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Final Destination

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 David Parkinson Radio Times The premise is flawed and the exposition clumsy, but the methods of demise are as hilarious as they are ingenious, with Wong more intent on toying with our expectations than providing outright shocks. Rated: 3/5 Aug 31, 2025 Full Review James Chesna Flint Journal "Final Destination" is a pretty lousy movie. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 19, 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 Read all reviews

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Alejandra C This whole series traumatized an entire generation. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/25 Full Review Eddy C Good movie, and I would of been happy if it was a standalone, but the concept was too much fun. Not too long also. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Leviathan M It gives us a new genre with a new formula that can satisfy anybody new to Final Destination. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 Full Review Kimmi B. - The famous beginning sequence lives up to the hype, after that the film starts to have some problems. Despite all of this, it’s such an interesting premise, it’s hard to stop watching. Tony Todd delivers a solid cameo appearance. Some of the movie is too teen drama, but where it shines and where subsequent installments shine, sometimes even more, are the creativity of the kills. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/25/25 Full Review Caleb C A movie I will continue to love forever Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/17/25 Full Review Ian S Still holds up pretty well. The opening 10 minutes still hits hard. Better than average horror movie of the 2000's. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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James Wong

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Devon Sawa

Alex Browning

Ali Larter

Clear Rivers

Kerr Smith

Carter Horton

Kristen Cloke

Valerie Lewton

Daniel Roebuck

Agent Weine

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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

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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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