Final Destination (DVD)

*INTELLIGENT HORROR FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM Using the word intelligent very lightly, Final Destination opened up a new franchise where the scares were based off no physical being, but the idea that Death was finally coming from the usually young souls he required to carry out his plan. That plan is nothing more than the circle of life, and we're not talking Lion King here, more people dying just being a fact of life - and sometimes it is tragic situations where people have not been given the chance to even get a start on the many things they dreamt of doing. This non-traditional horror was released in 2000, at the very dawn of a thousand years that will no doubtedly ...  Read the complete review

Final Destination is a brilliant film. The genre of the film is suspense horror. The villain is unseen; the film plays a very clever story. Bunch of students don't travel on a foreign visit. Death as it stalks them wishing to claim what rightfully belongs to him/her. I don't know the sex of the grim reaper. Several things to look out for. Concentrate on the scenes where it is announced who dies next and watch the way the survivors are claimed by tough guy Mr Death. Final Destination has sequels as well but the cast rarely survives to the next film. In the main the movie is like a puzzle. Watch the characters run from death but when it ...  Read the complete review

Released in 2000 Final Destination brought a new concept to movies. Horror films rely on young people to fill the seat in the cinemas. This film uses these concepts and goes a step further by introducing a serial killer that no one can see. The main plot in the film is death; yes the thing that takes our lives when we all die is the bad evil character in here. Students suppose to fly in a doomed flight survive their fate when one of them causes problems on plane before take off, when they are grounded they see the plane blow up in air. Some time later they begin to die in ways one can't imagine. The survivors work out what is causing the deaths ...  Read the complete review

With a school trip to Paris looming, Alex Browning and his friends are in high spirits. Gathering at the airport, they make their way through check-in, board their flight and, a few spats aside, take their seats. The doors close and Alex settles down for the take-off. As soon as the plane leaves the runway, the passengers realise that something is wrong. The flight becomes erratic and turbulent before a series of small fires lead to an explosion that rips through the cabin. One by one, Alex watches his class mates die before the inferno finally claims him and he burns to death himself. Alex wakes with a start. It was all a dream. Except he's on the same plane, ...  Read the complete review

When you talk about self-referential horror films, most people talk about the Scream series. Yet, good though it is, the slightly more tongue in cheek Final Destination films are more immediately accessible to non-horror fans. The plot centres around a group of school children who cheat death when one of them foresees a plane crash and refuses to travel on it. Death, though, is not that easily cheated and comes back for them. Straight away, Final Destination separates itself from every other horror film. It’s an inspired and original move to have Death himself as the ultimate serial killer. Of course, it does require some modifications to the ...  Read the complete review