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Play trailer 2:14 Poster for Final Destination R Released Mar 17, 2000 1h 38m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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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.

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Fiona Sturges Independent (UK) It's predictable but exciting stuff. Rated: 3/5 May 22, 2025 Full Review Todd Camp Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com Wong and Morgan actually scare up quite a few surprises, even if the territory is all too familiar. Rated: 2.5/5 May 22, 2025 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Final Destination is pure shlock, pure and simple. But it's unadulterated, unashamed, and delivered with a certain hard-ball intensity. May 22, 2025 Full Review Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) It’s rawer, spookier and less overtly pleased with itself ... Director James Wong glories in Final Destination’s portentous vision. May 25, 2025 Full Review Sharai Bohannon A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast 'Final Destination' set a bar that the first four sequels never lived up to. It's smart, cool, fun, and is the reason why so many people in my generation have anxiety. Rated: 4/5 May 23, 2025 Full Review George M. Thomas Akron Beacon Journal At times the film jumps from one scene to the other with little regard for telling a coherent, linear story. Rated: 1.5/4 May 22, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Amazing start of an insanely good franchise. This is my third favorite of the franchise. A lot of good character in this movie, humor is on point, most deaths are really good and fun. Flight 180's explosion is my favorite death of the movie and traumatizes me to this day, I see why planes frighten my mom now. Worst death is Ms. Valerie Lewton's death, not even gory, just blood. There was some jerk moments here and there and a couple bad deaths, but overall a solid movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Idris F Una película simple pero innovadora, con muertes predecibles pero fascinantes, según mi gusto, uno de los siete pilares del terror de los 2000s, aunque tenga malas actuaciones, y la premisa no se haya aprovechado bien, de esta peli se casó una gran saga. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Joe H. It’s a decent watch still. At least it is original idea for a movie for real. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Mr.Homebody#18 M "In death there are no accidents " Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Blu B A 2000's Horror Classic. What sets this one apart from all the others is the lack of self awareness and humor. This takes itself super serious the entire way and has a mystery element to it that the other entries just don't have. It does a good job just posing lots of underlying ideas about death and life in a sense too. Problem is it doesn't know how to fully flesh those ideas out but it does come through here more so than any of the others. The music is really good here and so unsettling and used well. It's actually got really good editing too. I can really point to too many deaths besides the teacher perhaps who could've been cut out. They all add something and are pretty variedd and memorable. I like how some are very prolonged and set up like Goldberg puzzles and others just come on in a insta edit. But really none of them are what I'd call pointless either. At the end of the day this is a slasher with a really clever twist of no masked killer but Death itself. It's such a clever and interesting idea. Everything else is pretty solid here honestly. The direction is pretty good actually. The weakest part is outside of Alex and Claire none of the other characters are really fleshed out. But there really isn't much attempt to either. They all do a good job but none of the performances are DiCaprio try hard level of course but I was suprised I actually did end up liking Alex. And even Tony Todd's scene is just pure expose but it's done so well it's probably my favorite part even though on paper it's lazy. But that sums up this film why it works is the execution is good. The second half does get a little over the top and when adding more of the other characters it ends up not ebing as interesting and becomes more a slasher. The first half is stronger just because it explores the ideas and is more errie and unsettling than a carnage fest. Regardless, it's a good slasher and 00's horror flick. I have to say I prefer it just slightly over Bloodlines in terms of the best one. Just because it takes itself more serious and explores the ideas better and the soundtrack. (And Alex too) Anyone who is a fan of slashers, the director, any actors in this, the franchise, or or late 90's-early 00's horror should check this out. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Alexander S Final Destination stands out as a horror film of the 2000s with its intriguing premise, but its impact is lessened by the era's typical portrayal of foolish teenagers. Grading: C+ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/09/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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