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The Final Destination

Play trailer 2:01 Poster for The Final Destination R Released Aug 28, 2009 1h 22m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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Rich C. Loved the kills in this movie. Worth the watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/06/25 Full Review Alejandra C Probably the worst one from the whole series. You can skip this Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/06/25 Full Review Audience Member Bad film, bad CGI, and bad acting. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/04/25 Full Review Kimmi B. Definitely, it is the worst final destination movie in the series. From poorly done CGI to redneck this and that, it’s not very good. Main characters are so incredibly bland, I struggled to remember their names and who they are. There was a kind of funny Chad character which was at least entertaining to watch. Aside from that, there’s just not much there. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 Full Review Mari B Bad acting and bad cgi kills, mediocre script, a few likeable characters but as a final destination film, it fits in with the franchise well, the skeleton vfx kills are great. It's more like final destination 1 if it was slightly worse. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 Full Review Leviathan M This is just untolerable and utterly ugly with it's visual effects, pacing, etc. The intro title screen is pretty awesome though. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 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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