Excellent film, a knock-your-socks-off thriller!

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2000)

When I first went to see Final Destination at the theaters I really didn't expect much of anything, just a variation of I Know What You Did Last Summer or Scream. Not that those films are bad, I really enjoyed Scream and all the "Summer" movies, but the formula was getting very predictable instead of appealing. Urban Legend was an example of a bad "offspring" of those new teen horror films. But Final Destination holds its on records. It's a sharp, tense thriller, you really get a lot of chilling scenes and surprises along the way!in this movie, you don't have a maniac trying to kill sex-starved teenagers with a knife. You have a more powerful killer. The death. The thing that makes Final Destination so original and fresh is that you really never know when the surprises will jump right out of the screen. You don't have a lot of gore like, for example, you have in Hellbound Hellraiser 2 (another excellent horror film, check it out), but the way the people die will really scare the hell out of you!Final Destination is an original very well-written story, and you also have terrific performances, an excellent director and a very good production. I highly recommend this great thriller!