The best of the four no doubt!

Rating: 9/10 (11 April 2010)

With three sequels under it's belt and two main directors James Wong who did FD 1 and 3 and David Ellis who did 2 and 4. The Final Destination franchise has been an enjoyable one. The first is of the best no doubt. As a general occurrence in Hollywood movies whatever the genre the first if there are sequels will always be the best though some in recent years has reversed that assumption like Spiderman 2 and Lethal Weapon 2.
Here though the first one is the best. James Wong directs this with skill and ease. He clearly knows his target demographics for this film horror fans and a teenage audience of fifteen years to early twenties. This being the case as all the main characters apart from one are teenagers. Looking at some of the reviews here FD has been highly criticised for a lot of aspects, which is fair enough as everyone has there own opinion. But let me tell you why this movie I give deserves a nine.
First off the deaths are extremely inventive, there is plenty of gore so those with a weak stomach wouldn't like this. With the sequels the deaths though still gruesome aren't very scary and you more tended to laugh, but with the first one there are some genuinely scary moments that did throw me off balance like when the bus kills Terry Chaney (played by Amanda Detmer), that just scared the crap out of me. Also the start with the plane crashing in Alex's premonition had me on edge and arguably the scariest scene of the movie was when Alex and Clear go to see Todd's dead body and they run into the mortician played excellently by Tony Todd. Throughout there is plenty of suspense and tension helped by great music in whether the characters will survive. Also what is rare with your average horror flicks is any emotional connection to the characters. I cared about Alex and Clear and as they become a couple I hoped they would survive and Carter I hated him! Though the script and dialogue was a bit rubbish, it's easily forgiven. The acting is to a good standard particularly Devon Sawa as Alex and Ali Larter as Clear Rivers. The story is also original and different, which makes it refreshing and the ending is great. In referring to the ending I also loved the soundtrack when the credits rolled up. It was great. The special effects though obviously they would look bad now was good for it's time.
That's why I think FD is a brilliant movie and deserves such a high rating and even though with each sequel they have been getting worse. FD will never lose it's touch and will remain for me the best of the franchise.