Much potential wasted on gore

Rating: 3/10 (2 December 2002)

Here is a movie whose premise was one that denoted suspense. But in the finished product, there was little suspense and a whole lot of graphic death. I went to this movie hoping to come out of it frightened that death was after me, but I came out of it with the fear that a sequel would be made, and according to this website, one is. Final Destination comes across as an aspiring slasher film with one thing missing: a slasher. This should be a movie about being hunted by an invisible force, and as such, there should be suspense. It should be frightening - I should want to yell out to the characters, "look out, you're about to die!" Instead it became a movie about a director who wondered, how gory can I make this next death?