Final Destination – ABC Film Challenge – Favourites – F – Final Destination – Movie Review
Director: James Wong
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong, Jeffrey Reddick (Screenplay)
Writer: Jeffrey Reddick (Story)
Cast
- Devon Sawa (Idle Hands)
- Ali Larter (Obsessed)
- Kerr Smith (My Bloody Valentine)
- Kristen Cloke (Black Christmas)
- Seann Williams Scott (Goon)
Plot: Alex Browning is among a group of high school students on a trip to Europe. He suddenly has a premonition their airplane will crash, he screams to warn the others but is thrown off of the plane, and the plane crashes after they get off.
Runtime: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Final Destination starts when Alex (Sawa) is heading to France for a school trip. However, once Alex is on board the plane, he has a terrifying vision of the plane exploding. This leads to Alex, Carter (Smith), Tod (Donella) Billy (Scott), Terry (Detmer) and Clear (Larter) leaving the flight.
Once the plane takes off without them, it ends up exploding, killing all their friends. In the aftermath, Alex becomes a suspect in a much bigger investigation. To make matters worse, the survivors start dying in a series of strange accidents.
Verdict on Final Destination
Final Destination is a horror thriller that follows a group of high school students that cheat death. However, despite escaping the incident, they find themselves getting picked off by death in a series of freak accidents. They must put their differences aside as they look to survive the series of accidents.
This is one of the most interesting concepts in any recent horror movie. The idea someone could see death and escape a disaster. Only to find themselves getting picked off in the order originally planned. While many of the accidents feel like they are put together in a way you could never imagine happening. They do help create a series of unique moments. Where the original stands out is with the FBI investigation, due to the fact the accident could look like a terrorist attack. This angle gets dropped in the sequels and you can see how important it feels. The original gets all the surprise factors and lets us see how the chaos unfolds.
Final Thoughts –Final Destination is an excellent horror that truly keeps you guessing.