An original and scary film

Rating: 8/10 (9 August 2006)

FINAL DESTINATION (2000)
starring: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Kristen Cloke
plot: Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) is one of many students boarding Flight 180 to Paris for their senior trip. He can not seem to shake his fear of flying, and for good reason. Alex has a premonition of the plane exploding and ends up getting himself, five other students, and a teacher kicked off. To their horror, the plane explodes on take off. But Alex does not feel as if it is all over. Soon after, the survivors begin dying in freak accidents in the order they were meant to die on the plane.
my thoughts: During a time when every horror film involved a masked killer targeting 25 year old teenagers while a virgin tries to discover his/her identity, FINAL DESTINATION was desperately needed by us horror fans.
This is a scary and original teen slasher. It has a great scary premise that really makes you think, great performances from all, a creepy music score, some pretty gory death scenes, and a cameo from Tony "Candyman" Todd.
Devon Sawa is perfect as the teenager with a gift for seeing into the future. He goes through every emotion perfectly and portrays a very layered character. Ali Larter is also pretty good as the lonely girl who feels what Alex sees. She was interesting in a way where you didn't really get to know what was up with her until towards the end, and her relationship with Alex is interesting.
Kerr Smith played a jerk off jock perfectly and made me really hate his character. Kristen Cloke is pretty good as the teacher-turned paranoid mess. Sean William Scott is great comic relief. And Tony Todd, Amanda Detmer, and Chad E. Donnella do good with their small roles.
However, I highly disliked Daniel Roebuck and Roger Guenveur Smith as the detectives that get in the way. They were annoying, pointless characters that just get in the way of an otherwise great horror movie.
This film also spawned two fun sequels and I do not see why it didn't skyrocket Devon Sawa's career.