Final Destination: Bloodlines
Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 16, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
32
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
95
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMay 16, 2025
We’re here for the kills and, again, every single kill in 'Final Destination Bloodlines' is a winner. Every time a head explodes, which is a lot, you’ll want to stand up and cheer. Read full review
91
IndieWireAlison ForemanMay 13, 2025
It doesn’t get much better than a rude maître d’ denied room on a life-saving elevator. And yet, even falling from the top of the Skyview, Bloodlines will have you laughing about that piano all the way down. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMay 14, 2025
It’s a tour-de-force of voluptuously bloody slapstick that knows that we know how these movies work. Read full review
83
The Film StageAlistair RyderMay 13, 2025
Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein have managed to avoid the various clichés we’ve come to expect from a reboot-sequel hybrid. Their movie is a delight because they understand Final Destination isn’t a cinematic universe anybody needs to hold in high regard; it’s a silly, bloody rollercoaster that reminded me why this series was such stupid fun in the first place. Read full review
80
Film ThreatTom AtkinsonMay 17, 2025
It may be the sixth film in a long-running franchise, but Final Destination: Bloodlines moves with the swagger of a series finding its groove all over again. It delivers energy, emotion and innovation with undeniable panache, making it a must-watch for thrill-seekers. Read full review
80
Little White LiesHannah StrongMay 16, 2025
There’s no hope of Final Destination: Bloodlines converting any franchise agnostics – this is a supersize portion of what fans have come to know and love. Yet somehow, where fan service is usually considered a negative, here it feels affectionate and satisfying. Read full review
80
NMEJordan BassettMay 16, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines is even more self-aware than its predecessors, with hugely enjoyable results. Read full review
80
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaMay 15, 2025
There’s not much more a “Final Destination” fan could ask for, but “Bloodlines” — which at times feel more like a dark satire than a straightforward horror movie — reminds us we’re powerless against the world’s morbid whims. Best we can do is laugh about it. Read full review
80
VarietyTodd GilchristMay 13, 2025
Clever, unpredictable and fun, Final Destination Bloodlines offers the series a transfusion of creativity that virtually guarantees that it will live to kill again. Read full review
80
EmpireJamie GrahamMay 13, 2025
Laugh as you barf. This fun reboot is crammed with affectionate nods and grisly kills as it bids a fond farewell to Tony Todd. Might it have been called ‘Ultimate Destination’? Read full review
80
SlashfilmBJ ColangeloMay 13, 2025
When the world feels like it's on fire and atrocities are inescapable, there are few outlets for cathartic stress relief quite like a Final Destination movie. We're a culture plagued by existential dread already, so why not have fun shrieking, laughing, and judging people for their dumb decisions without consequence? Watching a film like Final Destination Bloodlines in a theater full of screaming strangers is my kind of community building. Read full review
80
Total FilmBecky DarkeMay 13, 2025
Uses all the tricks in the Final Destination book to weave an intricate thrill ride packed with jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, laugh-out-loud moments of gory fatality. With its killer set pieces, blood-soaked spectacle and knowing nods, Bloodlines delivers a worthy addition to a well-loved horror franchise that should satisfy existing fans and garner new ones to boot. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 13, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines gives its audiences exactly what they expect. Namely, a series of ingeniously designed, diabolical Rube Goldberg-style fatalities that are mostly so within the realm of possibility that you’ll find yourself crossing the street very carefully after you leave the theater. Read full review
80
Time OutOlly RichardsMay 13, 2025
This movie does exactly what a horror reboot should, taking the best bits of the original and heading in a smart, inventive new direction. There’s minimal reliance on nostalgia. It’s daft as hell and a heck of a good time. Read full review
80
IGNTom JorgensenMay 13, 2025
In Final Destination: Bloodlines, death is the life of the party. There’s little novelty to the boilerplate family trauma plot of this sixth Final Destination movie, but what its comedy-forward take on the franchise’s established formula lacks in thematic depth, it more than makes up for with delightful, well-designed kills and boundless gallows humor. Read full review
80
Screen RantNadir SamaraMay 13, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines is a spectacle, a joyride, and easily the funniest iteration in the franchise. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 13, 2025
