Final Destination (DVD)

...And what have you got? Final Destination... Final Destination arrived at just the right time. Scream 3 meant the franchise went out with a whimper rather than a bloody gurgle. The third and final part of the trilogy turned out to be the same predictable dross that the first installment parodied so cleverly. The rest of the teen horror genre was populated by not very scary fishermen with hooks (I Know What You Did...) or not very scary people in parkas ...
...is that the bad guy isn't a bad guy at all - no maniacs in masks, just the inescapable hand of fate. A group of school kids on their way to France cheat death when Devon Sawa predicts the plane will crash. They are escorted off the plane, and while they are still arguing in the departure lounge, the aircraft explodes on take off, killing everyone on board. Fate, or Death, or the Grim Reaper is understandably unhappy about being cheated in such a ...

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The film Final Destination is a psychological-type drama/thriller that really gets you thinking about the way that we live our everyday lives, and how we often take things for granted. The film starts off with a group from a high school in America trying to board a plane headed for France, but one of them has a revelation which forces many of the students not to travel. Sure enough, as his revelation told him, exactly what he thought happened. And ...

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Is it worth going to see the most hyped film of the summer? This film has had more exposure than Mi:2 and Gladiator put together. Sadly it just isn't up to the task. The film opens nicely with a good idea which ultimately should have remained on paper. 20 minutes in and it all goes downhill very quickly, becoming another run of the mill teen scream of which there are too many. Indeed the plot becomes a 'Guess who dies next' affair, but is not in ...
...turns to humour and all the ideas grind to a halt within half an hour. The film only just avoids the turkey pile with some reasonable performances by a cast attempting to salvage the dreasful script. Go and watch Gladiator again instead of paying money to watch this one, although it is maybe worth a look on video. ...

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If you thought that the slick teen horror flick had long since played itself out with the 'Scream' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' series, then you're in for a pleasant surprise with 'Final Destination'. Based upon a story by Jeffrey Reddick, with an inventive screenplay by Glen Morgan, Reddick and director James Wong, the picture at first resembles a teen version of Nic Roeg's 'Don't Look Now'. Teenager Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) is about ...
...to Paris. He's felt uneasy about the flight from the beginning and, just before take-off, he has a premonition of the plane crashing. Crazed with fear, he tries to persuade everyone to leave the plane. Only friends Billy (Seann William Scott) and Tod (Chad E Donella); a girl named Clear (Ali Larter) - who instinctively heeds Alex's warning; school bully Carter (Kerr Smith), his girlfriend Terry (Amanda Detmer); and teacher Ms Lewton (Kristen Cloke) ...

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Ever though about the afterlife, wheal this is a great film for you. The film maybe a typical teen film, however it is a great story about a boy who tries to cheat death. The film may at times not be realistic, however it is very exciting and at time very unpredictable about the outcome of certain events. The film will at times give you a real fright, however it does not contain as much blood and guts as a typical horror film. Overall its worth going ...

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...Safe to assume then, that Final Destination - despite its unknown and youthful cast - is not likely to be another American Pie or Road Trip. James Wong - branching out from The X-Files television series - takes the theme of premonitions, and transplants it into the teen horror-flick genre, by way of some disaster movie staples. Final Destination plays on universal, mostly subconscious fears - dying in an air disaster, having a freak domestic accident, ...
...priorities for the characters in Final Destination. Circumstance has seen fit to deal them a specific hand of fate, but when this is averted they soon realise their problems are far from over. And we're not talking post-traumatic stress disorder, either. At times the supernatural fright factor is overplayed, coming off more like yet another bout of sub-Scream hysterics. Which is unfortunate, since there is no post-ironic parody in Final Destination's ...

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The film begins with a bunch of high school students getting ready to fly to Paris on a school trip.The students board the plane including a young boy who has a vision once on board that the plane will Explode.Making a fuss he gets of the plane followed by a young girl,his good friend and a boy who argued with him and the boys girlfriend.The plane doesnt let the passangers reboard and the plane takes off.The students then watch in terror as the plane ...

