The first one made me jump. This one made me laugh.

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2003)

The first Final Destination was excellent. It was well-written, well-acted, well-executed. It focused more on the story than it did on the killings. Final Destination 2 was excellent in a different way. It was well-written, well-executed, and focused on the blood and guts. Notice I didn't mention the acting, which was for the most part, MST3K-worthy.
Story: 9/10. The story was very good. There were no inconsistencies from the first movie, and at least they had a very good reason for not using most of the original cast. Anyone who saw the first movie would know why. Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) has a premonition that there's going to be a major pile-up on the freeway. Like in the first movie, she stops her car in the middle of the street, preventing the people who were SUPPOSED to be involved in the pileup from being involved in the pileup. Her premonition comes true, and a rift is caused in death's design... again. Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), being the sole survivor of the first movie, becomes the experienced know-it-all who gives advice to the doomed people, who begin to die bizarre deaths, just like in the first movie (only bloodier)
Characters: 3/10. Many of them were unoriginal. One of them is a hardcore druggie. Really, where have we seen that before, besides almost every movie in the horror genre?
Acting: 4/10. A.J. Cook's performance was decent, as was Ali Larter's. The rest actually made the movie laughable, especially Terrance "T.C." Carson, who I found to be unintentionally hilarious.
Execution: 10/10. The blood and guts spilled in this movie make it too good to be bashed, especially when the entire audience cheered whenever someone died. I awaited the deaths of the characters like one would await an FMV sequence in a Playstation game. The movie was executed so well that as much as I try, I can't hate it.
Final Destination 2 fails to live up to its predecessor, but can we really name more than two sequels that do? In all, while I DID laugh at the movie, it was very good.
Final Score: 6.5/10.