A modern horror classic!

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2015)

I love this movie. The concept sounded very intriguing, so I decided to give it a watch.
It starts off calm enough. However, it only takes mere minutes before you start to feel something is wrong. The signs changing by themselves to "Final Destination", GOD was that creepy! And it only gets worse. Alex Browning (the main character) knows something is wrong, he just can't put his finger on it yet. Soon, something horrible happens...! The plane falls apart and is about to explode! But this hasn't happened yet. It turns out it was Alex having a vision, so he then warns everyone what is going to happen. Only a few seem to understand that he's serious, but a few lives saved is better than no lives saved at all. Don't worry folks, this is NOT a spoiler. I thought so at first and went "Jesus, give away the whole movie, why won't you?!". But thankfully, I was wrong. Traumatized, but relieved, he comes out of the plane alive with a couple of people, seven or so. So everything is fine, right? Hell no! Shortly afterwards, one of the survivors die in the most bizarre way possible! (when you see it, you will be terrified at how cruel the death is, but also laugh at how inanely stupid it looks) And the killer is no one less than Death itself! Now this I found interesting. That it's not some slasher-type maniac but an entity you can't escape instead, is MUCH, MUCH scarier and chilling. Alex believes the death is not a coincidence and so, with the help of Clear Rivers, tries to figure out the mystery... Was the plane crash MEANT to happen? Is it possible to cheat Death?
This is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Afterwards, I found myself looking around, wondering if any object near me could kill me!
Everything is excellent. The cinematography, the acting (Devon Sawa and Ali Larter were marvelous in their respective roles), the music and the overall direction (James Wong was a brilliant writer at The X Files, and seems to be doing just as well directing) couldn't have been better. It's also a movie where you have to pay attention, or you won't understand all the revelations in the plot. It's difficult not to spoil this movie, but let me just say that not only is it really spooky, it actually has its bit of dark comedy as well. And rarely have there been as many moments in a horror movie for me where I've been frightened and in hysterics at the same time. And it even has a great ending. A satisfying ending for a horror movie is always a pickle, since it in some cases can be too ludicrous or cheesy. But here it was simply perfect. The characters also all have their interesting personalities. I'm pleasantly surprised over how I actually cared about almost everybody, even that dumb jerk Carter. Well okay, Valerie Newton was an unbearable selfish bastard. That's one exception right there. By the way, there's also... Bludworth. I have no idea who on earth he is supposed to be or what the hell is wrong with him... but he unsettles me. His voice got under your skin and he almost sounded like something evil was lurking under the surface. It's disappointing that he appeared so little, but at least he's in the sequel too. Maybe he has a larger role there. Tony Todd was like a natural in that part.
Now, there is one strange detail... It's never explained or even hinted at, why Alex has these visions. How can he foresee deaths? Where did this gift come from? But this is a really small complaint. There was so much about the movie to adore and be inspired by that I could look past that and just find myself entertained.
Listen up, you talentless modern day horror directors: THIS is how you make a scary piece of work!
One last thing to you who read this: In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps and no escapes.