Same Concept, New Characters, New Deaths.

Rating: 7/10 (27 August 2006)

"Final Destination 2" is very similar to it's original counterpart, with the exact same concept, with some more creative deaths and new characters. The film is about a teenage girl named Kimbery (AJ Cook), who is your normal teenager. While driving with some friends on a highway, she has a premonition of a horrible pileup after a log truck loses it's lumber, killing her and many others. Quickly thinking, she blocks up the freeway, stopping a handful of strangers who would have died from cruising into death's arms. But when the people she miraculously saved from death begin to die in odd ways, it seems that Death is coming back for them. After seeking help from Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), who is now contained in a mental hospital, fearing that Death is still out to get her, it's up to Kimberly to keep all of those who she saved from dying. But is it really possible to cheat your way out of death?
Unfortunately, for this unlucky slew of people, it isn't. This film has the same premise as the original, this time the horrible event being a major highway accident (and our hero is a female) and introduces some new characters who are next to fall in Death's arms. There isn't a lot to say about the story really, since it is so similar to the original, so I'll focus on the deaths in the film. This time around, the inventive death sequences are even more clever and complicated, and much bloodier and shocking than the original film. The most memorable deaths would have to be the one at the dentist's office and the one at the farm field, the ideas the writers came up with were so creative it was surreal. The actors this time around were all good, and Ali Larter reprised her role as Clear, who sadly meets a grim fate near the film's conclusion (which this time was also left open for another sequel).
Overall, "Final Destination 2" is worth seeing just for it's extremely creative ways that it picks off the characters one by one. There are some extremely memorable moments throughout, and the movie was enjoyable for the most part. Definitely see it if you enjoyed the original, it's a good follow-up.