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The Final Destination

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While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition of his friends and him all dying in a freak accident involving many racecars. Mere seconds before the vision comes true, he manages to convince them to leave. Although they cheat death then, the survivors each begin to meet a grisly end, and Nick tries to figure a way to escape a similar fate.
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With little of the ingenuity of previous installments, The Final Destination is predictable, disposable horror fare.

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald The film showers you with gore while dumping a motor engine in your lap and poking you in the eye with a burnt stick. Rated: 2/5 Oct 15, 2009 Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) The characters are crash-test dummies, with dialogue to match. Yet Eric Bress' script is mockingly self-aware, framing the film as the ultimate example of violence as entertainment. Rated: 3/5 Oct 15, 2009 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com For me, this has always been a series of films that, other than a couple of inventive kills and one insanely choreographed opening sequence, has always been more or a less a waste of time. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 4, 2009 Full Review Megan Williams Battle Royale With Cheese The actors all do well enough for the roles they’re given, but the film chooses to focus more on the deaths and frequent premonitions rather than character development, leaving the characters flat and uninteresting. Nov 17, 2024 Full Review Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants Clocking in at under an hour and a half and filled to the brim with devilishly sick set-pieces, and with plenty of viscera slapping you across the face thanks to the gloriously cheesy exploitation of the third dimension Jan 14, 2022 Full Review Matthew Rozsa matthewrozsa.com It reminds us that a "Nazi ain't got no humanity." They -- and Trump supporters like them -- must be depicted as punchlines, not normal people, so America will never tolerate them. Rated: 0.5/5 Oct 8, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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chris m first english, below spanish: english: verge on the ridiculous. from this point, the saga begins to show clear signs of decline. 'final destination 4' seems more interested in visual spectacle than in narrative: blood, guts, and explicit scenes follow one another relentlessly, to the point of being exaggerated and, at times, hardly believable. the effects, though striking, no longer reach the level of realism and detail that characterized the previous installments. the story remains stuck in a familiar loop; the repetitive structure leaves little room for surprise, and the characters stay flat, without development or charisma. the dramatic tension, which once could hold the viewer’s attention, is relegated to the background in favor of visual excess. even so, not everything is negative: the film retains moments of visual impact and some ability to generate suspense, though less effectively than its predecessors. nevertheless, it is undeniable that this fourth installment feels like a stretched-out version of the saga: it continues, but the freshness and creativity that once made it stand out have faded. spanish: rozar lo exagerado. a partir de este punto, la saga comienza a mostrar claros signos de decadencia. 'destino final 4' parece más interesada en el espectáculo visual que en la narrativa: sangre, vísceras y escenas explícitas se suceden sin pausa, hasta el punto de resultar exageradas y, en ocasiones, poco creíbles. los efectos, aunque llamativos, ya no alcanzan el nivel de realismo y detalle que caracterizó a las entregas anteriores. la historia se mantiene en un bucle familiar; la estructura repetitiva deja poco espacio para la sorpresa, y los personajes permanecen planos, sin desarrollo ni carisma. la tensión dramática, que antaño podía sostener la atención del espectador, se ve relegada a un segundo plano frente al exceso visual. aun así, no todo es negativo: la película conserva momentos de impacto visual y cierta capacidad de generar tensión, aunque de forma menos efectiva que sus predecesoras. sin embargo, es innegable que esta cuarta entrega se siente como un estiramiento de chicle: la saga continúa, pero la frescura y la creatividad que la hicieron destacar se han diluido. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/17/25 Full Review Renee T Awful acting, I liked George that's it. Story was predictable.. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/14/25 Full Review Ryan H. The worst in the franchise for sure, the CGI looks like this movie was made on Syfy in the 90’s. The overuse of nail guns and nods to 3D got a little annoying and felt lazy. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/14/25 Full Review Curtis H In my mind, this one doesn’t exist. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/25 Full Review Jose Luis G The worst of the franchise. The first death scenario doesn’t even make sense how everything happens in that same spot. Then the other deaths are goofy and unrealistic. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/10/25 Full Review Blu B Worst of the franchise by a wide margin. It's biggest strikes are it is literally the EXACT same movie for the 4th time and just everything is watered down worse than a Jurassic Park sequel or a Roland Emmerich disaster movie. The acting just isn't good at all. Like it's almost shockingly subpar. It feels like no one is trying or is incapable of it. There is no effort made at character at all. Literally half the people I don't even think have names in this that are said. The performances are so wooden, blend in, and I'm literally already forgetting everyone. The music isn't good either. It's generic/forgettable at best and trying to be too extreme and hardcore and modern for it's own good. Everything else is just terrible. The 3D effects/scenes are maybe 1.5 steps above Jaws 3D/Freddy's Dead. They are so out of place, look horrifcally bad, and are laughably bad. A major strike against this. Than it's so jumpy and most of the kills feel pointless and we just go through the same progressions we have through the past trilogy. And nothing is done well at all. It looks so cheap and like a SyFy movie of the week half the time production wise. It's so weird how this franchise has a problem with every other entry being shotty looking. Skip This. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition of his friends and him all dying in a freak accident involving many racecars. Mere seconds before the vision comes true, he manages to convince them to leave. Although they cheat death then, the survivors each begin to meet a grisly end, and Nick tries to figure a way to escape a similar fate.
Director
David R. Ellis
Producer
Craig Perry, Warren Zide
Screenwriter
Eric Bress
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Practical Pictures, Parallel Zide
Rating
R (Language|A Scene of Sexuality|Strong Gruesome Accidents|Strong Violent Accidents)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 28, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$66.5M
Runtime
1h 22m
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