Saturday, August 26, 2017

Final Destination

Final Destination is a 2000 horror film, first in a long-running franchise. When a high school trip to Paris is disrupted by one of the students in a panic screaming that the plane will explode, several of the students and one chaperone are removed from the flight before takeoff. The plane then explodes right after takeoff. After a memorial service for the lost students, one of the survivors is found dead in his home. The other survivors begin dying one by one. This is a suspenseful movie well worth watching.

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The BBC gives it 4 out of 5 stars and says, "this is far better than your regular fodder -a fun romp with some genuinely chilling shocks." The NYT has a negative review.

1000 Misspent Hours concludes a positive review with this: "in these dark days of neurotic public concern over violence and morbidity in entertainment, the sheer fact of the movie’s existence is startling. That it would also be so good is even more so." Moria says the "parade of novelty deaths become progressively more absurd." HorrorNews.net recommends it and has screen shots.

Roger Ebert gives it a 3-star review and says, "this movie is too good to be the end of the road. I have visions of my own." Rotten Tomatoes has a bad critics score but audiences seem to like it.


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