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Final Destination 2 on DVD (2003)

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Average rating: 67%
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Starring: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, David Paetkau
Director: David R. Ellis
Studio: ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time: 85 mins
Certificate: 15
User collections: Scary Movies, Movies i love and have to keep watching, The Good...The Bad....& the Awful, My slightly embarrasing DVD collection...., MAD MEN, PSYCHO'S, SERIAL KILLERS AND BOOGEY MEN, family fims
Genres: Horror
Languages: English
Released: 01/10/2003

Brief synopsis of Final Destination 2

In FINAL DESTINATION 2, the basic notion of cheating mortality is further refined with an even more gripping plot provided by Eric Bress & J. Mackye Gruber, the duo behind the film BLUNT. Director David R. Ellis revels in film as an entertainment vehicle and the result is a no-holds-barred raucous good time. Ellis' background as a stuntman and stunt coordinator helps him build electric suspense through a chain of seemingly simple actions that in fact loaded and lethal.
In the original, FINAL DESTINATION, a group of students avoided the tragic crash of Flight 180 when Alexander Browning had a premonition. Death, however, didn't like being outwitted, and one by one the survivors died in freak accidents. The sole survivor was Clear Rivers (Ali Larter) who voluntarily checked into a padded room at Stonybrook Institute. FINAL DESTINATION II takes place on Flight 180's one-year anniversary. Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) is joyriding with some friends on Route 23 when she "sees" herself, her friends, and other drivers involved in a massive multi-car pileup. The scene is so artfully executed, it physically hurts to watch. She and police officer Thomas Burke (Michael Landes) save a group of people who would have otherwise died in the crash. But, as ever, death approacheth, taking the likes of Evan (David Paetkau), the Trans Am-loving lottery winner who puts up a good fight but is ultimately impaled on a fire escape ladder; and Tim (James Kirk), who almost chokes to death at the dentist and is later flattened by a piece of industrial glass. Clear Rivers busts out of the psych ward to help the remaining survivors pool their efforts and read the signs of impending death before it claims their lives.

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New York Times

"...A smooth and sharp slice of teen-gothic cheese....An apt -- perhaps even a therapeutic -- entertainment for these jumpy times..."

Time Out

Part One concerned a group of teens who cheated death by failing to board a doomed aeroplane, only to perish one by one... Read more on www.timeout.com

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	  stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

Gruesome, darkly comic retread of the first movie, in which horriific deaths are gleefully presented.

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Rated - 5 starsI DON'T DO HORROR, BUT

A customer from SADDLEWORTH , 04/06/2005

I SPEAK AS PERSON WHO 'DOESN'T DO HORROR', THIS IS A CLASSIC OF IT'S GENRE. HOW MANY INNOVATIVE WAYS TO DIE IN JUST ONE FILM. HOW EXCITING IS THE THOUGHT OF THE UNSEEN KILLER? DEATH, WHO WON'T BE CHEATED IS A GREAT PLOY TO HANG A PREMISE ON. BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL (AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING). WATCH IT, IT'S GREAT.

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Rated - 5 starsProbably Not The Final Final Destination

Peter Young from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales , 19/11/2003

The first FD flick was an average thriller, with the most interesting part being the use of an invisible villain, namely death itself. The sequel, starring AJ Cook and Ali Larter, builds on the original by setting itself exactly a year after the events of FD1 and turning up the gore factor to 11. You know everybody is going to meet their maker, but the highly amusing and graphic ways the cast are dispatched make FD2 a cut above the rest. Highly recommended, you'll never look at a ladder or a car airbag the same way again.

  10 out of 11 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 2 starswatchable but missing the charm of the first movie

greap from London , 20/10/2003

As far as sequels go, Final Destination 2 isn't terrible. Having said that, this movie suffers from what most movies with a '2' after their name suffer from - a lack of new material.

While some of the ideas for killing people off were quite imaginative (and in some circumstances very funny), too often it was a case of being able to see what was coming from a mile off.

The gore was much more plentiful then in the first movie, sometimes proving quite comical (Person explodes in shower of blood and yet their body is still intact enough to form a shape in a body bag for instance).

Acting is as would be expected.

This movie is great light watching and perfect for after a long day at work, but not something that I would go out and buy.

  8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 2 starsVery predictable

A customer from Dukinfield, Cheshire , 17/01/2005

Good film all in all. Quite predictable in parts. Supposed to be a horror but some parts even made us laugh out loud. Would probably watch again (only if nothing better came along!!).

Quite gory in the beginning. Even though say it made us laugh, wouldn't let anyone under 15 watch.

  6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 starsDeath revisited

Unionjack from kent , 24/10/2003

Fantastic! Excellent! Dynamic! It's not often that I find a film to move me this way. Fans of the original will not be dissapointed. The effects are basic but used well and add to the surprises in store. The story flows and sweeps you along so you can't help but feel for those being hunted down. Retire to a dark room and make sure the doors are locked!

  3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsFast paced and very well executed ('scuse the pun) splatter movie

Nik. from NE Scotland , 14/03/2005

In a similar vein to the original, each scene is set with a number of possible dangers to the main characters, and you are left guessing to who, how and when death will catch up with each character...

The technical merits of each scene are superb with some of the extras going into detail about how some of the various 'accidents' were constructed and filmed.

Well worth a viewing - those of a nervous disposition have a pillow to hand!!

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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