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Urban Legends: Final Cut

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Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

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Reviews Counted:77

Fresh:7

Rotten:70

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: This teen horror movie brings nothing new to an already exhausted genre. And it's bad. Really bad.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Box Office: $8,505,513

Synopsis: At the prestigious Orson Welles Film School at Alpine University, students are preparing their submissions for the Hitchcock Award, an honor that virtually guarantees the winner a Hollywood career.... At the prestigious Orson Welles Film School at Alpine University, students are preparing their submissions for the Hitchcock Award, an honor that virtually guarantees the winner a Hollywood career. Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison), daughter of a famous documentary director, decides to make a different kind of film: a thriller in which college students are killed in ways resembling various urban legends. Despite the backstabbing and jealousy of her fellow students, Amy begins to plan and cast her movie, with help from a pair of special effects geeks and a suave European cinematographer. As filming progresses, however, a series of unusual deaths occurs that the police dismiss as accidents. Is the killer a psychotic madman or a student hoping to eliminate the competition? Amy must struggle to learn the truth or else risk becoming another "accident" herself. This sequel to the 1998 horror hit URBAN LEGEND features a different cast (except for the return of security guard Reese) and an all-new take on the notion of urban legends coming true. UBBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT was directed by John Ottman, the composer and editor of such films as THE USUAL SUSPECTS, who supplies numerous clever touches and layers to the world of films-within-films. [More]

Starring: Jennifer Morrison, Matt Davis, Loretta Devine, Jessica Cauffiel

Starring: Jennifer Morrison, Matt Davis, Loretta Devine, Jessica Cauffiel, Hart Bochner, Michael Bacall, Joseph Lawrence, Anthony Anderson, Marco Hofschneider

Director: John Ottman

Director: John Ottman
Screenwriter: Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson
Producer: Gina Matthews, Neal H. Moritz, Richard Luke Rothschild
Composer: John Ottman

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Not what becomes a legend most.

Full Review Source: Anchorage Press | comment Comment
06/11/01
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Anchorage Press

This new offering keeps the mediocrity alive as it unleashes yet more unsavoury nonsense.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/16/01
Michael Thomson
Michael Thomson
BBC

It's a tortuously rambling attempt at a slasher pic, throwing random scenes at us without purpose, reason or consequence.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
02/07/01
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

There’s not one original thought to be found anywhere in this movie.

Full Review Source: Mike Bracken's Horror Films | comment Comment
02/07/01
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films

Let's hope this is the last one.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Groaning plot twists and dramatic overacting.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

So predictable that it's completely shock free.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Empire Magazine

As if there weren't enough self-consciously cute postmodern horror flicks already in existence, along comes Urban Legends: Final Cut to further fill that nonexistent void.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Reel.com

Psst ... did you hear the one about the movie that sucked?

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01/01/00
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

Derivative slasher movies, as a genre, are over, and you don't have to be a film school student to know that.

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01/01/00
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

For a movie set at a film school, Final Cut is pretty much a textbook case on how not to make a movie.

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01/01/00
Christopher Kelly
Christopher Kelly
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Makes the original Urban Legend look like an Alfred Hitchcock movie by comparison.

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01/01/00
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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The plot is ridiculous and full of holes, but never pretends to be otherwise.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online

Mr. Ottman doesn't have the firm grasp of tone necessary to make his deliberate ambiguities seem other than simple confusion.

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01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Wants to be like a Hitchcock thriller. Wants a kick in the pants, too.

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01/01/00
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

It delivers bald-faced variations on devices that were originally deployed, albeit with a redeeming glint of irony, in the Scream films and in Scary Movie.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Chute
David Chute
Los Angeles Times

It's about as funny as the Yellow Pages.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A relatively classy horror picture, and director John Ottman has proven that he can successfully cross over from being, not only a gifted composer, but also a respectable filmmaker.

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01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Hey, 'ja ever hear the one about the guy who was forced to watch yet another teen ensemble slasher flick? You know, the one where the guy can't take it any more, so he runs from the theater screaming?

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01/01/00
Ed Scharf
Ed Scharf
CheckOut.com

It starts bad, is bad in the middle, has some more badness near the end, and then erupts into a grand finale of badness so bad it makes other bad things look good.

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01/01/00
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
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