Pretty good sequel.

Rating: 7/10 (6 February 2003)

* Crap * * Below Par * * * Worth Watching * * * * Good * * * * * Excellent WARNING *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* Having just viewed a preview screening of Final Destination 2 I have to say I was quite pleasently surprised. I quite liked the original yet failed to see the big fuss made over it. While the premise was indeed original and indeed clever the execution I fealt although not terrible could have been better. This however although not perfect is slightly better than it's predecessor. I had better warn those though who are screamish not to watch it as it's very gory. It's little wonder that it recieved a 15 certificate here in the UK. It makes you wonder about the judgement of those members of the BBFC who gave this movie the certificate it recieved. After all Scream which recieved an 18 certificate is not as graphic as what this was. As I was just about to go in the cinema I bumped into a group of friends who had just come out of a previous screening and to say one of them was shaken up was an understatemant. He had to get into a taxi as there was no way he was going to walk home. It could be argued that it's unnecessarily gory and should have left more to the imagination. That said however it does lend more impact to the deaths when they occur. Some deaths are actually quite amusing while at the samt time being horrific. The movie is also noteworthy of breaking one of the great tabbo's. The on screen deaths of a fifthteen year old boy. What makes it even more surprising or shocking is how ghastly his death is. The plot throws in a good few red herrings not only about how people are going to die but how to defeat Death itself. This is slightly lighter than the original and doesn't seem to take itself too seriously. The witty dialogue is carried off well by an able enough cast though I have to agree with one person commenting on the reactions to some of the deaths not being too convincing. Paticulary the mother who witnesses her son being crushed. I personally fealt she would have been even more hysterrical than what she was. The explanations to certian plot points could have better explained as well. Plus the premonitions as a plot device are used too much. It also leaves you wondering why the heroine has them in the first place. If they were all meant to die in the first place why was she given these visions. Devon Sawas character in the original after all only ever had the one after all. The writers though have to be complimented on how they tied in the movie with the original. They could have just done the easy thing and made a film with the same premise but was not linked at all to the previous movie. What I also liked about this and the original is the fact that from the start of the movie the characters are quite simply doomed. Like at the end of the first movie even though there are two of the characters still alive you know eventually that number is going to come up. Good doesn't win over in the end. Unlike Freddy, Jason and the like. You cannot stop this villain. It's a battlle where there can only be one winner. Final Rating: * * * *