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Summary: Buy the original!
Review: FD2 takes the "gimmick" of the first film (after cheating death, several people are "stalked" by death, and die in graphic, elaborate ways) and stretches it out to feature length. The confused screenplay showcases cardboard characters that are little more than cannon fodder, but still makes sporadic, superficial attempts to humanize them. The bloody, meanspirited film cops out to complete nihilism when it features not one, but two scenes where mothers watch their young children die gruesomely. An ugly, pointless, and depressing film.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: This demented movie made me laugh so hard, somebody had to save my life. Then death tried get back at me, but I'm lordage and that don't happen. "Final Destination 2" has plenty of tomato soup spilling everywhere! Splish-Splash I was taking a bath! An elaborate and complicated car crash that involved people connected to the first movie's victims was a bit farcical. Barbecues never tasted so good. Pancakes have a new meaning. I always run through pigeons so they don't make a mess on my car. That's all I have to say about that.
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Summary: Unnecesarily Gore / Logic Leaps / Bad Acting
Review: I must say that when I saw Final Destination I was shocked. Never a movie had scared me so much when and after seeing it. I was traumatized and it awoke a certain paranoia in me ;P It is one of my favorite horror movies.Then one day I saw there was a sequel. I had no expectations but I saw it anyway. God!! It was bad!! Such a good storyline destroyed by bad filmmakers. First of all, it had logic leaps and I don't know if people noticed this: The year starts off one year after the 180 tragedy. HELLO!! The first movie ended one year after the 180 tragedy, with the survivors in Paris celebrating (and dying!) and you tell me that Claire (Ali LArter) had the time to go back to the U.S. and reclude herself in a mental hospital that same day?!? The other thing, when that certain kid gets super crushed by that crystal why would you get the body out in a body bag if there's only squashed pieces?? Second, I had never seen such bad acting in my life...you know, I know scary movies don't usually have good acting but the first final destination had really good ones especially from ALi Larter, Devon and Kerr Smith. The only stand-out: A.J. Cook... Third, A.J.'s premonitions. In the first movie Devon saw clues that he then sorted out and desciphered. But nooooooo, here A.J. has visions...and really simple ones...practically telling the viewer what exactly is going to happen. Besides, now you see like an actual representation of death, a somewhat physical form. Where's the fun in that? There's also the pacing, too many deaths are frequent...they should've been more apart from each other. It's like they ran out of time and decided to kill most of the cast in one short uncreative, dull, cliche, predicatble scene. Fourth, storyline was not that good, it was very weak and the character held no closeness or bonds like in the first one. Just a bunch of strangers hanging together before they die. Fifth, the movie is way too gory, unnecessarily gory...God, that much gore is for sick people. Hey folks, Death was less messier and more creative in the first one. Sixth, the ending [was very bad]!! Come on, if it is predictable do it stylish not fakish!! Then you say, why two stars?? I have to admit that the first scene (with the car accident) is great. That scene stays in your mind and haunts you, besides it leaves you shocked. Also the death of the kid was really cool....though the logic leap aforementioned...and Ali Larter is what gave the movie more meaning and more familiarity. Conclusion: Rent, Buy, See the first one. Rent the second.
Rating:
Summary: the best of 2002
Review: i bought the first one to watch and get all the facts into my head since it been awhile since i saw it, and it puts everything together.fd2 blows away the first by a long shot and the action was unreal and the movie kept you in it.
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Summary: Death is coming for us...
Review: i liked Final Destination but i LOVED Final Destination 2.it is much more violent and gory.being impaled...crushed to death...they just die in many many violent ways.watch it or "TODAY MAY BE YOUR DAY TO DIE"!just kidding..anyway,just watch it
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Summary: Go Ali Larter
Review: First off Ali Larter is cool. This movie wasnt as good as the first but was close. Any way I loved it. Ali came back to play Clear again. And Joining her are A.J. Cook and Michael Landes. I love this movie. ...
