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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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Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review 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 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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Tijs v George was kinda funny but overall the story and the CGI were pretty bad. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/25 Full Review r96 s 'The Final Destination' - because apparently 'Final Destination 4' was taken?! - is the weakest of opening four entries from this franchise. That's a shame because I liked seeing Bobby Campo as a lead, but I'm not sure he and his co-stars were enough for this one. For the first time in this series, I'm disappointed with some of the effects - those computer-generated bits for the premonitions have aged badly. The proper gory stuff remains suitably good, if less effective. Aside from the cast and effects, the premise stays largely unchanged and it's dull as. My money's on 'Final Destination 5' (at least they titled it logically) disappointing me, but I'm hoping to be proven wrong. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/19/25 Full Review Ralph R Final Destination 4 (or The Final Destination) is exactly what you’d expect, same setup, same formula, but with a heavy focus on 3D effects. The plot is as basic as it gets, just an excuse to showcase over-the-top death sequences. The directing feels uninspired, and while the cinematography makes the most out of the 3D gimmick, it doesn’t do much beyond that. The acting is forgettable, with characters that feel like placeholders rather than actual people. The script is weak, filled with stiff dialogue and little attempt at making you care about anything beyond the next death scene. The sound design is decent, especially during the kills, but the score is generic and does nothing to elevate the tension. If you’re in it purely for the ridiculous deaths and don’t expect anything more, it’s watchable, but definitely the weakest in the series Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Stuart R It feels like they tried the least with this one. It’s got the weakest characters, weakest deaths, weakest effects yet, with no pacing and the lowest amount of effort required to tell a Final Destination story. 🍀 Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/01/25 Full Review Hayden C Makes me want to tear out my eyes. The CGI was awful and I felt the kills were very underwhelming except maybe the pool kill. Also they repeated the same story over again and it started feeling pretty boring. I am pretty glad that this is the only Final Destination movie with Tony Todd. Also they tried to bring nostalgia with the car kill from the original and I think they failed at it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/28/25 Full Review Derrick K It's mainly the terrible cgi for me. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 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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