World Famous Comics: Final Destination (New Line Platinum Series)
Final Destination (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Tony Todd, Kristen Cloke Directed By: James Wong (IV) Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: New Line Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 01, 2004 Running Time: 98 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 17, 2000
Product Description: Horror tale with a twist Final Destination tells the story of teenager with strange premonitions about death and the mysterious accidental deaths that follow his life. Directed by X-Files veteran James Wong.Running Time: 98 min.System Requirements:Starring: Devon Sawa Ali Larter Kerr Smith Tony Todd and Seann William Scott. Directed By: James Wong. Running Time: 98 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 794043506123
Amazon.com: While hardly a spiritual upgrade of the slasher film, this high-concept teen body-count thriller drops hints of The Sixth Sense into the smart-aleck sensibility of Scream. Helmed by X-Files veteran James Wong, who cowrote the screenplay with longtime creative partner Glen Morgan, Final Destination is an often entertaining thriller marked by an unsettling sense of unease and scenes of eerie imagery. It suffers, however, from a schizophrenic tone and a frankly ludicrous premise. A high school Cassandra, Alex Browning (Devon Sawa of Idle Hands), wakes from a preflight nightmare and panics when he's convinced the plane is doomed. His ruckus bumps seven passengers from the Paris-bound plane, which immediately explodes into a fireball on takeoff, but fate hasn't finished with these lucky few and, one by one, death claims them. Wong brings such a funereal tone to these early scenes of survivor's guilt and inevitable doom that the already far-fetched film threatens to veer into unplanned absurdity. Thankfully, the tale loosens up with a playful morgue humor: one of the victims winds up the splattered punch line to a grim joke and elaborate Rube Goldbergesque chains of cause and effect become inspired spectacles of destruction. Final Destination is a pretty silly thriller when it takes itself seriously, and the filmmakers play fast and loose with their own rules of fate, but once they stick their tongues firmly in cheek, the film takes off with a screwy interpretation of the domino effect of doom. --Sean Axmaker
Glossy horror flick. Final Destination starring Devon Sawa and Ali Larter is pretty far-fetched but enjoyable to watch. Some of the death scenes are out of this world, too gory and disgusting. The first half of the film is the best but the rest drags and never picks up speed again. I recommend watching this film but stay away from the sequel, it's truly horrendous.
I couldn't help myself. Some of the ways Death found its victims were unbelievable (and not in a good way).
And some of the ways people get killed will make you whisper, "Yeah, right!" under your breathe. The good thing though is that it was really gripping more often then not; nice amounts of action, a little blood here and there, and silly college-aged kids dying left and right.
It's been over a year since I watched this last and I honestly found myself being pulled in almost like it was my first time viewing it!
3.9 stars.
JAMES WONG, OPUS 1 ** 2000. Written and directed by James Wong. Six students and a teacher manage to escape a plane crash thanks to a premonition of Alex Browning, one of them. A few weeks later, Death starts to kill the survivors one by one. FINAL DESTINATION is basically a stupid movie about a good idea. There isn't here only one smart scene or idea, it seems that the director wanted to please the teen audience by delivering another pimply shocker and that's all. In these perspective, a film like Peter Jackson's The Frighteners (Director's Cut) which handles some of the themes of FINAL DESTINATION is a masterpiece! This one is unfortunately already forgotten.
Final Destination Review A well-made and exciting film, which is enhanced by a suspenseful score by Shirley Walker.
breath takeing this was a really great movie when i first saw this movie when it came out in 2000 in the movie theater i was like wow my heart stoped beating i could'nt really eat my popcorn cause the movie was so dramatic,thrilling and breath takeing. When i saw the plain explode that really terrified me it looked so real then other plain movies it was like it was captured on tape that really had me at the begining then it gotten even better continuen the movie, this was a very amazing movie.
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