20 Movie Reveals Nobody Noticed

11. Flip Phones In 2011 - Final Destination 5

Final Destination 5 Isaac
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The fifth Final Destination drops one hell of a jaw-dropping twist in its final moments, when we learn that the entire film has actually been a secret prequel to the original Final Destination, with the few surviving characters boarding the doomed Flight 180 which explodes shortly after takeoff in the first movie.

Considering that Final Destination 5 was released in 2011 and the original film is set in 1999, there should've been a few easy tells, right? 

Except, the film does a fantastic job of mostly distracting the audience from this fact, save for the presence of one thing throughout - flip phones.

Foldable flip phones, which were enormously popular in the late '90s and early '00s, are present in several scenes despite largely fading from use by 2009, all while smartphones - which were surging in popularity by the 2010s - were nowhere to be seen.

This is one of those ingeniously sly early reveals you'll kick yourself for not noticing, even though it's probably the most subtle thing ever put into any Final Destination movie.

 
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