The Final Destination
The Final Destination
R | 28 August 2009 (USA)
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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.

Reviews
Eric Stevenson

My suspicions were confirmed when I thought that this movie would be great fodder for "Mythbusters". They could have gone on forever with the deaths in this movie. This movie features a guy getting a vision of themselves and a bunch of people dying in a big accident. They save themselves and about eight or so other people only for them to die in horrible ways in the order they would have died in the accident. Hmmm, haven't I seen this in every other movie in the entire series? That's mostly because I HAVE!I generally oppose 3D because of the extra money you have to pay for glasses. Now I'm starting to oppose it because it looks horrible without the glasses. You can easily tell everything is just trying to jump out at you and it looks stupid. The acting in this film is downright terrible. The main character can't even show emotion as he's depicted being impaled. The characters are so stupid one doesn't even care that there's a massive fire as he wanted to see a race car crash. One guy is so weak his body is chopped up after being thrown into a metal fence. This is the one entry that even fans of the series hate. I really do hope the next one was the last as we could end on somewhat of a high note with that film. This movie did more or less confirm the theory that Death was deliberately giving people visions just to mess with them and it was Death's plan all along for them to die horribly no matter what they do. The moral really does seem like you shouldn't bother trying to stay alive because horrible things will happen no matter what you do. What a depressing thought. *

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Ilikehorrormovies

This is not the best movie in the series but I'd enjoyed it when I first rent it and I have it on DVD. I'd do agree some death scenes look fake but I'd think some are real like the second death when he was dragged down the street on fire. I'd love to gave a film a perfect ten but my opinion changed so I gave it an 8 out of ten. I like how they use the race track like it look cool who they crash but one part I'm going to rant about that one death scene in the premonition where this guy name Andy fall and get palled by a 1 inch piece of wood with a sharp end like that look fake like really fake. I like the movie but they need improvement, the third one is the best Final Destination film, and I'd like the opening scene it looks pretty cool.

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Scott LeBrun

Fourth entry in this series (advertised as the "last" one at the time) keeps the old formula going, with young Nick (Bobby Campo) given a premonition of horrific deaths to come. He and his friends are at a speedway, where, of course, horrible things do happen. And since these people and others are able to temporarily dodge Death, it will come looking for them again, in the typically elaborately orchestrated series of over the top set pieces.There's no way that these movies could possibly be taken seriously, not by this point. And the filmmakers (David R. Ellis, who directed the second movie, also directs this one) seem to know it all too well, often turning their entry into a cartoonish festival of death, destruction, and digital gore. It's so stupid at times that it's uproarious, and is not for people seeking a legitimately GOOD horror movie. You only need apply if all you want is to see people die in various disgusting ways.Not that "The Final Destination" is completely lacking in humanity, or any interest at all, but even its more serious portions just come off as somewhat laughable. Death is so eager to claim these chosen few that it keeps cheating one person who repeatedly attempts suicide.The movie is loud, slick, and crammed with CGI / 3D effects.Our cast isn't particularly appealing, even if the ladies (Haley Webb, Shantel VanSanten, Krista Allen as a hottie mom who stuffs tampons in her kids' ears) are strikingly attractive. Mykelti Williamson is wasted as a security guard mourning his late family.The best, most intense sequence involves a car wash. Otherwise, don't better with FD4 unless you're just looking for brainless fun.Six out of 10.

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SnoopyStyle

This is the fourth installment in the Final Destination franchise. Nick (Bobby Campo), Lori (Shantel VanSanten), Hunt (Nick Zano) and Janet (Haley Webb) are attending a stockcar race at McKinley Speedway. Nick has a premonition of an impending disaster. He causes a commotion with a racist hick and the quartet leaves along with the hick, a car mechanic and security guard George (Mykelti Williamson). Samantha (Krista Allen) and her family are also able escape. Then the group starts dying one by one as the premonitions keep coming for Nick.The franchise continues with the same concept and structure. The CG is cheaper. I like the group for the most part. The franchise has really honed in on the fake out deaths. They're the best part. It's fun to expect a death but then get surprised. The problem is that the same old same old is not enough. A sequel doesn't have to be just another copy.

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