The Final Destination

Plot synopsis:
College student Nick O'Bannon attends a race at the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Lori Milligan and their friends Hunt Wynorski and Janet Cunningham. Nick suddenly has a premonition of a terrible accident that sends debris into the stadium, killing several people and causing the stadium to collapse. In his panic, Nick inadvertently starts an argument with Andy Kewzer. Andy and his girlfriend Nadia Monroy, as well as racist Carter Daniels (who demands his wife stay) chase Nick and his friends out of the stadium, along with mother Samantha Lane, her children, and security guard George Lanter. When the accident occurs, George prevents Carter from going in after his wife and a scuffle ensues. As she is yelling at the group, Nadia is suddenly decapitated by a tire flying out of the stadium.
Several days after the disaster, Carter tries to set a cross ablaze on George's front lawn blaming him for preventing him from saving his wife, but a chain of events causes his tow truck to start driving on its own and as Carter tries to regain control, he is grabbed by the towing chain and is blown up by his truck catching fire with the very gas he was using. The following day, Samantha is finishing up at a beauty parlor when a rock propelled by a lawn mower suddenly impales her eye and kills her. After reading about the events in the paper, Nick becomes convinced that Death is coming after them for evading their fates at the stadium. Hunt and Janet are dubious, but they manage to convince George about what is happening. The group arrives to warn Andy, but he is killed when a tank, propelled by a chain reaction from a faulty wench launches him through a chain link fence. After receiving a premonition involving water, Nick tries to warn Hunt, who has gone for one last conquest at the pool, while George and Lori try to find Janet, who becomes immobilized in a malfunctioning car wash. Hunt drops his lucky coin in the water after an accidental placement of a toy turned the pool's drain on. As he dives into the pool, he is pulled down to the drain where the pressure mounts, and his insides are eventually ripped into the draining system before Nick can rescue him. George and Lori rescue Janet from the car wash at the last second. Afterwards, George admits to having tried to commit suicide due to his family being killed in a car accident the year before that he believes was his fault, but every suicide attempt has failed. Lori believes saving Janet must have saved the rest of them from Death's plan and the group celebrates instead.
Four days later, Nick then remembers a cowboy, Jonathan Groves, they had jeered at during the race who had changed seats prior to the premonition coming true. Nick and George track Jonathan down at a hospital, where he remained in traction recovering from the stadium's debris. After a bathtub left on in the floor above causes Johnathan's electric equipment to start sparking, falling from his bed and trying to cross the room, Nick and George witness him being crushed as the tub crashes through the weakened floor. Afterward, George is suddenly obliterated by a speeding ambulance and Nick realizes that Janet and Lori are still in danger. Tracking them down to a movie at the mall, Nick successfully saves Lori, but insistent that her life is no longer in danger, Janet remains as a chain reaction behind the theater causes an explosion and kills her. A multitude of explosions race Nick and Lori through the mall until they are trapped on a malfunctioning escalator and Lori is slowly dragged into the gears and killed. This is revealed to be a premonition, but in current time, Nick again fails to save George.
At the mall, Lori begins seeing omens of death around her, but Janet convinces her to shrug it off. Having failed in his premonition, Nick runs back stage to stop the explosion. He is pinned down by a nail gun that activates itself as he tries to stop the fire from spreading to explosive materials. Nick activates the fire suppression system, successfully stopping the explosion and saving everyone. Two weeks later, Nick notices a loose stabilizer in scaffolding while heading to their favourite hangout "Death by Caffeine" and warns the construction worker about it, who fails to hear him. While talking with Lori and Janet, he comes up with the theory that his omens were red herrings meant to get them in the right place at the right time for Death to kill them. Just as he realizes this and sees another omen, the scaffolding outside collapses causing a truck to swerve and crash into the coffee shop. As the scene switches to x-ray Janet is crushed under the truck's tires, Lori is internally decapitated by the impact, and Nick is propelled into a wall and killed.

Tags: violence, flashback

Review:
For me, a rating of 5 out of 10 means I didn't like the movie, but I didn't hate it either."The Final Destination" is a 3D horror thriller gimmick.
It's just killing people using a Rube Goldberg device or a flying object in 3D.Some of the special effects are good, and a few of the deaths are interesting, however, the film doesn't really do anything for me.
