CCC Reviews
Reviewed By: Slacker711
Repeatedly, directors have tried to bring back dying genres of movies. All too cliche are the chick flicks and action movies. Recently, the genre of Horror has begun to push its way back into the scene. Most of the films are completely lengthy ways to kill off supporting cast members. A few films and sagas fit this description; Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Blair Witch Project all did fairly well at the box office. But there are some that are just too cheesy, too lame, too dumb to even pass the normal movie attender. Crap like The Bride of Chucky, Urban Legend, The Haunting, The House on Haunted Hill and Halloween H2O all fit this.
Can Final Destination beat that trend? Can it provide a chilling sense of fear without being entirely lame? In truth, yes and no.
Final Destination did two things when killing their supporting characters. They either killed them really slowly and twistedly, or they killed them in a split second. The lengthy scenes were very good, with microphones placed in the right place to make audiences jump at the lighting of a gas stove, the gentle sound of a razor at work and the hum of a computer. It did a stupendous job of keeping the audience captivated and on their toes, wondering how exactly is this person going to die. For one instance, the method was unexpected and sudden, yet the suspense built through postulating is incredibly intense.
But for other scenes, the death was entirely too gruesome. Rather than not using objects that are expeted to be used, the director used each object individually. An interesting twist, but all too gruesome.
Finally, the quick deaths were just that. Boom, let's get rid of them. End of story. Splat, slice, etc.
The plot was something to be thought about. I mean, fighting death? Death has a pattern? Uh-huh...and just what happened to that creepy mortuary guy in the beginning? They better not make it into a sequel, because this movie won't go any higher than a B.
Scores for Final Destination
Slacker711 -- 
-- "Suspensful at times, but lacking mostly."
Ravnos -- -- "Why was that good?"
Moloch! -- -- "Hey, that was pretty funny."
Some White Guy -- -- "Ewwww...."
NotThePrez -- -- "Aw man! Why'd they go and do that?"
Cast
Alex Browning - Devon Sawa
Clear Rivers - Ali Larter
Carter Hogan - Kerr Smith
Valerie Lewton - Kristen Cloke
Tod Waggner - Chad Donella
Terry Chaney - Amanda Detmer
Billy Hitchcock - Seann William Scott
Agent Weine - Daniel Roebuck
Agent Schreck - Roger Geunveur Smith
Crew
Director - James Wong
Story - Jeffrey Reddick
Screenplay - Glen Morgan
Screenplay - James Wong
Screenplay - Jeffrey Reddick
Associate Producer - Chris Bender
Executive Producer - Richard Brener
Executive Producer - Brian Witten
Producer - Glen Morgan
Producer - Craig Perry
Producer - Warren Zide
Co-Producer - Art Schaeffer
Music - Shirley Walker
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