The Final Destination
The Final Destination
R | 28 August 2009 (USA)
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A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.

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SparkMore

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

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Grimossfer

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

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Michelle Ridley

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

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Janis

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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KissEnglishPasto

........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CAKI, COLOMBIA....and ORLANDO, FL This is a Review of the 3-D VERSION, from the GUT! (My "Id" was in Suspended Animation while viewing this...As was the rest of my brain!) Recently, It occurred to me that I hadn't seen a 3-D movie in a long time! (NOT Counting the SHREK shorts at Universal!) Suddenly, I had a tremendous urge to see the 3-D version, A.S.A.P.! Well, I just saw it hours ago! This Movie and my opinion of it can easily be encapsulated in just a few words: "3-D GLASSES ON: 7*"/ 3-D GLASSES OFF: "4*!" That's the whole Enchilada! Decided to see "The FINAL" with a very specific purpose in mind: To enjoy the hell out of the 3-D gimmick aspect! And solely based on that single criterion, it was most satisfying indeed! As entertained as I was with the 3-D images, I'd like to add some observations: Would NEVER consider seeing it again, with or without glasses! Do not think the urge to see another 3-D movie will ever grab me again, unless convinced that the film had stand alone merit.The recent "REAL 3-D" process, incidentally, is FAR superior to the old RED/GREEN 3-D glasses we've known for decades! No headaches! No blurry vision during the film! Much crisper and cleaner image! " FINAL" hardly has anything else positive going for it..."Same Old-Same Old" in just about every area you could mention, except for everything related to visual & 3-D department.4*.....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA! (If that's Possible!)Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome!

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mattiasflgrtll6

What would happen if Final Destination was a Saturday morning cartoon? You'd have The Final Destination! Speaking of the title, that's already a bad sign itself. It's like they are almost ashamed that they put out a lazy underwhelming fourth installment and pretend it has no connection to the other movies. But oh wait. It doesn't!For the previous ones I did my best to not include any spoilers. But since this movie is so bad that you never will have a reason for seeing it outside of having watched all Final Destination movies.It's a disaster from the very first second. In the previous movies, the premonitions exploited every-day fears. In the first, it was a plane crash. Many people are afraid of flying, right? In the second it was pile-up. Not too impossible. In the third it was a roller-coaster. A lot of folks are scared of them. But a race car track? No. No. Who the f'uck would be afraid that some, uuuuh, cars may go bonkers and pieces of them might crash through the fence and kill the audience? Not very many, I bet! Not only that, but Nick (the main protagonist) has such a lax reaction to it that I don't buy that he's scared. "Oh a horrible car crash... help...".The acting is really bad. The only guy who seems to give a crap about putting a good performance is Mykelti Williamson. Why he agreed to star in this movie against all the other poor actors is beyond my understanding. Bobby Campo is incredibly wooden in this role. He's fairly inoffensive compared to some other laughable actors, but come on. He plays the most important character in the movie, and does it with so little conviction that it's jarring. How can somebody be so RELAXED when people around are dying? How?! Okay, all the other actors? They stink. Shantel VanSanten was by far the worst of all, I was genuinely STUNNED at how horrendous she was. The most irritating shrieky voice in the world and so over-the-top obnoxious that she almost made me go crazy.The only character in the movie I like is George. He was a good person and I felt sorry for him when he tried to kill himself to be put out of his misery as soon as possible. Nick was... okay. But like I said, Bobby Campo was too wooden to make us really care. I still sort of rooted for him, but I wasn't "oh my God, please don't die" either. The Racist is laughably poorly written. No I'm not joking, that's literally his character's "name" in the credits. At first I think "Oh poor guy, he lost his wife", but then it turns out he's racist? What? That came out of the blue, and someone I thought we were supposed to root for suddenly becomes a giant asshole. Even so, he's not even the thinnest of the bunch. Because then we have the cowboy. He's on the screen for maybe a minute and is not defined as a character in the slightest. What the hell was the point with including him? Of course though, the worst is... Lori. I. HATED. Her. Even after having her life saved, she still refuses to listen to her friend when in danger! Is it even possible to be that STUPID? God!The CGI... THE CGI WAS COMPLETE UTTER GARBAGE! While it wasn't the best in previous movies, it still looked believable enough to buy it. Here, it's absolutely freakin' AWFUL! It's like nobody cared AT ALL how it looked like and just hurried along to get the movie done as quickly as possible. Every time we get a look inside Nick's mind, it's animated like a freakin' Bionicle movie. Yeah, it's that bad!!!The plot. Is. TERRIBLE. After Nick and some other people survive the race track "accident", he starts having dreams and visions in his head. Later on, when they have saved Lori, they assume they have ended the chain. Okay, first of all, how would that have ended the chain? All they do is postpone the deaths. There is NO PROOF WHATSOEVER that they stopped death. Secondly, haven't we already gone through this? Oh yeah, we have. THE FIRST FINAL DESTINATION! So what they do is introduce an already used plot point and apply it to the fourth, assuming the audience wouldn't recognize how it's already been used? So when the movie has no originality whatsoever, what does it rely on? The deaths. But the problem is, not even the deaths are that interesting! A couple of them are repeated from earlier movies, and others are so poorly executed that I just cringe. And if we can't even have some decent deaths, what the f'uck should you watch this movie for? But the worst offender is left to talk about... The finale... when Nick tries to save Lori and Janet... is just a premonition. A. F'ucking. Premonition! WHAT? Why would I watch 10 minutes of what suddenly hasn't even f'ucking happened yet?! One at the beginning sure, but another one as the final too?! Okay, the third movie did something similar, but at least they did something clever with it and didn't literally have two finales. Here, we have Nick trying to save the two girls from a movie theater... TWICE! Twice, I'm telling you! And then, as the worst final surprise ever, they are all killed while sitting at a café instead. ARE YOU F'UCKING KIDDING ME?!I gave it a 4 because there were some moments I laughed at because of how bad they were. But for the most, this was just a trainwreck and I'm shocked over how crummy the movie was.Just watch Final Destination 1-3 again and enjoy yourself. SKIP THIS PIECE OF S'HIT.

