Final Destination

Plot synopsis:
Alex Browning is aordinary teenager, who has the power of seeing the future.He and 40 of his classmates are going to Paris on a school trip. Just before the plane takes off, Alex has a premonition of the plane exploding, killing everyone. He awakens and screams to everyone that the plane will explode. The guards take him off the plane and onto the airport. During the commotion, teacher, Valerie Lewton, and students, Billy Hitchcock, Clear Rivers, Terry Chaney, Carter Horton and Tod Waggner get off as well.Soon after, the plane explodes. The survivors are shocked to find Alex's premontion has come true. Days later, Todd slips in his bathroom, and falls on a clothesline in his shower. His velocity causes the rope to wrap around hsi neck, and strangles him to death. After his body is discovered, everyone deems it a suicide.Alex thinks that Death is after them, since they survived the plane explosion. He figures out that they are meant to die in the order that they died on the plane. He calls Clear and they go to a cafe and talk about Alex's theory. While at the cafe, all the survivors reunite. But Carter and Alex start arguing. Terry, Carter's girlfriend, is enraged at Carter still holding a grudge against Alex. She walks off, only to be hit by a bus.Next on the list is Miss Lewton. She has a series of household accidents that ultimately leads to her computer blowing up in her face, a knife impaling her and her house exploding.The four remaining take off in a car only to have it stall on the railroad tracks. They all get out except the Carter, who spots a oncoming train. The others convince him to get out. He decides to get out, with Alex's help, Carter's death has been intervened. But Billy, is decapitated by a piece of thin metal from the car wreckage. Alex figures out that if someone intervenes and prevents the people next in line to die, Death will put that person at the end of the list. Next in line is his girlfriend, Clear Rivers. She is at home when lightning hits a tree causing a chain of events to occur that ultimately find her in her car with a power line on top of it. Alex swoops in again and saves her, cheating death once again.Six months later, thinking they have finally cheated death for good, the three remaining fly to Paris. At a cafe, Alex sees omens around him, and thinks that Death is still after them. Walking away, Alex is about to be hit by a bus, without realising it. Clear has a vision and shouts to Alex and saves him. However, the bus hits a traffic pole, which sends it flying in the air, finally hitting a electrical sign, which says "CAFE LA MERO 81" on top of the cafe. The sign comes crashing down, about to hit Alex. Cartercomes and saves him. Thinking Death has been defeated, Carter asks Alex, "Who's next?". Then the sign comes back down, this time backwards saying, "18o" and hits Carter.This leaves Clear and Alex the remaining survivors from the first film. It is revealed afterwards that Alex was struck in the head by a falling brick. Clear, now powerless, sends herself into a mental asylum.

Tags: fantasy, mystery, murder, paranormal, dramatic, violence, horror, humor, suspenseful, entertaining

Review:
Final Destination has made my list as one of the best horror films in the wake of the teen/slasher revival.
This is where the story gets interesting by getting off the plane Alex soon realizes that him and his friends have cheated Death and they have to figure out when death is coming back at them.The one thing i thought was trully good about this film was whenever "Death" came after the remaining students that got off the plane it wasn't some grim reaper type guy you could see.
Donella), other peers Billy (Seann William Scott), Clear (Ali Larter), Ms. Lewton and Alex watch from the airport as their late flight bursts into flames within minutes after takeoff-leaving these characters suspiciously confused about fate.The film wastes no time depicting its setup.
Although "Final Destination" provides many edge-of-your-seat surprises and tension, the film likes to poke fun at many of its scenes.
It's not just shock-factor movie-making, they actually sat down and outlines how all the deaths would work in a way that keeps the plot alive.
I love a clever death scene in movies like this ...
What I really liked about it was that Death never showed itself and that it turned simple everyday items into murder weapons.Of course no horror movie is perfect.
I mean who is going to place a beverage on top of a computer monitor?Other than this one minor flaw, Final Destination is still a great and scary horror film.8/10.
I apologize to the writers and director of Final Destination, because this was one of the better horror movies I have seen in a while.Basically, Alex and his fellow students, including four teachers, are going on a field trip to Paris, but Alex has a horrifying nightmare of the plane crashing horribly and exploding killing everyone.
