes to her death.
Isaac Palmer
- When Isaac is looking through the deceased employee's drawers, he pricks his finger in one full of thumbtacks alluding to the acupuncture needles that he will get impaled on.
- The spa that Isaac went to is called Ming Yun Spa. In Chinese, Ming Yun (命運) means fate or destiny and since Isaac was only there because of stealing a free voucher from a deceased colleague, guess you can say he was always fated to die.
- Before starting his massage, he jokingly insults the Budai statue about being fat. The statue's weight is what kills him when it falls on top of him.
- During the premonition, Isaac tumbles down and lands on his chest on the bus windows. At the spa, the bed Issac's lying on snaps and he falls to the ground the same way.
- Isaac shares his name with a certain scientist who (supposedly) came up with his theories on gravity after an apple fell on his head. Very similar to how this Isaac dies when a Buddha statue falls on his head.
Olivia Castle
- Before Olivia leaves for her laser surgery appointment, she knocks over a picture frame of her which makes the glass crack over her right eye.
- The necklace she wears is an oval shape with a hole in the center, symbolising her eye that would later be mutilated.
- When she was talking about Candice Hooper's death, she says "Guess we should have seen that coming".
- Some of the things her doctor does and says foreshadowed how she will die:
- The doctor asks her, "What made you decide to take the leap today?" The leap off the clinic window that is.
- When she hears a noise and asks what it was the doctor says "Relax. It looks a lot worse than it really is." The same can be said in the aftermath of her blotched laser eye surgery.
- As her head is secured, she says, "I can't move my head." The doctor replies, "Perfect. Just what we want." As in Death wanting her unable to escape his design.
Nathan Sears
- At the beginning of the film, Nathan tells Sam he will rule over Roy even if it kills him. Well...
- When Nathan talks to Sam before they get on the bus, he tells Sam to bring Roy with him if he goes to Paris. This technically happens at the end when the Flight 180 crash that Sam was aboard claims Nathan's life after he had accidentally killed Roy and taken his lifespan.
- Right after Dennis dies, his blood splatters on Nathan's face in the shape of a number nine. Nathan became the ninth person to die chronologically after Molly was added to the death count on top of the initial eight survivors.
- During the conversation with John, "Dust in the Wind" is playing quietly in the background just before Nathan is killed. Additionally, the lyrics "Nothing lasts forever..." can be heard when Nathan learns that Roy had a terminally large brain clot which was due to burst anytime. Meaning even though Nathan bought himself a new life by accidentally killing Roy, he will still die soon anyway.
Dennis Lapman
- Dennis tries solving or fixing several issues by contacting Agent Block. He dies by a projectile wrench that is meant to mend things.
- Dennis mentions that it's usually the factory workers who get laid off. His death happens inside the factory as he is "laid off" from life.
- Peter says that Dennis could be the next person to die. This was after Nathan was skipped so it was Dennis's turn.
Peter Friedkin
- During him shift, the line cook nearly impales Sam with a meat spit and tells him "could've been ugly". Indeed it was ugly when Peter was successfully skewered with one by Sam.
- Peter's last name, although pronounced differently, has the word "Fried" in it. He gets impaled by a meat spit which is typically used for frying meat.
- Peter is impaled with multiple metal poles in the premonition and later meets the same fate on the prongs of the meat spit.
- Right as he is about to kill her, Peter whispers to Molly "Tell Candice I love her" but ironically dies seconds later to her boyfriend Sam, meaning that he can tell her himself.
Molly Harper
- In the premonition, Sam gets cut in two by a steel sheet while Molly screams in terror and reaches out to him. Her death involved screaming in terror after Sam loses his grip on her, which is cut short when she is flung and bisected onto the plane's wing.
- After the gang meets up at the spa of Issac's death, there are six fliers of a person's head representing the remaining survivors of the bridge collapse. However, it should have been five given Molly survives the incident in the premonition... unless Death is out to get her too.
- A photo of her and Sam can be seen at Molly's house in which the latter was holding the former's waist while she was standing in front of him. The plane crash had Molly dying right before Sam and was bisected at the waist.
- Molly was timid and doleful throughout the whole movie but towards the end, she is carefree and bright-spirited about her trip to Paris. This may be a reference to Final Destination 2 where William Bludworth says that people are "most alive right before they die."
Sam Lawton
- When discussing about his death, Sam reassures Molly that "As long as we're together, that's all that matters." He got his wish when they both died in the fateful Flight 180 crash.
- A model plane can be seen in his cubicle when he, Molly and Olivia discuss Candice's death.
- When looking at a picture of him and Molly, a nearby vase was reflecting inside the glass which resembles the head of an airplane.
