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Devon Sawa, Amanda Detmer, Chad E. Donella, Ali Larter, Daniel Roebuck ... see more see more... , Kristen Cloke , Seann William Scott , Kerr Smith , Roger Guenveur Smith , Tony Todd , Larry Gilman , P. Lynn Johnson , Robert Wisden , Mark Holden , Randy Stone , Barbara Tyson , Fred Keating , Brendan Fehr , Peter Atherton , Christine Chatelain , Guy Fauchon , Lisa Marie Caruk , John Hainsworth , Marrett Green , Forbes Angus , Kristina Matistic , Nicole Robert , Chad Donella , James Wong

In this teenage horror film, a young man avoids the hand of death, only to find that he can't get away from it so easily. On the way to Paris with his high-school French club, Alex Browning (Devon Saw... read more read more...a) has a vivid premonition of the plane crashing and killing all its passengers. After Alex and some other passengers demand to be let off the flight, his premonition turns out to be true, and the jet explodes during takeoff. While the FBI is convinced that Alex was involved in some kind of foul play, the passengers who got off the flight are all dying in horrible ways, as if whoever determined that the passengers would perish is punishing those who cheated death. Final Destination marked the feature directorial debut of James Wong, a producer and director for the TV series The X Files. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: James Wong (IV), James Wong

Release Date: March 17, 2000

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DVD Release Date: September 26, 2000

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  • moonrivers
    October 26, 2011
    moonrivers
    If Death had a personality ... what kind of personality would that be? The first of the series makes a strong start with the proposition that the Reaper might be a poetic yet meticulous workman, an artist, bound to see a job through no matter what. A guilty pleasure of mine.
  • fb729949618
    September 26, 2011
    fb729949618
    Great idea for a film, but the cast executed their roles poorly. I remember thinking this movie was thrilling and eerie when I was 11 at the time of release, but being older now and watching.....it's just kinda cheesy.
  • kiriyamakazou
    August 29, 2011
    kiriyamakazou
    I can't believe this film is 11 years old. This must be one of the most enjoyable cinematic experiences I've ever had, and certainly one of the most memorable. Being 15 and seeing these cartoon death scenes in live action with gratuitous gore was awesome. I've decided to revisit ... read morethe franchise and this film still holds up. There's great build up towards the opening disaster. It's filled with dread, even after having seen it so many times. The film is brilliant in that death is an unseen entity, you can't outrun it. As the death toll increases, the paranoia sets in. It also has some excellent moments of comedy without ever getting so stupid. Most importantly, we can actually care for some of these characters. They are not kept in this insular vacuum either. The FBI do take notice, but aren't trying to terrify these kids. It's weird, funny, and a little frightening. Perfect late night entertainment.
  • StarCrossedVoyager
    August 17, 2011
    StarCrossedVoyager
    A good story which holds firm throughout the movie. All it needs is good acting, unexpected rather than obvious events and a better editor. Hasn't aged well.
  • fb733768972
    August 13, 2011
    fb733768972
    Final Destination (the beginning of the never ending franchise) is slick, creative, new and awesome. As a plane crashes in a boys vision everyone panics and get's off of the plane before the accident. I love the atmosphere in the film and the actors are people who you actually ca... read morere about, even though the deaths are kind of funny and over-the-top, but that is what it is supposed to be like. Final Destination is a very fun horror flick that had me sitting on the edge of my seat at the times that I needed to.
  • movieguru12
    July 15, 2011
    movieguru12
    It was a very good thriller movie & I can see where the R-rating came for the violence & the language.
  • blacksheepboy
    January 6, 2011
    blacksheepboy
    Glen Morgan and James Wong, two of my favorite X-Files writers, did a fantastic job in this intelligent, original and scary teen-horror movie. An excellent film that has an intriguing premise and really knows how to create genuine tension, especially in the nerve-racking sequence... read more that opens it.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 12, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    The Final Destination trilogy of films are the ultimate guilty pleasure in the Horror genre. I don't know why, but I don't hate the series, I find them quite decent, and comical at times. However this first entry in the trilogy is the best, and semingly most serious of the three... read more that I've seen. The film surrounds a high school (Devon Sawa) who has a vision of the plane he's on to go to paris on a fiekl trip explode in midair shortly after take off. As the plane explode, it's not long thereafter that the seven survivors die one by one in the order that they were seated on the plane. Obviously Final Destination is yet another teen horror film, but it's actually one of the better ones to come out. I found this film to be pretty good considering. The acting is not great, I mean it's Devon Sawa, not exactly a class actor. What I love the most about the first one is the story, it's a pretty original concept and the Idea is, but because of the acting, it falls flat and doesn't quite soar. Even if this film doesn't quite soar due to the acting, it still does manage a few good entertaining moments. Of all the Final Destination films that I've seen, this has suspense, thrills and horrifying moments and what it does that the sequels don't do is try to make the viewer uncomfortable. Which is something thats well done in this first entry. However this is not a perfect horror film, and will probably won't stand the test of time, but for what it is, it's pretty entertaining. Final Destination is the best one of the trilogy and despite it's flawed story, it is pretty original, and is one of the best teen horror films to come out in the teen horror era. However like most of the teen horror films like Scream, Urban Legend and I know what you did last summer this film will most likely be forgotten in the next ten years to come. A true definition of a guilty pleasure.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    August 3, 2010
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    B+
  • lewiskendell
    July 24, 2010
    lewiskendell
    "But what if it was our time? What if we were not meant to get off that plane? What if it still is our time?"

