A 2000 destined hit

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2013)

From the opening reel, as the haunting ominous music score plays, a evil and ugliness presents itself. As stopping at the dreaded number three of this series, (number two was a pretty good sequel) of course this one being the best, I liked the whole cool scenario, indeed something different. If I watched FD, again, (I haven't seen it was for years), it would pretty much have about the same impact of eerieness and foreboding, as first time around. On a class holiday to France, Devon Sawa (what happened to him) has a premonition the plane he boards, him and his mates board will burst into smithereens seconds after take off. Him and a score of students get off the plane. The others stay on it. The plane takes off again. Boom! It's just like Sawa envisioned. Then death starts hunting Sawa and his mates down, one by one, in a series of freak accidents. So becoming the hero here, Sawa must find a way to curb and beat this evil, before the handful become fewer. This is a cool 2000 movie, something completely different of that year. What's terrifying about Final Destination, is the story concept, as of the surviving kids, where death is inevitable, their fates decided. You're thinking, "How could these survivors die, being so lucky?". But, that was the killer element I loved. Some of them die in some pretty gruesome ways too, though this doesn't compare to No 2, I should warn you. It's frightening to imagine, living in a world where this story would be true. A comparison as to inevitability and fate, is like in the Hostel movies, where some lucky victims escape, but they're all not lucky for long, as the Elite hunts em' down. Their fates inevitable. Same frightening point here. Just check out it's last shock shot. FD boasts good performances from some up and coming stars, but as to lead, Sawa's diminishing future in thespian world, I can't help but feel sad if a little bugged. Chilling haunting psycho supernatural thriller/horror, all the way.