It is carnage for connoisseurs. Nothing in the series so far can quite prepare you for the intricate sadism of these set pieces. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleMay 15, 2025
Watching Bloodlines is like watching a nature documentary where a woodland creature is ripped to shreds in graphic detail. If you’re someone who roots for the prey over the predators, this might not be the movie for you. Otherwise? Cut loose, friend. Read full review
75
Original-CinThom ErnstMay 19, 2025
Final Destination: Bloodlines doesn’t completely reinvent the wheel. It realigns the tires and tightens a few bolts. And for a franchise that is built on inevitability and expectations, that’s as close to cheating death as you could hope. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshMay 16, 2025
Each sequence is cleverly planned and staged, but timing is everything, and the rhythm and cadence of the edit is perfectly executed by Sabrina Pitre. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMay 15, 2025
Besides being super-duper gory, of course, the new movie is jaunty, good-looking and full of what you might call esprit de corpses. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussMay 13, 2025
This particular package has a lived-in quality that doesn’t just counterpoint the set piece mutilations but complements the franchise’s premise that death — or here, the never-seen personification Death — can come from anywhere, anytime. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMay 16, 2025
If we judge these films primarily by the creativity and elaborate absurdity of their death scenes, this latest entry ably expands the palette without messing with the formula. Read full review
70
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah-Tai BlackMay 16, 2025
Much like its predecessors, Bloodlines joyfully relishes in its Rube Goldbergian kills and thrills, often trading on the absurd humour of its own fashioning. Read full review
70
LooperAudrey FoxMay 13, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines is a tremendous amount of fun, especially if you can see it in a theater (preferably with an audience willing to match its energy). I said that Final Destination offers no surprises, and yet this iteration of the concept is a pleasant one. Read full review
70
ColliderEmma KielyMay 13, 2025
If you don’t like horror movies, then don’t go see this movie. This isn’t for you! This is for the Final Destination fans who’ve waited patiently for over a decade. It’s also for those who enjoy a ride of a movie that will raise and drop your heart rate multiple times over an hour and 47 minutes. With horror franchises constantly coming back from the dead, Bloodlines is one of the freshest we’ve seen in a while. It’s the perfect blend of going back to basics and cooking up something new, drenched in blood and snapping bones. Read full review
68
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeMay 13, 2025
Bloodlines reminds us of why these hilarious horrors have been such crowd-pleasers, and why their creators might never call it quits. Read full review
67
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerMay 13, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines does deliver. The elaborate opening set piece is one of the series’ best. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerMay 13, 2025
Bloodlines honors a legacy of unrepentant silliness and gleeful gore with a knowing wink. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 19, 2025
In large part because of a great beginning and a solid ending, this is one of the better entries into the series, at least on par with Final Destination 3 and 5 and far and away better than the others. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckMay 15, 2025
Some people hate horror films of any kind. They’re not the intended audience here. But for those who don’t, or are mixed, it’s true: You may watch “Final Destination Bloodlines” through fingers covering your face. But chances are high you’ll be smiling, too. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineMarshall ShafferMay 13, 2025
Bloodlines finds frights and fun alike in a string of gory kills. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMay 14, 2025
Bloodlines, after that first-class opening section, isn’t quite so clever in its constructions as were the earlier episodes. There is more reliance on out-of-nowhere splatter than on amusingly inevitable disaster. Read full review
60
The GuardianRadheyan SimonpillaiMay 13, 2025
Where Bloodlines excels is in the clever and often diabolical storytelling craft and visuals. There’s a decadence in the film-making that isn’t at odds with the campy nature of Final Destination but instead realizing its full potential. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMay 16, 2025
Lipovsky and Stein elicit not a single solid performance from their cast, and their tale’s twists are illogical even by the material’s established guidelines. Read full review
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