Final Destination 2 (2003)

All Critics (129) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (58) | DVD (29)

When a horror flick gets tedious, it's DOA.

February 3, 2003 Full Review

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Part of the fun here is anticipating the Rube Goldberg-style machinations by which Death catches up with its targets.

January 31, 2003

Richard Harrington

Washington Post

Top Critic

That there is an audience for a movie in which innocent people suffer hideous accidental deaths is troubling enough, but that a group of creative people chose to direct their energies on this repulsive spectacle simply provokes disgust.

January 31, 2003 Full Review

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

Gruesome, ridiculous, really bad waste of time.

December 24, 2010 Full Review

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Now that the ground rules have been established for the Final Destination movies, the fun lies in seeing the inventive ways in which the writers dispatch the various characters in the sequel.

August 28, 2009 Full Review

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

Even more than Part 1, the real stars of this movie are the elegantly choreographed freak accidents.

June 18, 2008 Full Review

Lucius Gore

ESplatter

One by one these people get bumped off, one by one the people in the audience laugh their asses off.

February 8, 2005 Full Review | Comment (1)

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Albert Einstein... noted, 'God does not play dice with the universe.' [T]he makers of... Final Destination... have... decided that Death likes to play Mouse Trap.

January 4, 2004 Full Review

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Perhaps you can't cheat death in Final Destination 2, but apparently you can kill originality.

October 8, 2003 Full Review

Terri Clark

Apollo Guide

'Make no mistake, without the slicing, dicing, filleting, and pureeing, this flick is a recipe for boredom. But like its predecessor, I was expecting a bloodless teen snorefest and got something several sanguineous degrees better!'

September 4, 2003 Full Review

Jovanka Vuckovic

Rue Morgue Magazine

Even if the movie is not your cup of tea, the extras offer an attractive alternative.

July 30, 2003 Full Review

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Gets more convoluted and thus less involving as it goes along.

July 30, 2003

Bryant Frazer

Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

• 1. Thomas Burke: Trust me. I had a few close calls.
  2. Brian Gibbons: Yeah, me too. Dad, Tell them about that news van thing.
  3. Kimberly Corman: What's that?
  4. Mr. Gibbons: Well, Brian was almost hit by that news van that day in the field & your friend Rory, he pulled him back at the last second. Saved his life.
  5. Mrs. Gibbons: You never told me that, Peter. Boy that was lucky.
  – Submitted by Matthew D (7 months ago)
• 1. Mr. Bludworth: Hello, Clear. I've been expecting you.
  – Submitted by Kerwin M (17 months ago)
• 1. Kimberly Corman: There's gonna be a huge accident. Everybody's gonna die!
  – Submitted by Kerwin M (17 months ago)
• 1. Host: Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary since Velez Air Flight 180 exploded and crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK airport. It's a disaster that's affected many. None more so than Mt. Abraham High School, which lost 40 students and 4 faculty members in the crash. But it was the events after the crash that has turned this tragic story into something even stranger. The survivors that managed to get off the plane before it crashed died soon thereafter in a series of mysterious and bizarre accidents. Now to some, these deaths are just tragic coincidences, but to others, they're an indication that there are more sinister events taking place. That's the contention of tonight's guest. Thank you for joining us this evening.
  – Submitted by Kerwin M (17 months ago)
• 1. Mr. Bludworth: Come to pick my brain?
  2. Clear Rivers: Just a simple question, and we'll leave you alone with your new friend.
  3. Mr. Bludworth: Dead, it's still... fresh.
  – Submitted by John P (20 months ago)

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