Release: 2000 Written by:Jeffrey Reddick, James Wong, and Glen
Morgan Directed by: James Wong
Starring:
Devon Sawa as Alex Chance Browning Ali Carter as Clear Rivers Kerr Smith as Carter Horton
I originally went to watch Final Destination
only because
I was a huge X-Files fan. What do the two have in common? I am glad you
asked. Writer/director James Wong had either written or co-produced
many of my favorite X-Files episodes - so I was a big fan. When I
discovered that Wong was both directing and co-writing Final
Destination it immediately went on my “watch in
theatre”
list.
Final Destination
starts with Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) having a horrid dream.
In this dream, Alex and his classmates are getting ready to fly on a
trip to Paris as a part of their high school’s French class.
Immediately after takeoff the plane starts to have major difficulties
and explodes in mid-climb.
Jolted awake by this nightmare
Alex finds himself on the very plane and things start to proceed
the same way as they did in the dream.
This totally
freaks out Alex
and he goes nuts trying to warn the other passengers about the
impending doom. This causes a scuffle that leads to a handful of
students getting thrown off of the plane.
This handful and one teacher are
not allowed to re-board the flight,
and as they are waiting around for the next flight they watch as the
plane they were on taxis down the runway, takes off, and explodes
just like Alex said it would.
Now the fun begins.
The people who got off of the plane start to die off in freakish
accidents.
Alex, with help from Clear Rivers (Ali Carter), figures out that they
have upset none other than Death himself and Death does not like to be
cheated.
Where do I start? I
know...Final Destination had some of
the most imaginative death scenes that I had seen in a long time.
Jeffrey Riddick and James Wong brought a breath of fresh air to the
horror genre right when it needed it. Wong's background with X-Files
let him bring a new angle to the slasher film. Just when you think
there is no other way to design a different killer, Wong brings us one
that cannot be seen or killed. What better killer than Death?
Another thing that I liked about
Final Destination was that it kept your mind actively looking for the next
move
that Death was going to make. I like a movie that keeps you thinking,
that keeps you on the edge of your seat. It doesn’t give you
a
chance to be bored.
If you like your horror movies to be just
an “R” rated version of Buffy or Charmed
then I will suggest that you not watchFinal
Destination. It might just totally mess up your mind
and keep you up at nights. On second thought, this movie might have
been made with you in mind.
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freaks out Alex
and he goes nuts trying to warn the other passengers about the
impending doom. This causes a scuffle that leads to a handful of
students getting thrown off of the plane.
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