Final Destination 2 (2003)

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

Director:

David R. Ellis

Writers:

J. Mackye Gruber (screenplay), Eric Bress (screenplay),

Stars:

Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ali Larter	...	Clear Rivers
A.J. Cook	...	Kimberly Corman
Michael Landes	...	Thomas Burke
David Paetkau	...	Evan Lewis
James Kirk	...	Tim Carpenter
Lynda Boyd	...	Nora Carpenter
Keegan Connor Tracy	...	Kat
Jonathan Cherry	...	Rory
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson	...	Eugene Dix (as T.C. Carson)
Justina Machado	...	Isabella Hudson
Tony Todd	...	Mr. Bludworth
Sarah Carter	...	Shaina
Alejandro Rae	...	Dano (as Alex Rae)
Shaun Sipos	...	Frankie
Andrew Airlie	...	Mr. Corman

Storyline

Clear Rivers has been living life in a mental hospital after the bizarre events that lead to the deaths of her friends. One day, she is approached by a girl named Kimberly who believes she had a premonition similar to her friend Alex who died . Clear has to either risk her life helping others, or stay inside the hospital the rest of her life waiting for her death to come. What will she do?

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Plot Keywords:

death | premonition | hospital | freak accident | car accident | 

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Taglines:

You can't cheat death twice.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language, drug content and some nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Movie House Commentary New Line Cinema [us]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Destino final 2

Filming Locations:

Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$26,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$372,022 (Italy) (15 August 2003)

Gross:

$694,669 (Italy) (22 August 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Zide-Perry Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the original Final Destination, many characters are named after black-and-white horror film stars or directors. In this movie, Kimberly Corman is named for famous horror director Roger Corman.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie Dano is smoking a joint and holds it out when he sees the motorcycle chick flash herself, the boy next to him takes it from Dano and takes a drag, but in the next shot Dano is holding it out again.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Host: Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary since Velez Air Flight 180 exploded and crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK airport. It's a disaster that's affected many. None more so than Mt. Abraham High School, which lost 40 students and 4 faculty members in the crash. But it was the events after the crash that has turned this tragic story into something even stranger. The survivors that managed to get off the plane before it crashed died soon thereafter in a series of mysterious and...

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Connections

Followed by Final Destination 5 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Highway to Hell"
Written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Bon Scott (as Bon Scott)
Performed by AC/DC
Courtesy of EastWest Records America / Leidseplein Presse B.V.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

More of the same creatively put together.

In this case, more of the same, is not a bad thing. Basically the movie its plot is just the same as in "Final Destination", only with different characters and settings this time. I however feel that the Final Destination franchise is one of the few horror-movie franchises that can have multiple sequels, without loosing any of its power or originality. The concept of the movie can be used over and over again; a person has a vision of an upcoming accident which will lead to the death of several people. Thanks to that vision the person prevents himself/herself and others from dying. They cheat death but the death eventually catches up with them again, as every person that should had died during the accident, dies one by one.

"Final Destination" had a plane crash, "Final Destination 2" has a highway pileup. Sounds smaller and less impressive but it really isn't. The car crashes are massive and awesomely choreographed and filmed. It truly honestly is one of the very best and certainly most spectacular car crashes out of cinema history. You have to see it to believe it.

It's one of the things in the movie that makes it obvious that this time they had a far bigger budget to spend, compared to the first movie. Not only the beginning is more spectacular, also the deaths later on in the movie are better constructed and especially better looking and more graphic. The story and concept of the movie might not be original anymore but the death certainly are. It makes "Final Destination 2" a wonderful sequel that still can be original and surprising, even when you've already seen the first movie.

The movie however makes a crucial mistake. Basically the movie has a fresh story with new characters and settings but yet it feels the need to constantly refer to the events in the first movie and even bring back a character from the first movie. A quick reference to the events in the first movie would have sufficed but instead the movie heavily relies on the events of the first movie. It makes the movie a bit hard and less understandable to watch for persons who haven't seen the first movie. Basically every Final Destination movie should be a movie on its own, with new characters and settings every time. I haven't seen part 3 yet but I hope they haven't made the same mistake there.

But really, who cares about the story in a movie like this. Basically all that makes this movie good and original are the deaths that are featured in it. They are extremely graphic and quite brilliantly put together. You just never know what is going to happen, which helps to make the sequences tense as well as scary. It doesn't really matter that the characters aren't really interesting and the story is quite unlikely and far fetched at certain moments.

An highly recommendable horror sequel but perhaps only if you've also seen the first movie.

7/10

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