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Summary: the beginning was cool, but after the plane crash, blah!
Review: there's not much to say about this movie. it's just a bunch of pretty teens running from death because they were also meant to die in the plane, ok whatever. so, the rest of this movie is over an hour of teens running around, looking attractive and getting killed in the most silly ways. yeah, the director tried to make the deaths brutal, but with the cgi effects, it just looks dumb and phony. the 70's-80's horror movies that had all these death scenes looked a lot more realistic, even the real cheesy ones. they looked a lot better than this i assure you. also, none of the deaths come to you with suspence, it's the same formula over and over. formula=one false scare, then the real thing. for example: boy plugs in radio, water seeps up to him, no not an electicution, instead boy slips on water and gets strangled by a cord, and repeat about 5-6 more times and there's the formula for the deaths.
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Summary: AWSOME MOVIE!![.]
Review: Its an awsome movie on of my 3 favorite horror movies ever made, Ali Larter is really hott!!! Its bloody (for those who like blood and gore in a horror movie), its got lots of action too!!! SOme othere cool actors in it is Sean William Scott(you get to see him get his head chopped off). Its a good movie i definetly recommend it ot anyone who likes horror movies
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Summary: Scared the ... out of me, it's great!
Review: This movie was the best horror movie I'd seen in a very long time. Devon Sawa plays his character well, and I particularly enjoy the first scene on the airplane where he realizes that his vision is turning into reality. His premonition saves the lives of 6 people. Death is not ready to surrender though, and one by one the survivors encounter the grim reaper on much more...morbid circumstances. Watch for the scene when the teacher dies, that is by far the most gory of the whole movie in my opinion and I had to cover my eyes. This is a horror movie that teens and adults will enjoy. Looking forward to going to see the second one!
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Summary: The Work Of Death
Review: Imagine that you unknowingly cheat death. A group of teenagers do just that only we learn that death does not take kindly to being cheated. As these teenagers begin to learn that they should have died and didn't they also begin to learn that Death hasn't forgot about them. This movie is a interesting look at the idea of death. The plot is good and the acting is not half bad. Although the end of the movie may take one too many twists for you to keep up with.
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Summary: Death is coming for you and he thinks like Rube Goldberg...
Review: In the final analysis "Final Destination" benefits from a pair of veterans from "The X-Files," director James Wong and co-writer Glen Morgan, and an extremely helpful initial test screening (see the nice little feature on the DVD with regards to the latter). This film is one of the bloodiest splatter flicks I have seen in some time (it cannot be considered a slasher flick because there is no slasher and I have to add a caveat in that I have not been watching as many films in this genre as was my wont in my younger days). But rather than focusing on the blood and gore you are distracted by the ingenious ways the dead teenagers in this movie end up becoming dead. There is something to said for any movie that finds Rube Goldberg to be a creative inspiration.Once upon a time there was a class of high school students who were going to take a class trip to Paris. Before the plane takes off Alex (Devon Sawa) has a terrifying vision of the plane exploding. When he wakes up a couple of things from his vision immediately come true and he starts yelling the plane is going to explode. There is a big commotion and Alex, five other students and a teacher, end up getting kicked off the plane. The good news, relatively speaking, is that the plane does indeed explode and their lives have been spared. The bad news, which takes up the remainder of the film, is that having cheated Death the grim reaper wants to settle accounts. Once again, Alex is ahead of the loop on this one and the question is whether he can convince the rest of the group of what is going on and figure out what to do to stop it from happening before the final credits. "Final Destination" is a film where the characters are caught up with who is going to die next while the audience is waiting to find out how. Not "how" as in what handy implement will Jason find in some "Friday the 13th" movie but more in the tradition of Vincent Price's "Dr. Phibes" films. But the film does not overplay its hand in this respect and mixes long intricate mousetrap scenarios with startling sudden staccato scenes as well. Bottom line: this is a splatter flick that delivers on the basis of brains as well as blood. This is not to say that the movie is without its flaws, the most notable of which is that parallel to TWA Flight 800, which also involved students on a flight to Paris. Was there really no one involved in the making of this movie that did not notice this was in extremely bad taste and totally unnecessary? It could have been any other city on the planet and it did not even have to be on the far side of the ocean. However, I was wondering why Alex did not explain the two points that determined the line of logic that made him want to get off of that airplane. Not that anybody would have believed him, but at least it was a rationale explanation for his behavior. Also, the first post-plane death in the film is overt in a way that is not true about any of the other deaths (i.e., the blue liquid) and seems rather out of place in retrospect. A sequel to "Final Destination" is currently in movie theaters but while they can certainly replicate the Rube Goldberg inspired death sequences, rehashing the metaphysical questions posed by the dilemma confronting these characters is going to be problematic (if their "solution" is any good, why did it not occur to Alex?). But then sequels in this genre are always about making more money. The exception that proves the rule is "Scream 2," which was about playing with an audience's mind. "Final Destination" is about using your mind to make a movie. People who do not like splatter flicks may well like this one, which is a neat trick if you can pull it off.