    I'm sure everyone on Earth knows how these movies work, by now. A group of people (attractive teenagers, for the most part) narrowly escape certain Death as participants... read more in some disaster. Yes, Death, with a capital D. But Death is not to be denied, so he sets up increasingly elaborate scenarios to kill off the survivors, while they attempt to thwart his plans yet again and live another day.

    As you can tell from the description, these movies are basically just about the death scenes and trying to guess how each person is going to bite the bullet, before it happens. They're like Saw without the torture and convoluted back story.

    Compared to the movies that came later in the series, the original Final Destination isn't nearly as inventive or brutal with its death scenes. Some of them will seem downright tame to today's audiences (this movie was released way back in 2000, after all). But, if you're a genre fan who can still find entertainment in even a mild dose of this formula, Final Destination probably won't be a waste of your 98 minutes.

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Joe Leydon
March 27, 2009
Joe Leydon, Variety

Generates a respectable amount of suspense and takes a few unexpected turns while covering familiar territory. Full Review

Roger Moore
January 1, 2000
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Any movie clever enough to make the late John Denver a prophet of doom is OK in my book.

Glenn Lovell
January 1, 2000
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

A thoroughly repellent little shocker that exploits a still-fresh real-life tragedy for routine chills.

Kevin Maynard
January 1, 2000
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz

Horror fans everywhere should stay far away from this risibly bad entry.

Robert Cashill
January 1, 2000
Robert Cashill, Newsweek

Final destination? Video store bins. Full Review

Bob Thomas
January 1, 2000
Bob Thomas, Associated Press

Several cuts above the usual terror flick aimed at the teen dating crowd.

John Hartl
January 1, 2000
John Hartl, Film.com

You'll laugh, but you'll hate yourself by the time you're out of the theater.

Kendall Morgan
January 1, 2000
Kendall Morgan, Dallas Morning News

Final Destination brings the scares home. And isn't that what a good horror film is all about? Full Review

Susan Wloszczyna
January 1, 2000
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

Stupid, silly and gory.

Mick LaSalle
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing. Full Review

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    • Bludworth: There are No Accidents. No Coincidences. No Escapes. YOU CAN"T CHEAT DEATH.
    • Student Singer: You my friend here's to you my friend.
    • Tod Waggner: We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast. But when we say this, we imagine that the hour is placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun, or that death could arrive this same afternoon - this afternoon which is so certain, and which has every hour filled in advance.
    • Carter Horton: As far as I know, this shit can circle around and get us all again. But for right now, I'm the safest fucker in the world, because you're still NEXT.
    • Billy Hitchcock: There they go, here we stay. [as he watches the plane take off and then explode]
    • Bludworth: [to Alex] I'll see you soon.
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  • What was the flight number of the plane that crashed in Final Destination?  Answer »
  • In the movie Casper when he gets to become a human for a little while in the end of the movie, who plays him? (Hint: he was also in Now and Then and Final Destination)  Answer »
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