Final Destination 1-2 [DVD] [2000]

The first is the better of the two, and it sets the premise up well. After a dramatic near-death experience, correctly foreseen by one of their number, a group of young friends soon find that not all is as it seems. Death, it seems, is coming back for them one at a time, and that’s an excuse for some intricate set pieces as the group find themselves in immense danger, as they try to puzzle out how to alter death’s plans. The second works surprisingly well too. Okay, it does little more than photocopy a winning formula, but its set pieces are that bit more over-the-top to compensate, and while it barely has an original moment in its running time, it is a genuine hoot.

Both films have a handy selection of shock moments, and both motor through at enough speed to paper over any cracks. And the end result in both cases is an enjoyable, sprightly ride, best enjoyed with the brain switched to neutral.--Simon Brew

DVD Description
Final Destination
The terrifying tale of a group of high school students who are prompted to get off Flight 180 before takeoff after one of them, Alex Browning (Devon Sawa, Slackers), has a terrifying vision that the plane will explode in flight – a premonition that comes tragically to life before their eyes. Despite having seemingly cheated fate, the students were meant to die in the flight, and the shadowy presence of Death begins stalking them as one by one they meet sudden and brutal ends. Those still left alive are forced to band together to try and change the course of destiny and outwit the untameable forces of Death …

Final Destination 2
Two years later, the equally successful sequel takes up the terrifying tale. Now locked away by choice in the perceived safety of a psychiatric hospital, Clear (Ali Larter, Legally Blonde) lives in constant terror that Death is coming to claim her, as it did all her friends. Clear may be considered crazy, but she’s not wrong. Unhappy at being outwitted, Death is now heading towards Route 23 …
En route to a weekend getaway with her friends, Kimberley Corman (A.J. Cook, The Virgin Suicides) watches helplessly as a logging truck careens out of control, setting off a horrifying chain reaction that leaves twisted metal and dead bodies in its wake – including her own. A moment later, Kimberley finds herself stuck in the traffic trying to join Route 23. It was only a vision. But was it also a warning? Shocked into action, she blocks the cars from joining the highway. Her fellow commuters begin to loudly complain, until Kimberley’s premonition comes powerfully and tragically to life before their eyes …

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