Takes home an Oscar for teenage horror.

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2019)

Right off the bat, let me say, I'm on the far side of 50 and so not the target audience for "Final Destination", but I thought that this was a great addition to the teenage horror/suspense genre. I really enjoyed it, because it's well-acted, well-plotted, not excessively gory, unpredictable, and even more superlative adjectives that I just can't think of at this moment. For the first 10 or so minutes, I really wasn't into it and thought that it was going to be a big let-down; however, given that it started such a successful franchise and was such a short film, I decided to stick it out. I'm really glad I made that decision, since I was rewarded with a movie that just kept building and building right into becoming a solid home run. I trying to think of something negative to say about this film, but I really can't--other than, maybe, it's hard to accept Seann William Scott as anybody other than Stifler. It's the perfect run-time and has the perfect amount of emotional content for what it's meant to be. If there were an Oscar for this type of film, it would be a strong contender, but sadly that's not how the world works. Both thumbs up for this slick supplement to this particular canon.