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Despite a panel of X-Files' alums at the helm and a promising premise, flighty performances and poor execution keep Final Destination from ever taking off.
Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Joe Leydon Variety Generates a respectable amount of suspense and takes a few unexpected turns while covering familiar territory. Mar 27, 2009 Full Review Time Out This portentous chiller is a nasty piece of work. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Akos Peterbencze The Screen [James] Wong fills the finest moments of his flick with the kind of self-aware suspense that you know is contrived and insincere but can’t wait to see how it builds to a grisly and blood-soaked climax. Aug 28, 2024 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Even more than two decades on, it’s hard not to be completely engrossed in the survivors being imperilled by everything from natural gas, knives, trains, power lines and metal shards. Rated: 4/5 Jun 2, 2023 Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast This clever twist on the slasher sub-genre is good, gory fun and features one of the best death scenes ever put on film. Rated: 4/5 Dec 29, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
Will B Thought this was good. A story of fatalities, outlined that you can’t cheat death. 4 more films to follow. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review marley W Good film, good story line, quite original plot, but something just feels a bit cheap about the film, mabye it's the acting, or just hasn't aged very well Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Charles C A pretty solid start to this franchise, a bit of a rocky beginning but after that its classic 2000's horror. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/05/24 Full Review Wolfgang G Der Horrorfilm Final Destination stammt von James Wong. … Final Destination ist gut durchdacht. Manchmal wirkt es zu sehr konstruiert. … Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review Jayster 3 Great gore, and great premise. The entire concept Final Destination introduces to the franchise is amazing and original. This is definitely one of the most original horror movies and has great ways of killing characters off. It’s characters are quite decent characters with little flaws, but the characters don’t make us feel that bad whenever we see them die, but still provide satisfying gore whenever they do. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Priyan B Time pass,nothing great 6/10 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/12/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Kerr Smith as Carter Horton in "Final Destination." Kristen Cloke as Valerie Lewton in "Final Destination." (L-R) Devon Sawa as Alex Browning, Ali Larter as Clear Rivers, Chad E. Donella as Tod Waggner and Tony Todd as Bludworth in "Final Destination." Devon Sawa as Alex Browning in "Final Destination." (L-R) Ali Larter as Clear Rivers, Devon Sawa as Alex Browning and Kerr Smith as Carter Horton in "Final Destination." Kerr Smith as Carter Horton in "Final Destination." Seann William Scott as Billy Hitchcock in "Final Destination." On the set of "Final Destination." Ali Larter as Clear Rivers in "Final Destination." View more photos
Synopsis Alex Browning (Devon Sawa), is embarking on a trip to Paris. Alex experiences a premonition -- he sees the plane explode moments after leaving the ground. Alex insists that everyone get off the plane and 7 people including Alex, are forced to disembark. All watch as the plane actually explodes in a fireball. He and the other survivors have briefly cheated death, but will not be able to evade their fate for very long. One by one, these fugitives from fate fall victim to the grim reaper.
Director
James Wong
Producer
Glen Morgan, Craig Perry, Warren Zide
Screenwriter
Jeffrey Reddick, Glen Morgan, James Wong, Jeffrey Reddick
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Zide-Perry Productions, Hard Eight Pictures
Rating
R (Terror|Language|Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 26, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$53.3M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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