Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

Urban legend-style killings begin to occur on a movie set, in this non-sequel sequel to "Urban Legend".

Director:

John Ottman

Writers:

Silvio Horta (characters), Paul Harris Boardman,

Stars:

Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Morrison	...	Amy Mayfield
Matthew Davis	...	Travis Stark / Trevor Stark
Hart Bochner	...	Professor Solomon
Loretta Devine	...	Reese
Joseph Lawrence	...	Graham Manning
Anson Mount	...	Toby
Eva Mendes	...	Vanessa Valdeon
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Sandra
Anthony Anderson	...	Stan
Michael Bacall	...	Dirk
Marco Hofschneider	...	Simon
Derek Aasland	...	P.A. Kevin
Jacinda Barrett	...	Lisa
Peter Millard	...	Dr. Fain
Chas Lawther	...	Dean Patterson

Storyline

Urban Legends: The Final Cut follows Amy Mayfield (Morrison), a student at Alpine University who struggles to complete her thesis film on urban legends - only to have her crew members fall prey to fatal 'accidents.' Suspicious, Amy investigates and discovers a much more sinister hand at work. Now she must unmask the killer before she, too, becomes an urban legend.

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Plot Keywords:

urban legend | movie set | sequel | love | undressing | 

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Taglines:

This Fall, Legends, Never, Die.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore, language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Phoenix Pictures / John Ottman Sony / Columbia TriStar / Phoenix Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Urban Legend 2

Filming Locations:

Ontario Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£265,282 (UK) (1 December 2000)

Gross:

ESP 447,574,891 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Original Film, Phoenix Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anson Mount originally auditioned for the role of Travis/Trevor.

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Goofs

When Amy is going into the tower, her hair has a kink in the back but when they show her in the tower it is completely straight.

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Quotes

Killer Flight Attendant: Young man, that woman's acting would be wretched in a porno film!

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits roll, Professor Solomon is being pushed in a wheelchair by a nurse who happens to be the killer from the first movie!

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Connections

References Weekend (1967)

User Reviews

"Why don't you get it right or I'll kill you."

I kind of enjoyed the first film "Urban Legend" and probably my favourite of that long list of "Scream" imitators to follow. Straight to video "Final Cut" uses the same concept on a serial killer (donning a fencing mask) on campus using urban legends to dispatch students, but using a film within a film structure. However it lays it out in such a banal manner, still quite nasty delivering the shocks and twisty in its reveals. But it's moronic and generic as can be. At the time of its release the cast was virtually unknown with some just starting off, but now being quite well known. Loretta Devine (somewhat comic relief) is one of two to return from the original in a very unbelievable manner, while Rebecca Gayheart has a neat little reference to her original character. Jennifer Morrison is acceptable in the heroine role, with the likes of Mathew Davis, Eva Mendes, Anthony Anderson, Joseph Lawrence and Hart Bochner (who horror fans might remember in the 80s slasher "Terror Train"). The script really does like to throw about many movie references, which is never too distracting ("Digital sucks. Latex rules.") But it doesn't hide how contrived and silly it turns out to be. Not as clever as it thinks, when trying to blur the lines between reality and fantasy and the stalk and slash elements are very run-of- the-mill with little to no tension sustained. Slickly directed by John Ottman, but foreseeable and vanilla.

"Urban legend my ass."