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Dom Nickson

Spoiler Alert!!! The story is basically the first 3 but the this time it's a lot lamer in the kills and very unrealistic. This sequel is pretty much a cash grab idea that adds nothing new to the story. I'm sorry if you enjoyed this but it really doesn't add anything new to deaths personality and instead only focuses on the gore rather than having an actual story. The original Final destination at least had an interesting and scary idea in which death is unavoidable with realistic kills. I think that this one shouldn't really be seen by anybody who are truly fans of the first three. It is only about the core and has very boring characters that mean nothing at all. I didn't even care if any single one of them died, isn't that sad? At least in the first 3 you could understand the character's point of views as with this one you aren't rooting for anybody because they are all boring. The deaths aren't even fun they are very boring and dull. The only death that I liked was Samantha's because it seemed realistic enough. Overall, It's lucky I can only rate it a one if I could I'd give it a .5 out of 10.

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LeonLouisRicci

It's Undeniable that the Formula that made this Franchise so Special at first, that Never Varied from Film to Film, has Lost its Luster and is now rather Boring. The Premonitions and Death's Design and all of that have seen Better Days and is now Nothing More than the Thread that Binds the Movies Together.Its the Rube Goldberg Death Mechanisms that can still Entertain. That's a Difference between "Torture Porn" and this Series. The Final Destination Films are Meant to Entertain as Opposed to say, the "Saw" Franchise. What they're Meant to do is Not Pleasant to Contemplate. Simply Put, the "FD" Series is Fun and the "Saw" Series is Sick.This Movie has a neat Opening and Closing Credits Scheme, and the Movie Clips along with the Least bit of Contemplation about Fate and Death. A bit Better than the Third Entry if one was to Quibble about such Things, this one has some Nifty Set-Ups and is another Fine, Bloody Fluff Film for Fans of the Franchise.Note...If you are keeping score...more nudity, more gore, and more deaths and the first one in 3-D.

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