Tag: Jessica Gelt

“Final Destination” is back again with a  fifth installment and if you’re skeptical you’re not alone — leading man Nicholas D’Agosto was wary himself because in Hollywood when a movie gets a number that large at the end of its title there’s been more spirit subtraction than authentic creative additions. D’Agosto, who plays Sam Lawton in the film, says that after he met director Steve Quale and co-producer Craig Perry he knew the math would work out fine: “When I began talking to Steve and Craig about what they wanted to do and how passionate they were, it started a continuous succession of pleasant surprises that continued throughout the shoot.”  In the opening disaster sequence of “Final Destination 5,” a suspension bridge collapses and more than 20 cars and a slew of doomed people fall to the icy water below. The scene ...