And into the over-saturated market of the teen flick comes FINAL DESTINATION, a dizzying and suspenseful shocker which has to be the best teen horror film we've had since SCREAM - all right, I know that's not saying much, but watch this anyway. Once in a while a film comes along that you have no hopes for, but which pleasantly surprises you anyway. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 7 / 10 Uniquely entertaining And the deaths are properly gory and spectacular as well.įor this kind of film of which I'm not a particular fan, Final Destination is as good as it gets.
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There is a plan of leaving this mortal coil in a specific order and you dare not disrupt the order.Īfter which the rest start dropping in a series of bizarre situations and this has been the secret of the success of Final Destination and its sequels. They count themselves lucky at first, but then some mysterious force best articulated by Tony Todd says that Death is a character like any other and it's got a mean disposition. They all see in real life exactly what Sawa saw in his vision and they count themselves horrified at seeing friends and classmates die in a spectacular way as the plane exploded. When young Devon Sawa has a creepy premonition and gets himself thrown off a plane bound for Paris in a class trip, a few others of his classmates and one teacher get thrown off with him. Reviewed by bkoganbing 5 / 10 You Don't Cheat The Grim Reaperįinal Destination which spawned a veritable cottage industry of sequels like Rocky had a certain popularity among the young who really seem to have a terribly negative view of life. Things also take a dumb turn towards the end before the film concludes on a logic-defying note. Generally the story is nice, but things could have been explained better and explored more and it's a little too reliant on coincidence. The biggest issue is the script, which is very high in the cheese and awkwardness factors and there is some clumsy exposition that often feels under-explored and not really going anywhere. The others are saddled with one-dimensional and flatly written roles and are a mix of bland (Kristen Cloke) and irritating (Kerr Smith), also found myself not being able to take Seann William Scott seriously. Really liked the characters' surnames, that were nifty homages to horror/suspense icons. Wong does competently with the directing and the portrayal of Death is an interesting and well done one.Īcting varies, with personable Devon Sawa, affecting Ali Larter and Tony Todd's creepy cameo coming off best. The film's highlight is the opening Flight 180 scene, anyone already with a fear of flying will have their fear exemplified and it is likely to turn people from boarding a plane for a while. The film is never dull and is a vast majority of the time fun and suspenseful, with elaborately creative death scenes that are ingeniously unsettling. It's slickly shot and very atmospheric, while the plane effects in the Flight 180 plane scene/explosion are quite impressive. Visually, 'Final Destination' looks pretty good for low budget.
Could 'Final Destination' have executed its premise better? Perhaps. The more stale the concept got, the more the novelty wore off and the less effective the film. Perhaps even the best, and the one where the premise feels the freshest. While it is flawed and somewhat of an uneven film, the first 'Final Destination' is still, six years after the fifth film, one of the franchise's better outings. It spawned four sequels with the fifth film being released in 2011. The other being that it was the feature film directing debut of James Wong, best known beforehand as a veteran of 'The X Files'. The first being that it was the introduction of a fascinating and clever premise that is pretty unique for a supernatural horror. 'Final Destination' is most notable for two things mainly. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 7 / 10 Destination to death
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