Director: James Wong
Writer: Jeffrey Reddick, Glen Morgan, James Wong
Tagline: No Accidents. No Coincidences. No Escapes. You Can’t Cheat Death.
Actors: Devon Shaw, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Tony Todd, Kristen Cloke, Sean William Scott, Daniel Roebuck, Roger Guenveur Smith, Chad Donella, Amanda Waggner, Brendan Fehr, Lisa Marie Caruk, Christine Chatelain, Barbara Tyson, Robert Wisden, P. Lynn Johnson, Larry Gilman
Runtime: 1h 38m
Category: Fantasy, Thriller
Synopsis: Alex Browning and his classmates are on their way to Paris, but Alex has a problem; he can’t seem to shake his fear of flying. After dozing off, Alex has a realistic, distractive dream; a dream in which he and his classmates die on that very flight. After freaking out and getting himself and five other classmates and some teachers kicked off, Alex’s fears are realized when soon after takeoff their very flight explodes. Having dodged Death’s bullet, he’s convinced that the spirit of Death isn’t done with them yet as it hunts them down one by one in the order they were seated on the plane. Alex decides that he can beat Death at its own game by interrupting the chain of destruction. Soon they will discover that you can’t beat Death, you can only make the hunt more fun.
Review: Final Destination (2000) was a damn good film. Sometimes a summer teenage movie can be a breakthrough film and be great. The plotline and script were completely original. How many other movies can you say gave you this screwed up of a story?
Death made a decision to go after this plane full of people and one rotten teenager decides to mess things up. I would’ve been pissed off too. The death scenes were refreshing and original. Death was a master of his craft and didn’t hesitate to lay the smack down on his victims in some interesting and intricate ways.
Once Alex was queued into Death’s plan it seemed like he could see Death coming, which left the movie looking dark and foreboding with impending doom for the main characters.
The acting itself was decent. Devon Shaw, Ali Larter, and Kerr Smith are all good actors—Ali Larter is so hot by the way—and Tony Todd is down right creepy. As I touched on before, the movie was shot in such a way that it started dark and creepy and continued on that path till the very end. The biggest surprise is that Alex and Clear came out on top because we all know once you get on Death’s list…that bastard won’t stop till the job is done; because Death’s job is…well, death stupid! And business is good!
Rating: I’ve gotta go with a 22 for this one. This movie proved the same thing that Jonny Cage said about Premonition (2007); just because you can see the future doesn’t mean you can change things…you see them as they are meant to happen; or you are the cause of these bad things. When I first saw this movie it gave me a bit of The Sticky Factor; I didn’t want to leave the theatre for fear of missing something good. I have to say that it kinda changes The “Back to the Future” Rule in a way, because even though Alex saw the future, he was only able to alter it, not really change anything. All said and done Final Destination (2000) was an impressive film with good acting and story that will leave you glued to your seat and waiting for the next one. (22of25).
1 comment:
I understand where you were going with the exception to The “Back to the Future” Rule, but the point I was making with the definition was this: because you are seeing the future, whatever happens will happen anyway. In the case of this film, Alex’s premonition was that he and his fellow travelers were gonna blow up on the plane and die. Well, they did end up dying. It’s the ultimate reality of the premonition that cannot be changed; the situation leading up to it is another story.
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