Final Destination (2000)

Director:

James Wong

Writers (WGA):

Glen Morgan (screenplay) &
James Wong (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

17 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Most people have dreams. For Alex, this is real.

Plot:

After having a vision of his friends crashing in a plane, he tells them not to get on only later his friends start getting killed one by one.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Premonition | Death | Explosion | Teen

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Devon Sawa	...	Alex Browning
Ali Larter	...	Clear Rivers
Kerr Smith	...	Carter Horton
Kristen Cloke	...	Valerie Lewton
Daniel Roebuck	...	Agent Weine
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Agent Schreck
Chad Donella	...	Tod Waggner (as Chad E. Donella)
Seann William Scott	...	Billy Hitchcock
Tony Todd	...	Bludworth
Amanda Detmer	...	Terry Chaney
Brendan Fehr	...	George Waggner
Forbes Angus	...	Larry Murnau
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Christa Marsh
Christine Chatelain	...	Blake Dreyer
Barbara Tyson	...	Barbara Browning

Also Known As:

Destination ultime (Canada: French title)
Flight 180 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and terror, and for language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) (original rating) | Malaysia:18SG | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (NO. 36987) | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The scene where Carter elbows Billy in the car was added in because on the day of shooting that scene, Seann William Scott had a sore lip. To hide it, the make up team added blood and the end result was of Carter elbowing Billy.

Goofs:

Plot holes: After the plane crash, the students are told that their parents have been called. But despite presumably living nearby, they are beaten to the airport by FAA investigators, who have time to fly to JFK and interview everyone individually.

Quotes:

Carter: What are you God now?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dead Teenager Movie (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Rocky Mountain High

Final Destination A Decent Creepy Thriller

Final Destination is a decent horror thriller from writer/director James Wong. The cast of young stars are admirable in their roles including Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Sean William Scott, and Tony Todd in a brief cameo appearance as an exceptionally creepy mortician. The rest of the cast also turned in good performances. This is one of the few horror/thrillers that I was very impressed with. For those of you who haven't seen it I won't say anything about it except that it's an above average horror thriller with some flaws in dialogue and some unanswered questions but the good outweighs the bad. If you're a fan of these movies than you'll enjoy this one too. With just the right amount of intense inventive deaths, an interesting premise, solid acting for the most part, suspense, and some thrills Final Destination is an entertaining horror movie to watch.