Ellis' body bag-fodder isn't mitigated by whatever shallow entertainment an additional dimension might have brought.Eric Bress' script wastes no time in shaping its interchangeable characters as, apparently, Death has to immediately dive into placing its cardboard victims in intricate fatalities that have been the series' central gimmick.
As per the franchise's tradition, Death won't be cheated and it starts to do anything -- like toppling cans and letting waters drip -- to create a ripple of events that would eliminate the survivors.Despite showing how lame entertainment can be entertainingly lame with "Snakes on a Plane," Ellis -- who also directed "Final Destination 2" -- doesn't strive for an ounce of creativity, resulting to a terribly disposable fare that fails to hit its its mark despite aiming so low.
Usually, in the FD films, seeing the set up of the Rube Goldberg-like death scenes IS the suspense, but in here, they feel as if they come out of nowhere because of how rushed everything is.
However, I'm willing to admit the only character I did feel sympathy for was played by Krista Allen, who plays a motherly role with an extremely short running time.However, there are other few things that I liked about the film (emphasis on the word "few"): There's a sequence in a salon and a car wash that have at least SOME suspense.
I don't know if this counts but I also liked the opening credits, which I thought was ingenious, a montage of the previous films' memorable death scenes.
While the very first movie had a spectacular, and some say too realistic for good taste in having witness from within a plane break up and explode upon take-off, this one had an adrenaline pumping race that got enhanced thanks to the latest gimmick in town, 3D.And while some films are presented in 3D format without exploiting its 3D elements to the maximum, The Final Destination milked every single sequence that it could.
From the moment I saw the X-rayed-death-scene opening credit sequence with the hard rock cover of the creepy main theme of the series, I knew that the movie was not to be taken seriously, and a little help from the third dimension drove that idea home.The Final Destination is a caricature of itself and the the entire series for that matter.
but i doubt this will be the final installment.these things are so cheap to make,what with their no name actors.maybe i'm just getting old,but i found myself bored out of my skull with this thing.i guess maybe i'm just not all that entertained by people dying in gross,disgusting ways anymore.that and i just found it all too absurd.not too mention the story is old hat.at slightly less than ninety minutes,this thing is slightly less than ninety minutes too long,in my opinion.for the fourteen to mid twenty crowd,i guess this might hold some value,and yes,it would have for me,at that age,and even beyond.until recently in fact.it's only been maybe two years since i realized i wanted more form my movie experience.one thing's for sure,when the next installment comes around,that's one destination i won't be going on.for me,The Final Destination is a 3/10.
If you have watched 3 or more Final Destination movies...this film is definitely for you.
Besides the fact the 3D was not used well, the acting was dreadful, even by horror movie standards(what happened to Bubba from Forrest Gump?) and the director did not take advantage of what he could have done with the 3D, it was like he read a book on directing and just did all the basic shots you are taught, when he could have got really creative with it.
This movie gets 4 stars because of the following 2 stars- 3D 2 stars- acting of Nick Zano (hunt) I don't recommend this film, but if you are a big fan of The Final Destination and are ready to see gruesome deaths based on the same concept in 3D then this movie is for you.4/10.
It is merely a marketing tool in order to extend a franchise that reached its zenith in the second movie and now proves there's only a limited number of ways you can kill off characters in a film before audiences stifle a yawn .
It also means 1 ) The camera angles are unnatural 2 ) If you're watching this on a 2D television then the framing of the movie is unnatural and irritating There might be a third point and that is cinema still remains a narrative driven art form and no matter how a film is shot then if you're not compelled by the premise or plotting then everything else is secondary As some people have pointed this sequel does seem to talk down to its audience somewhat by having signs saying a certain container is combustible etc .
I went out with some friends tonight and everyone wanted to see this movie, and it had been a long time since I saw a horror movie, so I thought it might be fun.I saw the original "Final Destination" when I was younger and thought it was an interesting idea, and that movie was pretty well done.
However, seeing it sober as I did will be very painful, you have been warned.*****SPOILERS***** Also, while there are many goofs in this movie I'm sure, I would like to add that this film contains a HUGE plot hole towards the end that made me want to rip my hair out.
Let's hope the next film in the "Final Destination" series will bring back the intricate and elaborate deaths, and also the fun and joy that was included in the first three..