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This was one of the films I was given for my birthday. I had heard loads of reports that it was really scary. From my friend saying about a shower scene from the radio saying that is one bit will really freak you out. I sat down to watch this and if wasn't scary at all! The movie is about this guy (who looks SO much like Stan in the eminem video) is scared of flying and gets on a plane that looks REALLY dodgy. Then he falls asleep (you know, cause ...
...he's on going to France is going to blow up after he takes up. Then he wakes up before the explosion, and real life is exactly the same as his dream. He freaks out and gets off the plane as quick as he can with all the others in the line (that were fighting with him). Now one by one all the people that survived death are being killed as pattern, but how are they going to survive it this time. The Characters are very good and act even better. The ...

benjammin 19.01.2001 · Read full review
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...for a surprising amount in Final Destination, and it was a great surprise to see that. Essentially, this is the story of several Pretty White Kids on their way to gay Paris for their senior trip. Who actually HAS senior trips anymore? No school that I know of! But I digress. The kids board their plane, all ready to go, when one of the kids has a vision of the plane going up in a fireball. And of course it does, or there'd be no plot to the movie. ...
...As a side note, Final Destination includes something that precious few horror movies have anymore, a sense of humor. Sure, it's an extremely black sense of humor, but it's there. At one point, the jock's bimbo girlfriend rants at the jock and then tells him he can drop dead. A heartbeat after finishing her diatribe, she is unceremoniously hit by a bus. You can almost hear the rimshot in the background. But still, Final Destination is a terrific ...

Blacknarwhal 23.05.2001 · Read full review
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I did'nt know what the film was going to be about when I first went to see the movie, it was just that the trailers looked good. At first I was surprised I thought that I had come to see a naff plane crash film, but it was soon apparent that there was more than meets the eye to the plot. This was most certainly one of the most jumpy films that I have seen in recent times, but it was cleverly done as a suspense film as opposed to horror. I have to ...

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This is a fantastic film, a word of advice though... hold tight to your popcorn or the people in front of you will end up wearing it!! A jump a minute this film will have you on the edge of your seat and leave you longing for more! If you liked films like "Scream" or "I know what you did Last Summer" you will love this film as it is leagues above the rest! Lots of good looking American teens starring in it.. but very watchable non the less! The special ...
...line does at first seem completely over the top this has to be one of the best and most watchable films I have seen this year and I will await the sequel with bated breath! The atmosphere in the audience was fantastic during this film and it should not be missed at the big screen... don't wait for it on video or you will be sorry!! ...

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I decided to see this film because I had heared alot from my friends, and that it was like no other teen slasher film, but I'd heared this all before with 'I know what you did last summer' and 'Urban lgend', but believe me this film is completely original, and devilishlt gruesome. Story is uncomplicated and easy to follow, a school party heading for Paris comes into trouble at he airport where five school kids and there teacher miss the plane that ...
...death comes to take them, and they try their best to defy deaths path. The death sequence are grafic and I can't believe this is a 15, and I cant count how many times I jumped andd my girlfriend spent the whole time hiding behind my arm. My only complaint is that once again like 'she's all that' they cast a pretty girl as the outcast and try to make her ugly and it just doesn't work. All the performances are good and hopefully we will see more of ...

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...the region 2 DVD of Final Destination and i really do wish i had gone along to the movies to watch it. The menus are very well made up providing a good atmosphere and setting for the movie about to start. The movie moves at a fairly quick pace with good special effects and a very well thought out story line. At the end of the movie you may even be thinking about the plan or pattern that death brings. The story is basically a school party (and other ...
...to board a plane, one guy loses the plot and see;s a vision of the destruction of the planes, he and a few otehrs get chucked off the plane, the planes explodes, now death moves in mysterious ways and these people's time should have been up, so death catches up with them, one by one. definately a future classic horror movie. i had a little scower of the web with regards this and its a pitty that the region 1 DVD has more features, i think ill sell ...

stevepeto 23.06.2001 · Read full review
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This film looked good right from the start and with a little help from my friends i eventually went and watched this film. This unknown cast were actually very good and the lad who actually has the premonitions (can't remember his name) is very inspiring indeed. The films storyline is quite good and the effects are satisfactory. The film goes like this - a lad has premonitions that the plane that his friends and himself are about to board is going ...
...howeveer a handful of them end up staying of the plane whilst they wave there buddies goodbye. Next thing is the plane is taking off and everything seems to be okay. Then suddenly then plane explodes and everyone is horrified and turn straight to see their friend who earlier predicted this event to happen and looked at him as hive he had done it himself. The police get involved and the lad and his friends flee to stay away from the police. ...

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Final Desination is an ok film despite what most people say. The story line is pretty good and the acting is not too bad so i can't see what people have got against Final Destination. OK so some of it is a little bit unrealistic but most films are like that. The storyline gets you thinking about death and in some ways is quite scary but there are a few bits of humour that evens it out a bit. Some of the deaths are quite shocking because they happen ...

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