Sam and Molly believe they have beaten the system. They have sacrificed the villain (Peter) to the reaper, and they sit on a flight to Paris, smiling, breathing, free. The camera pans to the in-flight movie screen. The flight number is revealed: .
On the surface, FD5 follows the formula to the letter. A group of co-workers (Sam, Molly, the insufferable Isaac, and the memorably villainous Peter) escape a collapsing suspension bridge thanks to Sam’s premonition. Death, angry at being cheated, begins reclaiming their souls in a meticulously ordered sequence. We get the signature kills: a gymnasium gymnastics malfunction that turns a backflip into a spinal guillotine, a laser eye surgery scene that makes you never want to go near an ophthalmologist, and a factory accident involving a wrench, a hook, and a vat of boiling resin.
But then comes the finale.