And that's pretty much all that it took, with the end result being a movie that is very self aware of its roots, but still plays out as the runt of the Final Destination litter.Just as the director of the first one, James Wong, was brought back to direct part 3, the makers here bring back the director of part 2, David R.
Which ultimately proves to be nothing more than some sort of nepotism like factor because The Final Destination is basically just over 82 minutes of poor acting, bad writing and a series of kills weaved together by the odd 5 minutes of barely relevant characterisations (the exposition as painful as the gory deaths!).
There are plenty good movies which released recently, its better to watch em twice or thrice, rather than going for super-claimed, Final destination 4 in 3D, last of the series(thank god).Finally, i would rate it 1/10 just for 3D effect.
There's all sorts of blood and cool CGI-effects blazing across the screen, it was just a very fun and exciting sequence.Obviously by now, everyone knows the most enticing aspect about these films: the highly original and creative deaths.
Saying even a single word about the hugely inventive deaths in the film would completely spoil the whole point of the movie, but at a series high of eleven, The Final Destination displays the most kills of the entire series.The 3D works the very best in the film when it comes to the high-definition, CGI-laden premonitions, which are vastly different than the brief glimpses at future events that were in the first and second films (the third had a complete lack of person-to-person premonitions due to the interesting and vastly original picture-death system).
The tongue-in-cheek thing is his specialty; he also directed Snakes on a Plane and the well-received Final Destination 2.What the third film succeeded in the most was three things: character development, highly realistic death scenes, and building tension to a massive boiling point.
Where The Final Destination fails in building up much decent character development and in making the deaths hyper-realistic and disturbing, it succeeds in both a fun factor that wasn't present much in the other movies and building tension.
One of my favorite things about the movie was the highly original opening credits sequence, which was sort of a lament to all of the series' death scenes.
All this coupled with bad special effects and unimaginative deaths scenes we have a horror film that would work better as spoof comedy.
Bobby Campo and Shantel VanSanten star as the main leads Nick and Lori, they fail miserably to give the audience any reason to care for their characters, Bobby gives the same "im slightly confused" look thought-out the whole film, shows no emotion what-so-ever.At a merciful one hour 13 minutes its thankfully only an hour or so of utter rubbish.
As the franchise reaches its fourth and supposedly final instalment, one would hope that filmmakers would have liked to let the series go out with a serious bang, and to perhaps turn the plot in a new direction.
Nevertheless, 'The Final Destination' confounds all positive expectations, and the result is a lazy, poorly-acted, predictable mess.Regular FD buffs will know how the film goes before the opening titles finish: big opening disaster witnessed in a vision, guy with vision saves group, group begins to die in intended order.
If you've seen the ones with the airplane blowing up, the freeway pile-up and the roller-coaster accident, you'll probably not be all that surprised to find that the plot for The Final Destination is not much different: a bunch of kids narrowly survive a disaster—a crash at a racetrack that causes the collapse of the stadium—only to spend the rest of the film crapping themselves as death catches up with them one-by-one in spectacularly gory fashion.
Part 4 in the series might offer very little new and require minimal thought for the duration, but like the others, it still proves to be a whole lot of fun, the convoluted manner in which the characters meet their fates being both very inventive and extremely gruesome—and this time around, it's all in 3D!Director David R.
If literally tossing a mannequin made up to look like the character into a death trap would net you the same emotional impact as seeing the actual character meet their demise on-screen, it's time to hang it up.I haven't seen part 5 yet, and although I hear that it's better than this one, it really wouldn't take much..
This time around, after one pretty young thing, Nick (Bobby Campo), inexplicably has a premonition that saves himself and his friends from a freak accident at a racetrack, he learns that death can never be completely outrun and so proceeds through a series of elaborate set pieces all fastidiously prescribed by the demonic hand of fate, blah, blah, blah, nail gun, gasoline, chain-link fence.
The 3D effects and high-definition picture quality in "The Final Destination" are beautiful, striking reminders of what technology can do, filling the screen with images so crystalline, so substantial – indeed, so real – it's often hard to tell where they end and the movie theater begins.
I enjoyed the 3-D, I thought the actors were attractive enough to hold my interest, the deaths were wonderfully creative and gory, and in terms of strict formula and fun this film delivered.Most will think the plot was weak, and I suppose I have to admit to some degree that the movie is basically sleepwalking through the old formula we know so well.
