It makes you think

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2002)

The Latin poet Horace used to write :"Fugerit invida aetas dum loquimur, carpe diem qua minime credula postero." -- "As we talk, the present has already become past; seize the fleeting moment without relying too much in the future."

That's exactly what I was thinking when I walked out of the cinema. Death can come for me today, tonight, tomorrow or wait until I get married and have ten children. But I will get to my Final Destination, like a train that leaves the platform, like the sun at dawn, or the wave that dies on the beach. The film emphasizes the concept that there is no escape from death. That death is probably the only certainty of life. The idea of the film is excellent. The effort is admirable. But the final product is mediocre, mainly due to the very poor acting of the young protagonists.
A plane crash. There are no survivors, except for six students that walk off the plane just before the ill-fated aircraft takes off. They escape death and now death is coming back for them. The film is all about escaping your own destiny, by tracing a new path of life, different from the one that death has planned for you.
After the plane disaster each of the six young protagonists begins to die in the most absurd and unlikely ways. Alex, the main character, foresees everyone's death and tries to prevent it from happening. Will he be able to fight against his own destiny? Maybe. What is sure is that he is certainly able to have us scared for weeks.
Since last night I have seen 'signs' that hint my death at every corner. Not that I had ever forgotten that sooner or later I'd die, but now that's the only thing I can think of! The creativity, the tension, the originality of the film make it an interesting film to watch. The acting is so poor that sometimes you just want to walk out of the cinema. The script and direction are very good at times and ridiculous towards the end. Go and watch it, but please don't think too much about it, there are things that we should all forget about...