Directed by:  James Wong
Written by:  Jeffrey Reddick, Glen Morgan
Starring:  Devon Sawa, Tony Todd, Kerr Smith
 

March 27, 2000

         Ever wonder what would happen if you cheated death?  Would death chase you down and kill you in some extreme way because you slipped it’s claws?  Well, Final Destination seems to think so.
         For no reason explained, Alex Browning (Sawa) has a vision that the plane he is on will explode.  He wakes up and goes crazy, getting him and his classmates thrown off of the plane.  Because they cheated death, it comes back for them and hunts them down, which is so eloquently explained by Bludworth (Todd from Candyman), again with no explanation as to how he knows this. 
         The idea for this film is good; you can’t cheat death.  But the rest of the film is horrible.  Bad acting, especially the lead actor, bad script, lacking the wit of Scream, and poor execution of the idea.  The whole film is basically elaborate death sequences, where you’re waiting to see how someone will die.  This is just another bandwagon teenie-bopper horror flick.
 

Alternative Recommendations:  Scream, From Dusk Till Dawn

-Reviewed in Theater-

Nominated for
3 Fidelio Film Awards

Winner of
1 Fidelio Film Award