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Final Destination
- Review Date: November 9, 2005
- R
- Genre: Classic
- 2000
Common Sense Media says
Teens fear the reaper in this so-so thriller.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Final Destination has intense scenes of violence and gore peppered throughout. The death of the victims in these scenes is not caused by another person, but instead by circumstance and "chance" instigated by the shadowy figure of Death, who is sometimes seen as a blur in the background. There is very little sexual content aside from a make-out scene and a glimpse of a naked women in a magazine. Profanity is limited to our introduction to the high school students at the beginning of the film.
What's the story?
If the grim reaper has chosen our time, can we escape it? Does death have a design? If so, and we figure it out, can we change it? These are the questions high school senior Alex (Devon Sawa) begins to ask. Just after taking his seat on a flight, Alex has a very vivid vision that the plane carrying himself and his classmates on a field trip to France will explode shortly after takeoff. He freaks out, and is taken off the plane with five others who somehow get caught up in his hysteria. Sure enough, as Alex and a classmate argue at the gate, the plane takes off without them and explodes. One-by-one those six who escaped the plane begin to die under curious circumstances. Alex becomes convinced that the six of them cheated Death and now Death is coming to get them in the order they would have died on the plane. Alex, still having visions, is determined that if he can figure out Death's design, he can save the lives of those who got off the plane.
Is it any good?
FINAL DESTINATION has a convincing enough plot, unfortunately one that by now has become cliché. So desperate is this film to create an aura of suspense and foreboding that by the end of the film, any object in existence could be a weapon in the hands of the grim reaper. This certainly makes for suspense, but not good suspense.
Perhaps the film loses a lot of ground here when, in the opening sequence of the film, the camera lingers on the cover of the book Death of a Salesman. This is the degree to which the filmmakers are trying to spook us and fail; by referencing the title of a book that has nothing to do with the death of anyone. Watching this film merely becomes a countdown to gore as curiosity over "how" someone will get it overshadows any curiosity over "who" will get it. Overall, the film proves disappointing.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about death and/or the concept of destiny. Are our lives pre-determined, or do we have free will? To what degree are we able to control what happens in our lives?
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Teen, 16 years old
December 25, 2011
AGE
Good but very scary
Parents need to know that this is a TERRIFYING film. I'm a mature 16 year old and a huge fan of horror films, but this one really messes with your mind. It's definitely not for anyone under 15 or anyone who is going on a plane in the near future. Don't get me wrong, it's a good film, just really scary.
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Parent
September 14, 2011
AGE
scary and a little gory
It is creepy!A plane explodes and people survive.Later , a woman is hit by a bus,a man is strangled by a tub wire,a woman is caught in a explosion and a man's head is cut in half.wich is the goriest scene.But thats it.hoped it helped
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Adult
August 17, 2011
AGE
16 and up.
Final Destination is a poor movie made about death killing people and parents you need to know that final destination has a lot of gruesome intense bloody violence and some strong language used.
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Teen, 14 years old
September 16, 2011
AGE
Spooky (a pretty good movie)
I think this was the best one out of the whole series ( I haven't seen 5 yet but I'll get to it soon enough) I loved this one because even though Carter hated Alex the other characters (Clear Billy Terry the chick with the brown hair whos name I cant remember) They cared about each other (And Alex and Carter reconciled after a while) no one wanted to see the other die. I thought it was so sweet how Alex wanted to give his life to save Clear from the electric wire. I think this is a good movie that all above 13 should watch ( the death scenes are not that bad anyway! the head cut in half was the goriest and it looked really fake!) It was also kinda realistic. you could get choked in your shower if you were dumb enough, and The brown haired chick, Ms. Lewton.. Lawton? something like that She sent us all a message in death "DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL!!!" (The vodka or whatever it was on the computer was really what killed her wasn't is? The screen did puncture her trachea..) But over all a good scary movie. I would put it in the same category of awesomeness as the Scream movies.
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Kid, 12 years old
November 22, 2011
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Final destination is good , not scary
This movie is kind of fine.This movie is about a kid who goes on a airplane has a prediction of the plane crashing,survives and tries to survive without death getting him and his friends. This movie fine one character reminds me of my 25 year old cousion this movie aint scary at all just gory and bloody buy this movie on DVD or blu-ray or rent it at redbox MPAA rating: R for strong bloody violence, some gore,language and frightening situations
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Teen, 14 years old
June 12, 2011
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good movie
this final destination is a little bit gory but bloody but is nothing compare to the final destination and final destination 3 for teen and up
,I guess this movie is good but yeah
I mean it is the best of the serie but the serie of final destination is just blood and gore
there's one scene were someone got decapited tha is it in gore.but the movie is still for teen and up for blood and little bit of gore
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Teen, 14 years old
August 22, 2011
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Fine, But Not for Kids.
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Teen, 17 years old
March 10, 2011
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The first one was the best
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Adult
December 8, 2009
AGE
GOOD FILM FOR KIDS 16 AND UP
Gory movie may frighten young kids
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Parent
January 7, 2010
AGE
Final Destination
The best out of all the Final Destination movies by far. The sequels dont even compare.
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| Studio: | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| Director: | James Wong |
| Cast: | Ali Larter, Devon Sawa, Kerr Smith |
| Genre: | Classic |
| Run time: | 33 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | March 16, 2000 |
| DVD release date: | September 26, 2000 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | violence and terror, and for language |
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