Final Destination is original and a terrifying story that brings up the interesting subject of fate and destiny and if you make it or things should happen naturally.
Not to mention the pretty cool death scenes that occur in this film is any horror fan's dream of watching.
When you go to watch a movie like Final Destination, which is obviously a teen horror movie, you take your chances.
Soon, everyone who was supposed to be on the plane start dying one by one.Knowing that this was written and directed by the same team who did Willard, I knew that a lot of the movie wouldn't be just needless blood, but that there would be some sort of a creepy atmosphere to it all.
There must be a few scenes of that in Final Destination, and one quite humorous one in WillardI also thought that the movie took too long to get started.
Thankfully, the characters aren't as stupid as they usually are in teen horror movies, and I did like all of the talk about `death's pattern', etc.
Without being an absolute masterpiece, "Final Destination" is a good fantastic movie that deserves to be watched.
Moreover, the suspense is well lead during all the movie until the end.But if "Final Destination" isn't a masterpiece, it's because it also contains faults: for example, how can Alex, the hero of the film succeed in seeing these odd visions about "accidents that are going to happen"?
In this film, teens get on a plane for a high school trip to Paris.While on the plane, one teen had a premonition of something bad happening to the plane and everyone on the plane would die.He prevented it by getting off the plane with five of his classmates.It didn't stop the plane from taking off with the rest of his classmates and they ended up dying on the plane.The truth is you can't cheat death.Now death is going to hunt them down one by one.The death scenes in this movie are unique, intriguing and frightening.Through out the whole film, the movie is suspenseful and unpredictable.
Granted, the basic premise of the film is fantastic, and unusually original in this genre, but the script is absolutely terrible.For example, without spoiling the 'plot', the complete pattern is worked out after just one incident: now I may be wrong, but I think a pattern is defined as a series of events linked in some way.
From that point on the dialogue was awful, the supposed 'make you jump' moments may as well have had an on-screen countdown they were so obvious, and the film became overwhelmed in sheer banality.The ending did give a little bit of interest, until you realise that it leaves the door open for a sequel, at which point you just wonder...why?Only rent this film if you are extremely bored or hung over.The John Denver music was in there due to the 'ironic' fact that he died in a plane crash.3/10.
Comment on the plethora of common household items that, if they were to be involved in just the right coincidences, might result in your death.If you really want to scare someone, take them to Final Destination.The lead character, a high schooler named Alex Browning, is waiting on-board an international flight to Paris along with almost 40 of his classmates.
Needless to say, Alex's track record for saving his friends drops drastically post-plane crash.The acting, though excellent, is a bit forced at points, and there are parts of the movie created solely to pad the film.
This type of problem might have crippled most horror movies, but Final Destination cleverly eludes the chance of a weak and long-overdue ending by cashing in on the repetitive "tag-you're-dead" quality of the plot.
The movie is not, despite what you may hear, a teen flick, if you're a horror fan from any generation trust me you'll like it as long as you go in wanting to see it and willing to actually think about the film and follow the story line.
The first mistake was to choose highschool pupils as the main characters, which is surely good for making teenagers go to the cinema to watch the film, but concerning the acting this was catastrophic.
It would seem that Death is not someone you really want to annoy since he is incredibly resourceful when it comes to pay-back time.There was quite a lot of hype surrounding the film in the UK, what with the TV adverts showing people jumping out of their seats in terror every 10 minutes and I must admit that I did jump, but only about twice.
Each death scene shows a person doing regular activities, and they focus on about 17 different ways that person could die, until finally, after a ridiculous long amount of time, the person dies in the most completely impossible and stupid manner you could imagine.
When one compares the excellent beginning with the ridiculous horror/comedy ending, it is like looking at two different movies.
Easily the dumbest scene, however, isn't the ending but the way the aggressive teen turns around his car to beat up the movie's main hero, and nearly kills the bicycle-driving teen - while completely ignoring the fact that he nearly killed him and caused an accident!
