Final Destination 2 (2003)
Teen Horror Flick
Starring: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, David Paetkau, James N. Kirk, Lynda Boyd, Keegan Connor Tracy, Jonathan Cherry, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Justina Machado, Tony Todd (I), Sarah Carter (I), Alex Rae, Shaun Sipos, Andrew Airlie
Director: David R Ellis
Running Time: 100 minutes
US MPAA rating: N/AUK BBFC rating: 15
Horror
The important thing to know about sequels is that they are generally rubbish. Final Destination fits firmly into that mould and does nothing to bring down the walls of mediocrity.
If you've seen the first movie, you've already seen everything Final Destination has to offer, only it was slicker, better and relatively original in the first movie. Final Destination did well at the box office, so obviously, a sequel was planned, regardless of whether it was a good idea or not.
It's one year on from the Flight 180 disaster and Clear Rivers (Larter) is the only lasting survivor of the original group. Now safely locked away in a padded cell for her own protection, she is visited by Kimberley Corman (Cook) who has experienced a gory premonition of her own death in a road pile up.
Realising that she has somehow evaded death's plan, she gathers those she has 'saved' from disaster by avoiding the pile up, and together, they try to stay alive.
You'd think that after millions of years, death would use some deep and mystical means of killing his victims. But nope: Death by pidgeon, elevator and emergency escape ladder are some of the clever original ways death uses to slay those who have evaded his clutches.
As this group of ridiculous characters tries to cheat death using Cook's powers of premonition, the body count is mounting and the hysteria rising. I imagine the script writers laughed raucously at some of the deaths, thinking they were very clever indeed.
But Final Destination 2 is not a horror film. It's just not scary. It's not even jumpy. It's just a long stream of gruesome deaths at the hands of all manner of mundane household appliances.
It's Got: A fairly impressive road accident at the start
It Needs: To have never been made
Alternatives: Jeepers Creepers, 13 Ghosts
Summary: Bland. Absolutely nothing new or interesting. Dreary thrills and pointless gore. Bad acting from the relative unknowns and a terrible plot that had seen better days in the first movie. Let's just pray there won't a sequel and this hackneyed series has reached its final destination.
Review Date: 5th January 2003
External Links
Final Destination 2 at the IMDB
Comments3 Comments |
| alright...final destination 2 is exactly the same as number 1, exept they die in different ways, and there aren't any refrences to the way of how alex (number) repeatedly cheated death by his death-plan. I rented the DVD, and in one of the featurettes, it sounds like they only made it because it would be a good chance to use the "green-screen". its not as good as the first one, but i have bad news. also on the dvd, you could watch the movie, and little facts came at the bottom of the screen. one of them said "Final Destination 3 is now in the making"...i give the movie a 5 out of 10 |
| Comment by:- David... | | 19 June 2004 | ip: logged |
| the movie was very nice! i luv it very much!! |
| Comment by:- nissin | | 22 September 2004 | ip: logged |
| I certainly do not agree with this review. Final Destination 2 was a lot smarter than the first one, better paced, with some very good scenes. It cleverly tied into the first movie. All the road-crash survivors would have died in Final Destination, if they hadn't been saved by coincidences caused by Death killing off the First Cast. Yes, there are loopholes in this movie big enough to fly a plane through, but it's still a lot of fun, guessing who'll die when and how. One of the best scenes in this movie is the World As Seen By Clear Rivers. No wonder she checked into a mental hospital. I give it 7 out of 10 in the category Fun Horror. |
| Comment by:- Ozymandias | | 08 November 2004 | ip: logged |
