There's no escaping the Grim Reaper (Final Destination (DVD))

Member Name: cjkace

Product:	Final Destination (DVD)
Date:	22/06/01 (80 review reads)
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Advantages: Original storyline, good effects

Disadvantages: I couldn't find any

Having read quite a few opinions on this film, here at DooYoo (and Ciao), it was a film that I wanted to watch but was still a little wary about paying full price for on DVD. That was until I went into my local Woolies and found it on sale for only £9.99 (along with some others including Mission Impossible 2 which I also bought).

I took my new purchases home and put Final Destination in the player, made a cuppa and sat down. I already knew the basic plot, having read the said ops on Ciao, but even so I was still engrossed and shocked by the movie. It is such an incredible premise for a movie (I can't recall another like it) and is brilliantly directed.

The story is about a bunch of American school kids who are due to fly to Paris, but while on the plane, one of them (Alex) has a dream that the plane is going to blow up, and rushes off the plane dragging six others with him. The captain refuses to allow the to re-board and the plane takes off, subsequently blowing up.

The six that have been spared because of Alex's actions, can't deal with the way it happened and refuse to even talk to him. However, as the film develops it becomes obvious that Death refuses to be cheated and starts to re-claim the lives that escaped the plane, picking them off one by one, presumably in the order that they should have died if they had remained on the plane.

I'm not saying anymore about the story, but it is brilliantly told, with some of the deaths being very well shot. The way Alex deduces what is happening is also very good, and his efforts to cheat death from re-claiming the lives of his friends is excellent.

The DVD contains the usual extras of deleted scenes (including an alernative ending), the trailer (I still don't understand why they include trailers! I've watched the film what could possibly interest me in the trailer), cast and crew interviews and a featurette on premonitions.

It is one of th
e better horror/thriller films that I have watched over the last few years, and it's story is definitely one of the most original. Buy it from Woolies.

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