The idea of being able to cheat death, it sounds pretty neat but it fails miserably for the following reasons:-Horrible acting...simply horrible -Horrible dialogues (no character in this movie is believable) -Dumb script -Retarded, over-done death scenes -And most importantly:  THE FACT THAT ALL THE DEATHS IN THIS MOVIE ARE PREVOKED BY A MIND OF ITS OWN (A.K.A. the grim reaper) AND DESTROYS THIS MOVIE'S AUTHENTICITY AS A FICTION FILM.To conclude this bogus film, Final Destination could have benefited had it been a little more mature.
I thought it was a great movie to look at and the acting was good, it was just the story that was lacking.
Only in this film someone makes the stop sign swing a little to hard causing really bizarre thing like explosions, impaling, and black 'water' to come out of your toilet all resulting in someone's death.
The entire film is packed to the brim with the traditional "horror-movie" cliches, such as the curtains blowing in the wind and the strikes of lightning occurring every time something bad is about to happen.
For a film which was supposed to promote the idea that Death is unavoidable, "Final Destination" has an abysmally happy ending.
The idea of cheating death, and then having death itself 'chase' you until the only conclusion ensues is a frightening one, and a really great premise for a horror movie.
Death is the ultimate unknown and the idea of it being a malicious presence should give way to a classic horror movie.
Everything from this film is dumb, clichéd and predictable (From the beginning you know who will die and who will survive) Like if it were a episode of "Happy Tree Friends" the big deal of this movie it's see how the characters die.
But pretty soon after the disaster strange accidents start to befall those who got off the plane, it seems that death is out to get them.With the number of hugely disappointing teens in peril movies that were made post the success of Wes Craven's hugely successful Scream, it's refreshing to find one that was, well, refreshing.
Not purporting to be anything other than a wickedly entertaining piece of horror based nonsense, Final Destination is inventive, funny and above all else, shock laden.From the opening, and terrifying air crash sequence to the clever and gross way that our protagonists shake hands with the grim reaper, this film is gloriously proud of its horror intent.
One peak at the surnames of the characters will tell you just how into their horror roots the makers are here, whilst not a homage movie as such, James Wong and his team clearly know what makes a modern horror picture work.If you find yourself complaining about the writing then you clearly are missing the point of Final Destination's existence, either that or you are in fact dead yourself!
Movies come from artificiality and therefore strive to distance themselves from it, but this film seems to embrace it:  every scene looks phony and staged, like the "fight" when they are booted off the plane.
It should be frightening - I should want to yell out to the characters, "look out, you're about to die!"  Instead it became a movie about a director who wondered, how gory can I make this next death?.
I think that this was something which made this first movie of final destination so good and special.I liked the plot of this movie and I also liked that throughout the whole film had suspense and you could not predict what it's going to happen next..
This was supposed to be a great movie.It follows the exploits of a bunch of absolutely typical American teenagers [the girls are beautiful,the boys handsome] who narrowly escape death on a plane when one of them has a vision of the impending disaster.But Death won"t be cheated,and it sets out to claim them back.What we have here is "Alien" without a monster;it picks them off one by one in a variety of satisfying ways,but ultimately we feel cheated by not seeing its dripping fangs.The movie is heavy on visual cliches too--i lost count of the "running away from large explosions in slowmotion" scenes!If you are foolish enough to watch this movie,be warned; you will be two hours nearer your own death by the time its finished..
After the first survivor dies, the dreamer protagonist works out that by escaping the plane they have cheated Death, who does not take kindly to this, and therefore sets out to finish his business, by killing the survivors one by one, in true slasher movie fashion.
I thought this movie was going to be another lame teen horror flick in the vein of I Know What You Did, Urban Legend, the Scream sequels, etc..
Immediately after establishing the fact that this was (hopefully) going to be a good movie, though, it dropped suddenly and became another stupid teen horror movie, much like the aforementioned films (only without the killer with the scary mask and scary knife).
If you want to see a film with someone dealing with Death in a decent horror/comedy context, I'd highly recommend watching "The Frighteners" instead of "Final Destination."I suppose if you want a good "Mystery Science Theater 3000" type of laugh-fest, "Final Destination" might be the sort of movie for you.
