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I love movie special effects

ByJohn

Last year, I happened upon a strange ‘structure’ that didn’t have any context. I assumed it was part of a movie set but there was no cameras or people or really anything around it:

Some kind of movie stunt set on 1st Ave

It turned out to be the set for Final Destination 5 which was shot in Vancouver last fall. It also turns out that the structure I came across was part of the Lions Gate Bridge set which gets destroyed in the film:

Lions Gate Bridge destruction

Note the yellow/orange truck beside the bent railing and their position in both images.

Here’s the full trailer so you can see the complete bridge destruction:

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