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Final Destination

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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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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

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Hailee B Okay all honesty in this it was an okay movie you are just screwed no matter what the hell you do. You can never dodge death and the characters were decent just alright idk def think it couldve been better, The death were also a little werid of how they died, lines were kinda cheesy and corny but lowkey enjoyed that though. I will check out the second one just to see what you guys keep coming up with I know I did watch a movie dont remebr the number but did traumtize me lol. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/15/24 Full Review cinema f “Death is the Final Destination, Boarding Starts Now!” Now I’m scared to go on a plane. The whole storyline is interesting and a great franchise for horror. 5/5 stars. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/26/24 Full Review Mike P Not a terrible horror movie. A bunch of kids miraculously survive a brutal plane crash; and then Death and Destiny seems to be coming after them later; since they cheated Death before...Adam Stein, the director, should have reigned himself in a little; it's almost comically melodramatic sometimes. A little more nuance and subtlety, and ambiguity, would have helped. Also teenagers who aren't such a bunch of Animal House-Deadhead stereotypes. And the composer over does it with the Psycho background music...But there's still some cool ideas and set pieces nestled in there; and some good suspense. Supposedly it was inspired by an X Files script; and you can see that influence; that and The Twilight Zone; with all it's twisty stories about fate and destiny. The kill scenes are very similar to the Rube Goldberg type death scenes in The Omen. I'd recommend this for horror aficionados; and horror completists; since it's considered a classic in slasher fan circles. So not a great movie; but interesting in parts. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Char T Full of suspense, makes you grip the edge of your seat and surprises are thrown in throughout. Worth a watch! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review Gianvito A Very enjoyable i had a lot of fun Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Audience Member It’s not a bad movie. The visions and deaths are great and make a hallmark of the series because of how graphic and violent they were. However, the forgettable scenes of nonsense dialogue that doesn’t need to be dragged on make this boring for some viewers. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 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

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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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