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Summary: THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE
Review: I don't understand why everyone is saying that this is a horror-comedy; it's not funny nor was it meant to be. So if u want a horror-comedy see Evil Dead or Dead Alive. But anyhow, this is a great horror movie. It's not a stupid teen slasher movie like Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer. The premise is very different than most movies, and the fact that the murders are being commited by an invisible force make them much more shocking than if some Jason or Micheal Myers is doing them. That being said, the death scenes are some of the best that I have ever seen (and I've seen a lot) while there actually isn't that much blood, the deaths are all inventive and different and will stay with you for a long time to come. I have seen Final Destination 2, and the events of that one tie closely in to this one, and it also explains what happens at the ending. There is a great deal more of blood in the second one also. So if you are looking for a different horror movie, or just enjoy inventive deaths, than be sure to pick this one up, and then see the second one in the theaters.
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Summary: Finally, a Good (Recent) Horror Film
Review: Up until the point I saw this movie in the theaters I had my doubts about the dircetion horror was heading in. Movies like Urban Legends and I now What You Did Last Summer were simply making horror films pop-culture teen movies by adding in popular actors and actresses and throwing in some terrible humor for good measure. Whereas the Scream franchise more or less does the same thing, I appreciate it and like it because the humor is poking fun at the movie itself, and other horror movies that came before it. Wes Craven, a horror veteran, knew what he was talking about, and managed to make the trilogy scary and funny at the same time, something none of the other recent horror films have been able to pull off.
Final Destination is different altogether. Given, the actors and actresses are all young and popular, and there is some humor tossed in, the story is radically different than a typical slasher movie. There isn't really a killer. Teens are being killed off, one by one, sure, but death itself is tracking them down. A force, not a human or a monster. Each death sequence, or for that matter, near death sequence, involves huge setups, and fancy special effects. There is an awful lot of action for this type of movie.
Overall, I definitely recommend seeing this, especially to fans of the genre who were losing faith in horror flicks. This one is good, and I'm looking forward to seeing Final Destination 2, in theaters now.
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Summary: Surprisingly intelligent horror thriller!
Review: Final Destination is a great combination of black humor, horror and basic thriller. The movie opens admirably at the airport, Devon Sawa has a vision of his plane crashing before a class trip. He and several others get off the plane only to discover that it does crash, but things take a turn for the worse when they all begin to die strange deaths. Sawa, Ali Larter, and Kerr Smith all play their roles very honestly and naturally. As for the supporting characters, Kristin Cloke, Chad Donella, Seann William Scott, and Amanda Detmer all turn in excellent performances. Tony Todd makes an amusing and well conceived cameo as a sinister mortician who may or may not be death himself. The death scenes are original and unexpected and the special effects are breathtaking. The plane crash is one of the most realistic you will see. This movie also makes you think about destiny and how you live your life. Final Destination is definetly on the top of my teen horror favourites and a nice change from scream type movies. It's suspenseful, it has a great story, the deaths are unique and the gore is a visual treat. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Better than you might think
Review: Before I watched Final Destination, I dismissed it as just another teen horror flick not worth watching, but when I finally got a chance to see it, I was surprised by how refreshing the film was to the horror genre. The plot (which may seem a bit ludicrous, just a bit...) is that Alex (Devon Sawa) has a premonition that the plane he and his class are boarding to France is going to explode. After getting kicked off the plane with some other students (including Ali Larter and Sean William Scott), the plane does explode, but as we soon find out, Death hasn't forgotten about Alex and the others. One by one the survivors are picked off by an unseen force that causes elaborate causes of death, some of which are eerie, and some others just plain ridiculous. Veteran X-Files director James Wong carries the film at a nice pace and has a surprising sense of urgency and dread as we watch what happens to the survivors, and Sawa is surprisingly good in his role as the man looking for a way to find a pattern to cheat death. The ending however is obviously just a quick thought of glued on afterthought to pave way for an inevitable sequel (which is due out soon) and hurts Final Destination's overall score; however the alternate ending included on the DVD I find a much, much better ending and it has a bit of emotional impact that would have really set Final Destination above and beyond the countless heap of unoriginal teen horror films of today. With numerous nods to other films of the genre, Final Destination is a fun thrill ride that is much better than I expected it to be.
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Summary: One of my all-time favorite movies
Review: When I first saw this, right from the beginning, this movie grabbed hold and never let go, constantly pumping adrenaline into my body, and even had me shaking and screaming. It's that good, and I do believe I never paused this movie any time, either, which is very unlike me. This has to be my favorite thriller. I liked it even more than Scream. The Final Verdict: Buy.
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