In death there are no escapes... Well this film proves that

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2008)

I am a huge fan of the final destination movies and had seen the first and the third and thought I better fill in the gap and watch this one. I enjoyed it a lot. The car pile up that happens at the beginning was amazing to watch, because it was explosion after explosion and crash after crash, it was just non stop. After that it seemed to slow down a bit though, until we got to Evan Lewis' death. His death is definitely the most tense, which is a shame because it would've been a nice ending death, but it was the first. With his death you just never know when he's going to die, because there are so many things he can die from and then he dies in the way you least expect. His death is so tense, every move he made and every little thing he did I was almost screaming at the screen telling him not to. Most deaths as well you never see coming and if you do see them coming you don't think they're going to turn out the way they do. It's great stuff to watch for the first time, because you're looking for the clues and almost talking to the characters. For me the actors could've been cast a bit better. Bringing back Clear Rivers was definitely the best thing they could've done. If she wasn't in it, the acting would've let the film down. Sadly the character worst cast was the main girl, Kimberly. Her reactions to some of the deaths was way to unemotional. A person on deaths list gave a long moving speech to her about her throwing away anything of his that would break his mothers heart after he died, then she witnesses him getting sliced into three or four parts by a wire fence and all she can do is raise her hand to her mouth for about two seconds and not look shocked at all. For me the acting wasn't great coming from her, but the film was still great. Overall a highly enjoyable film, and best of all was how largely it linked back to the first, mentioning all the past characters names and having pictures of them everywhere, I really liked that effect. This film is better than the first, but not as good as the third, but if you love the final destination series, there is nothing not to like about this film.