Rating: 
Summary: Overdone and unnceccessary
Review: While Final Destination was a nice diversion from the string of horrific teen slasher flicks, its sequel is pretty hard to take. Not to say it isn't entertaining, but the violence is way out there and the gore is a too heavy-handed. The opening highway accident is almost unwatchable and overdone, the images excruciating to watch and impossible to forget--just not in a good way. This was way over the top and not as suspenseful as the original film. It had its moments, but in the end this was just another pointless and unnceccessary sequel hoping to cash in on the success of the original. GRRR!!
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Summary: Anyway You're Dead ... Again. Not Bad Sequel Has Good Stunt
Review: Surprise! "Final Destination 2" is, unlike dreadful "Hidden 2" or "Spieces 2," better than you might expect. But the thing is, you know, how much do you expect from the sequel to the surprise hit a few years ago? Well, anyway, though some say rightly that this is more like a remake of the original than a sequel, the plot itself requires some knowledge about the first one (which I hope you have already seen). The same premise is seen again. At the entrace to the hightway, a young woman Kimberly (A.J. Cook, aptly recruited from one of the girls of "Virgin Suicides") "sees" a terrible car accident. Prompted (or scared) by her own premonition, she blocks the ramp. And as you know, Kimberley actually witnesses a big pile-up which should have killed her and several other drivers. But Destiny (or call it Death) doesn't like this kind of intervention, so it steps in among the lives of the survived people, killing them one by one in the strangest fashion. Kimberley has to fight back (against Death?), with an assistance from one of the survivors of the original (Ali Larter), fending off the shing blade of the Grim Reaper. But can she? Can anyone? Well, the point is NOT that "can she?" part -- it's about more violent, and more bizarre (some call ridiculous) way of death. It's a gore-fest, you might say, and right, as far as you want that, you will be satisfied. The most impressive part of "FD2" is its well-crafted, chillingly realistic car accident scene. That is not a surprise after all, because the director is David R. Ellis, second unit director (action sequence) for "Matrix Reloaded." Frankly, I don't still get the logics of the film about the order of the casulalities. I don't know whether or not people really get killed in the way depicted. But anyway it's just a movie which doesn't aspire to be Academy winner; it's just fun though still things often look too contrived. And some "deaths" resemble those found in other films -- see "Down" featuring Naomi Watts if you have a chance. More gory, more violent, even with the unexpected ending that might make you giggle (I mean it), "Final Destination" is surprisingly good for a sequel. But I cannot help thinking that the whole rules about death are getting annoyingly complex, and I found them very hard to understand. The film is OK, but its premise which was interesting at first now seems well used up. By the way, Japanese title of the film is "Dead Coaster."
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Summary: No expected Oscar, but lots of gory fun
Review: This movie is stupid, as can be expected. Don't even dare expect thoughtful insights or tastefulness. However, if you like the kinds of movies where one just has to sit back and enjoy the carnage, then this is your ticket. Hell, for a gorfest, it might be considered a masterpiece. There are some intense moments and the killings are "pretty cool." Overall, I gave this movie 5 stars, comparing it solely with the other cheesy, gory movies I've seen.
Rating: 
Summary: Four and a Half Stars
Review: The original Final Destination virtually redefined the teenage horror genre. Instead of the cliche man in a mask killer, death itself is responsible for the teens who are elaborately killed off one by one.
Final Destination improves upon everything the original set the groundwork for. There is only one returning character, (and one or two of the survivors from the first film have been killed in the time between the two movies) but the story isn't this film's strong point.
The death sequences have been significantly pumped-up since the first one. These are the most elaborate death scenes ever put to film, and while the movie isn't genuinely creepy (there are one or two jump out of your seat thrills) it will make you afraid to drive on the freeway the way Jaws made you afraid to swim in the ocean. You'll see what I mean if you check this film out. Ignore most of the story, and enjoy the ride.
One more minor note: Having only seen this film in theaters, (the DVD isn't realeased until next month) I can't say anything about picture/sound quality, and speacial features. But the Infinifilm series has proved to be pretty reliable thus far.
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