Final Destination 4 renamed as The Final Destination is actually almost the same as the previous three movies, it is just that there are different deaths...probably what a gore-hound would want to watch it for.The story: View the deaths in 3-D and expect lots of things coming straight to your view.
The fourth installment to the popular FINAL DESTINATION series is indeed a good entry but unfortunately for those that expect to see something new from this entry will be disappointed, the plot is rather thin except for the standard part of the lead character having a premonition of a potential disaster and he along with his friends manage to avoid it and pretty soon death comes knocking on their door.I never saw any previews for this film before I watched it, but when I did see them I was surprised by how the death scenes were spoiled and there were a couple of good death scenes, but I think after seeing the previews this film would've really been spoiled for anyone that didn't see it first.The direction by David R.
Ellis is certainly more tight than that of FINAL DESTINATION 2 which is also a good entry nonetheless, the acting is not as bad as others suggest, the cast of young people do pull off well above average performances and the effects are also not as bad as I was lead to believe.Overall, its a good entry to the series even though it offers nothing new in terms of the series, but try to avoid seeing the previews as they do spoil a lot of the death scenes..
Watching this movie made me think that it would've been better if they all died in the racing track...In the previous movies you could connect with the characters quite well and you wished them well in their pursue to cheat death, but here, every time they died it would put a big smile on my face because I knew that this get's me closer to the inevitable end.
You're supposed to want them to evade death, but I just kept hoping that they would die and put me out of my misery.There is little of the imagination and ingenuity of the first three Final Destination movies.
The movie is far from great but it's fun to watch while wearing 3D glasses.I knew going in that The Final Destination would not be a classic or even that memorable.
basically everything goes like you would expect if you've ever seen any Final Destination movies before.Most deaths occur through methods intended to be compatible with the 3D system so generally people get impaled and such.
I have been a fan of Final Destination since part 2 and I saw part 1 right after.This movie had a lot of bad reviews which made me not want to watch it.
I love all the Final Destinations movies, I am huge fan of these movies and I even some of those clips on Phone to watch when I am on my way to work.I was really looking forward to this, I was dying to see this movie, I waited 2 years for this movie to come out.The plot On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him.
There was something missing from deaths scenes in this and I just found some of deaths scenes a bit too silly, I could not seem them really happen.The other think I was really looking forward to movie was the 3D effect, I was really disappointed with the 3D effect in this movie, i wanted some thing like My Bloody Valentine which handle the 3D effect much better, The 3D scenes that did have in this movie were really good and I did enjoy those scenes.Acting from Nick was really bad for whole movie but Janet acting was not great too but did some good acting in the car wash scene but then quiet scenes she not that good, The rest of cast didn't bother me that much.I wish this is NOT the last Final Destination movie as it would be every disappointed end to the Series.I give this movie a 4 out of 10 just for some of the deaths scenes and the 3D effects..
All in all, The final destination wasn't the best movie I've seen but because i love this franchise, i think they did an excellent job..
The death scenes are, however, as deliciously elaborate as ever, including a neat sequence involving a cinema audience watching a 3D horror film not unlike 'The Final Destination' itself.
The latest Final Destination horror flick features the usual human slaughter in 3-D and the intricate sequences leading to the doomed deaths remain the most interesting thing about the new film.
As Final Destination movies go, the series fourth (and last hopefully) installment delivers the expected deaths and blood splattered, of course.
I liked all of the previous final destination movies, but this 3D one I would not recommend to anybody.(as for the ending..
Then escalator and the car wash attack (though the car wash scene wasn't a death.) I still like the whole concept and I do hope they make another Final Destination movie that is improved.
The sequences of the deaths are the threads of all the Final Destination movies.
I think there have been four Final Destination movies so far, and each one is different (in the ways people die), but now there is a new wrinkle.
Hey, I'm not a bad person just because I like these Final Destination movies.
And when I say that it's the worst, I mean that while the movie is well-made and has lots of cool, gory deaths, I couldn't escape the need the producers had to overload the film with CGI, thus making the deaths look cheap and unrealistic.Aside from that complaint, this "Final Destination" entry was worth the trip, even if the series - like any other horror franchise - has become formulaic and if by now you don't know the drill, then what are you doing watching these movies?
This film is similar to the other movies from the "Final Destination" series.Overall, this is a very bad film.