Final Destination is original for being a horror film.
Of course, like always, horrified is probably the last thing I feel watching horror films, but Final Destination is genuinely entertaining, it includes one or two original thoughts (which rarely happens in this genre), and I actually jumped once so I guess it's a good film.
A group of people escape a great tragedy due to a premonition of one of them and the rest of the movie involves the Grim Reaper systematically slaying those who cheated Death in various creative ways.
Every movie like this were the cast are getting picked off one by one needs to include likable characters to make me want them to live or an interesting antagonist to make the deaths interesting.
People who like horror or thriller movies should definitely watch this if you haven't yet..
The plot = Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) along with his classmates are about to take a school trip to Paris, but Alex has a premonition that the plane crashes, so he and a handful of people leave the plane, it crashes, thinking that they've escaped near death, an unseen force known as death starts killing off the survivors one by one.I remember going to see this movie in the cinema many years ago and never thought that this would start off a franchise.
"Final Destination" is a really good movie and gives an almost entirely original concept.
Okay I wasn't sold on the idea at first, as I'm old fashioned and prefer a straight up standard slasher, but when I saw this movie, I really enjoyed it.Coming out at a time when the second slasher boom was starting to wane, "Final Destination" breathed new life into the genre.
Okay it's a little slow to start off, but as it goes on it really kicks in and doesn't become predictable as the death scenes are accidents and could really happen making it suspenseful.Another aspect that works is the cast, all of which give really good performances, not a bad one in sight which again is really rare in these types of movies.
Now i have seen all the final destination movies date and it all comes back to the original which is clearly the best , the others are good but the concept is just too familiar they didn't introduce any new ideas weather as this one was the first , and when theirs a long line of movies , the first one is always the best (e.g) saw, nightmare on elm street, Halloween, Friday the thirteenth , their all the same.Back to the film, after all of that ranting the film in my opinion is still one of the best thrillers to date , however its not scary as such just lots of teenagers getting slaughtered , which is pretty amusing.
The final showdown and surprise ending has the same feeling as well.The film gives a perfect after movie discussion for the question of "what happens if or when we die?" It even shows why the later sequels didn't have a heart and mind.
What is a better way to make a horror film than to constantly make people die in freak accidents by 'death' himself?
What makes Final Destination rise above other films of its horror genre is there is no designated killer.
Loved its dare to be different style of film-making, and loved every character, even the antagonist bully.There are some movies you can't put a price on and Final Destination is the one for me.
"Final destination", is a good movie, not a very good one, but a more than decent one, which leaves you wanting more of those freaky deaths.The story is very simple, a group of teenagers are saved by one of them, Alex, who had a premonition in which the plane blew up.
Anyway I didn't expect high quality acting, so I wasn't disappointed, after all "Final destination" is just a teen horror, nothing more, than that.Even if it's primarily a horror, the movie made me laugh a little, it had a particular satiric side, which I liked.
With just the right amount of intense inventive deaths, an interesting premise, solid acting for the most part, suspense, and some thrills Final Destination is an entertaining horror movie to watch..
After Alex (Devon Sawa) has a dream of a horrible plane crash in which all his friends die horrible deaths (In one of the best horror movie scenes in years) He gets in a fight with a bully (Kerr Smith) and him and a couple of others, including Clear Rivers (Ali Larter with her cheesy character name) and a teacher (Kristen Cloke).
But, after the crash the people begin to die in strange "accidents".After the AMAZING opener, the movie sags a little with a "just okay" death.
Around the time of Final Destinations production, teen slasher films were very popular.
The main character becomes a suspect in the deaths, a love interest develops between him and a female survivor (WOW, now there's a surprise), and, of course, there's the obligatory twist ending, which anyone who's seen more then one horror movie will see coming from a mile away.Followed by an equally idiotic sequel.
In Final Destination the characters are all out to keep Death itself from finishing them off since they are supposed to have died anyways in a plane crash.
It's an interesting idea to create a movie about a bunch of people who escape death and destiny keeps coming after them, trying to kill them.