Final Desparation

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2001)

I have to disagree with the positive reviews. The truth is that Final Destination is irredeemably bad and isn't even comparable to the pretty average Urban Legend, let alone the wonderful Scream trilogy.
Final Destination, like Scream and its imitators, has people dying in a variety of gory ways that make people laugh; unlike Scream, it doesn't seem to be in on the joke that people are laughing because they're so badly executed.
Let's be honest: there's barely a plot, there's no humour and the special effects are pretty unremarkable. The cast is absolutely minimally talented (the guy from Dawson's Creek can't even convincingly play a one-dimensional character) and there's no attempt at character development. Plot holes are legion: if Clear Rivers's parents are both dead, who's been her legal guardian through school - and whose stuff is it that's all through her house in the background? At no point in the film do you seel sympathy for or interest in any of the characters.
Go and rent Scream again instead - even if you're already seen it a thousand times, it'll still be more satisfying than this vapid tosh.