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Final Destination 2 (2003)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:7

Rotten:15

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: This sequel is little more than an excuse to stage elaborate, gory scenes of characters getting killed off.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language, drug content and some nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Jan 31, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $46,455,802

Synopsis: In FINAL DESTINATION 2, the basic notion of cheating mortality is further refined with an even more gripping plot provided by Eric Bress & J. Mackye Gruber, the duo behind the film BLUNT. Director... In FINAL DESTINATION 2, the basic notion of cheating mortality is further refined with an even more gripping plot provided by Eric Bress & J. Mackye Gruber, the duo behind the film BLUNT. Director David R. Ellis revels in film as an entertainment vehicle and the result is a no-holds-barred raucous good time. Ellis' background as a stuntman and stunt coordinator helps him build electric suspense through a chain of seemingly simple actions that in fact loaded and lethal. In the original, FINAL DESTINATION, a group of students avoided the tragic crash of Flight 180 when Alexander Browning had a premonition. Death, however, didn't like being outwitted, and one by one the survivors died in freak accidents. The sole survivor was Clear Rivers (Ali Larter) who voluntarily checked into a padded room at Stonybrook Institute. FINAL DESTINATION II takes place on Flight 180's one-year anniversary. Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) is joyriding with some friends on Route 23 when she "sees" herself, her friends, and other drivers involved in a massive multi-car pileup. The scene is so artfully executed, it physically hurts to watch. She and police officer Thomas Burke (Michael Landes) save a group of people who would have otherwise died in the crash. But, as ever, death approacheth, taking the likes of Evan (David Paetkau), the Trans Am-loving lottery winner who puts up a good fight but is ultimately impaled on a fire escape ladder; and Tim (James Kirk), who almost chokes to death at the dentist and is later flattened by a piece of industrial glass. Clear Rivers busts out of the psych ward to help the remaining survivors pool their efforts and read the signs of impending death before it claims their lives. [More]

Starring: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, T.C. Carson

Starring: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, T.C. Carson, Jonathan Cherry, Keegan Connor Tracy, Sarah Carter, Lynda Boyd, David Paetkau, James Kirk, Tony Todd

Director: David R. Ellis

Director: David R. Ellis
Screenwriter: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress
Producer: Jeffrey Reddick, Warren Zide, Craig Perry
Composer: Shirley Walker
Studio: New Line Cinema

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07/19/03
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02/09/03
Susan Stark
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02/07/03
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02/07/03
Andrew O'Hehir
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02/07/03
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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When a horror flick gets tedious, it's DOA.

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02/03/03
Richard Roeper
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Part of the fun here is anticipating the Rube Goldberg-style machinations by which Death catches up with its targets.

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01/31/03
Richard Harrington
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Washington Post
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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.

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01/31/03
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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The filmmakers clearly set out to make a film that featured lots of footage of really disgusting annihilations, then threw together a haphazard script and hired a few hot actors to play the corpses.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/31/03
Daphne Gordon
Daphne Gordon
Toronto Star
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You'll gasp, you'll flinch, you'll cringe, but mostly you'll scream.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/31/03
C.W. Nevius
C.W. Nevius
San Francisco Chronicle
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If you think of all this as an elongated Three Stooges short with bones breaking and membranes splashing, maybe it will go down easier.

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01/31/03
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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Though the complicated carnage is competently filmed and staged, the acting and the dialogue are often risible enough to make you wonder if the film isn't a spoof brought you by the folks from Scary Movie.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/31/03
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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It contains some of the most brain-dead people a screenplay has ever produced.

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01/31/03
Wesley Morris
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01/31/03
Arizona Republic
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Final Destination 2 doesn't pretend to be anything other than a robotic repeat of the first film.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/31/03
Ray Conlogue
Ray Conlogue
Globe and Mail
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Takes a good idea from the first film and pounds it into the ground, not to mention decapitating, electrocuting, skewering, blowing up, incinerating, drowning and gassing it.

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01/31/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Once you get past its supremely nonsensical title, Final Destination 2, a smooth and sharp slice of teen-gothic cheese, is kind of fun.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/30/03
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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The movie is a real jolter for horror fans who like the charge of gory images but also demand a certain level of intelligence in the proceedings.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
01/30/03
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It has a sense of humor ... but in the end is overwhelmed by its silliness.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/30/03
Matt Weitz
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March 17, 2006: First Look At "Snakes On A Plane"!
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