The Final Destination (2009)

After a young man's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.

Director:

David R. Ellis

Writers:

Eric Bress, Jeffrey Reddick (characters)

Stars:

Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bobby Campo	...	Nick
Shantel VanSanten	...	Lori
Nick Zano	...	Hunt
Haley Webb	...	Janet
Mykelti Williamson	...	George
Krista Allen	...	MILF / Samantha
Andrew Fiscella	...	Mechanic
Justin Welborn	...	Racist
Stephanie Honoré	...	Mechanic's Girlfriend
Lara Grice	...	Racist's Wife
Jackson Walker	...	Cowboy
Phil Austin	...	MILF's Husband
William Aguillard	...	Kid #1
Brendan Aguillard	...	Kid #2
Juan Kincaid	...	Newscaster

Storyline

While watching a car race at McKinley Speedway, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition of a car crash that will result in many casualties, including several people that are in the audience. Nick convinces his girlfriend Lori, along with his friends Hunt and Janet to leave. A security guard named George Lanter, along with a racist named Carter, a mother and her two sons, and several other people follow Nick out. Shortly after they leave, Nick's premonition comes true. When survivors start dying, Nick, his friends, and George must try to find the remaining survivors and save them from Death before it is too late.

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Plot Keywords:

premonition | car crash | collapsing scaffold | tooth knocked out | overflowing bathtub | 

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Taglines:

On August 28th, Death enters a new dimension: 3D.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 August 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Final Destination 4

Filming Locations:

Springfield Centre Mall, McKinley Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,408,309, 30 August 2009

Gross USA:

$66,477,700

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$186,167,139

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Practical Pictures, Parallel Zide

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In every premonition that Nick has after the accident the words "It's Here" appears somewhere.

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Goofs

Hunt is swimming at a pool where there is at least one lifeguard who can be seen on duty (possibly a second wearing a red visor and red shorts, but that could just be a swimmer); pool surveillance is the primary responsibility of lifeguards and they would have noticed Hunt at the bottom of the pool. When he did not come up, the lifeguard would have tried to save him--there's no way he would have his guts sucked out before anyone noticed him.

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Quotes

Mechanic's Girlfriend: Have you all lost your fucking mind?
[gets head knocked off by a flying tire]

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Crazy Credits

Opening credits run over a "greatest hits" of the kills in earlier installments, presented as 3D CGI X-rays.

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Alternate Versions

Available in 2D and 3D on both DVD and Blu-ray.

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Connections

Featured in Final Destination 5 (2011)

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Soundtracks

How the Day Sounds
Written by Greg Laswell
Performed by Greg Laswell
Courtesy of Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company

User Reviews

Fans of the series will be greatly disappointed

As a big fan of the series this is the biggest disappointment of all 4. It is definitely a movie that if you do not see it in 3-D, then you probably shouldn't see it at all. The movie is made to be seen in 3-D, to the point that certain scenes and characteristics seem completely out of place since they can't jump out of the screen at you. The best part of the other movies are the unique and eccentric death scenes, making you look over your shoulder in real life, wondering if something crazy could actually happen to you. The death scenes in FD4 are a complete joke compared to its predecessors and almost all of them are ruined by the trailer. I would recommend just not watching the trailer since it leaves nothing to the imagination and leaves virtually no surprises. If you're a die hard fan of the series I would recommend buying it instead of renting it since the retail version is at least in 3-D.

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