The fourth entry in the almost 10-year-old horror series is really no different from the previous three, except that it is packaged in shiny digital 3-D and eschews a numerical affix in favor of the definite article “the” in the title to suggest that this is the final destination … unless, of course, the cash registers ring hard enough and often enough, which they likely will. With its lousy special effects, cardboard flat characters, and rehashed premise, it would be a genuinely terrible movie except for its mordant sense of humor, which constantly reminds you that the filmmakers know just how ridiculous and formulaic it all is. (Starplex 16, Waco, TX)