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Final Destination

R Released Mar 17, 2000 1h 37m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
36% Tomatometer 97 Reviews 68% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings
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. Read More Read Less
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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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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 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 Mikel Zorrilla Espinof A movie that traps you and leaves you wanting for more gruesome adventures. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Apr 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Thiago S Excelente! Um filme completamente diferente, e no qual é o meu favorito do gênero terror. Eu conseguir sentir a tensão do Alex desde o momento que ele passou a ter as premonições. E sem contar das atuações, todos conseguem passar o que realmente sentem. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review James B A really good new type of horror movie. I love it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Jorge C Comienza mi maratón de mi más grande gusto culposo del cine, la saga de Destino Final. La primera película de esta saga creo un subgénero dentro del slasher (subgénero del terror), planteando de manera clásica, la muerte de un grupo de jóvenes bajo la mano de un ser omnipresente. Ya por este aspecto, se considera un clásico del terror, pero claramente de dudosa calidad. El accidente del avión es efectivo en todo momento, donde a pesar del bajo presupuesto, tuvieron muy claro qué querían mostrar y funciona tanto en una primera vista, como en estarla repitiendo una y otra vez la escena. Con esto nos lleva a las muertes de los personajes, digamos que el desenlace de las mismas es efectivo, pero la manera en cómo empiezan, no. Detalles como el agua mágica que sale del inodoro o la taza que al mínimo cambio de temperatura se rompa (haría falta comprobarlo), hacen que estas escenas pierdan potencia, ya que, de manera contenida y no gore, logran ser efectivas e impactantes, sin mencionar que una de esas muertes es un tremendo jumpscare. Respecto a las matices de la historia, antes me parecía que hablaban mucho y no decían nada, pero ahora, algunos detalles cobran bastante sentido, como las presuntas sospechas de los agentes hacia Alex alegando que es un terrorista arraigado a los que se bajaron del avión, o del hecho que Clear no cree acerca del plan de la muerte debido al trauma que le genero la muerte de su padre y no querer aceptar un destino así; son momentos que pase muy por alto en su momento y que haberla visto después de muchos años, hacen que se le agregue un valor mas profundo a la película. Por último, voy a mencionar al elefante en la habitación, el terrible agujero argumental casi al final de la película, donde Alex se da cuenta que Clear era la siguiente y no él, ni siquiera intentaron justificarlo, fue una decisión bastante estúpida tanto de los escritores de la historia, como del mismo Alex en este universo, es completamente ridículo e incoherente y afecta muchísimo a la película, es la única razón por la cual pierde tres puntos y se queda con una calificación menguante. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 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 37m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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