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The Final Destination (2009)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:24
Rotten:60
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: With little of the ingenuity of previous installments, The Final Destination is predictable, disposable horror fare.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Aug 28, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $66,436,248
Synopsis: On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O’Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris... [More]
Starring: Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Haley Webb, Nick Zano
Director: David R. Ellis
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Reviews for The Final Destination
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Selling bland fatalism to kids, it's the work of crooks. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The film showers you with gore while dumping a motor engine in your lap and poking you in the eye with a burnt stick. Full Review |
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The characters are crash-test dummies, with dialogue to match. Yet Eric Bress' script is mockingly self-aware, framing the film as the ultimate example of violence as entertainment. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The final (really?) film in this lifeless franchise about the inevitability of death, which typically comes in the form of some grisly three-dimensional accident. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The new film has been expertly shot in 3-D, and the extra dimension does punch-up the impact of the franchise’s famously intricate set- piece snuffings. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Where some of the previous installments have been quite clever, the focus here is entirely on angling the camera so that something else can rush at us. Full Review |
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A tired imitation of the first film in the series, the 3-D offers little to improve this vacuous and unnecessary sequel. Full Review |
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What does it say about us when we go to cinemas to see people die in gruesome, yet inventive ways? Full Review |
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3/4 |
...a fitting follow-up to its trio of like-minded forebears. Full Review |
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2/5 |
click to read the full review Full Review |
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You might just as well stay home and watch one of the other three, where at least there will be some devilish wit and ironic humor in evidence. Full Review |
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2/4 |
would be a genuinely terrible movie (even as far as horror sequels go) except for its mordant sense of humor Full Review |
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2/4 |
I thought they might call this 'Final Final Destination' to wrap up the franchise. Full Review |
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4/10 |
Why watch people die discreetly with a small amount of CGI blood when you can cue up the DVD of the second film and watch that kid get squashed like an overripe grape? Full Review |
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3/5 |
If you're interested in looking at creative carnage, The Final Destination has just want you want. And in 3D, too. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
James Cameron and the folks at Pixar may disagree, but this is what 3D was made for: To make audiences scream and duck as Death hurls lethal objects from the screen. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Despite the added 3-D imagery, elaborate sequences that lead to doomed characters' deaths remain the most interesting thing about this latest Final Destination. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
On its fourth go-round, the can-we-cheat-death exercise has become flatter than its characters, and the racist redneck, arrogant jock, buxom but shallow soccer mom, and perky, easy-on-the-eyes girlfriends make for a pretty flat cast. Full Review |
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Reheats the package of fate and premonition with snoozy panache. Thought the title all but demands finality to the franchise, something tells me the "Final" at play here is more wicked irony than a welcome promise. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
The film is worth every penny of your money to see in theaters but please be aware that the acting and script are both horrendous. Full Review |
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