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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 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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Jason H Ali Larter is a terrible actress. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/02/25 Full Review Mourning K Good movie. This movie is a fun and gory film. The way the deaths happen are realistic and fun. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Rafael A It's very repeteitive. It's original, but it's not good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/01/25 Full Review Pedro Henrique C Final Destination is a very interesting and challenging film, the plot is quite fast at times but this is compensated by the very creative and crazy death scenes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/23/25 Full Review Shaun R Very original at the time. Still a great concept, despite a bunch of sequels which are almost identical. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/25 Full Review Tania M Just so predictable, im so disappointed Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/25 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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