This trip is a rough ride

Rating: 6/10 (19 March 2000)

Final Destination: When a horrible vision leaves him in hysterics, Alex Browning and several classmates are removed from their Paris-bound plane. Sitting in the waiting area, they watch in horror as the plane bursts into flames and crashes into the sea. Though scared and confused, they are thankful for being spared. But fate isn't ready to give up so easily.
Although Destination is another body-count movie it is a nice change of pace from such tiresome slasher flicks as "I Know What You Did Last Summer" or "Urban Legend". Rather than an unhinged serial killer driven by a minor slight, the pursuer here is Death itself. I was glad to see that the producers didn't rely on CGI effects for a grim hooded specter. Instead, Death is a quiet and subtle foe announced only by a wisp of wind, a brief shadow, or an unnerving hum- which makes for an unsettling effect.

The dialogue is definitely lacking (but I didn't go in expecting Hamlet) and several of the characters do nothing but whine - their deaths couldn't come soon enough for me. There is however a palpable tension which will keep you engaged, and deliver a few jumps.
Make it a matinee.