Final Destination 2

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Final Destination 2

R

2003

1h 30m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Kimberly (A.J. Cook) has a premonition of a horrible highway accident killing multiple people -- including her and her friends. She blocks the cars behind her on the ramp from joining traffic -- and as a police trooper (Michael Landes) arrives, the accident actually happens. Now, Death is stalking this group of mistaken survivors -- and one by one they are dying as they were supposed to on the highway.

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Critics Consensus

Final Destination 2 is little more than an excuse to stage elaborate, gory scenes of characters getting killed off.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/24/2010

1/5

Gruesome, ridiculous, really bad waste of time.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

06/19/2003

1.5/4

Pushing the limits of an R rating, this sequel to 2000's surprise hit starts with the blood dripping madly and then amps it up to levels as to now unseen in American horror.

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

02/04/2003

3/5

It's simple, but effective.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

06/20/2025

2.5/5

The opening premonition is a series best and the deaths are killer (he he), but the expedited runtime means that the characters are shallow, their relationship to each other under developed, and many of them just kinda suck.

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Stephen A. Russell

Orion's Shoulder (Substack)

05/25/2025

It is magnificent, abiding by the more-is-more rule of follow-ups. It also hoodwinks us into a false sense of security that death can be cheated via the self-checked-in padded cellmate of Ali Larter’s returning Clear Rivers

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Sharai Bohannon

A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast

05/23/2025

2.5/5

This feels like a really bad made for TV movie with great kills. I’m happy some of the other sequels are stronger so we get rewarded for sticking it out.

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Charles T.

@CharlesGaming1000 Jun 2

Just as good as part 1……

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 12

And I thought the first Final Destination was good! But this one ups the ante so much and turns everything from the last movie up to eleven! First off, the intensity of the premonition scene is turned up in this movie compared to the first. The log truck scene is iconic for a reason. The effects are so good and the minimal use of CGI helps it look so horrifyingly realistic. Now I know why people are so scared of log trucks! The acting is also really good. I think all the actors work overtime to sell the fact that they really are scared of the impending doom and the fact that they know they will die. I also think the kill scenes are cool and surpass the first movie. There are so many elaborate yet gory ways that people die in this film. I also enjoy trying to guess how a person will die, especially during the apartment scene. Stuff like that just makes it more fun to watch these movies. Overall,I think this is an awesome sequel that surpasses the original in my opinion.

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Lars N

@movie_douche Mar 10

It's at it's finest when it doesn't take itself so ridiculously serious, and at moments let's its guard down for a decent kill, but mostly it's just godawful acting, nonsense dialog filmed in the worst way possible.

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Jamie V

@crosive Mar 6

The ending REALLY surprised me since it was a somewhat happy ending after almost everyone that was introduced DIED but still peak cinema

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sillypebble

@m1crowave Mar 1

Really good, loved the (kind of) happy ending

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 21

My personal favorite out of the series!

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Synopsis

Kimberly (A.J. Cook) has a premonition of a horrible highway accident killing multiple people -- including her and her friends. She blocks the cars behind her on the ramp from joining traffic -- and as a police trooper (Michael Landes) arrives, the accident actually happens. Now, Death is stalking this group of mistaken survivors -- and one by one they are dying as they were supposed to on the highway.

Director: David R. Ellis
Producer: Warren Zide, Craig Perry
Screenwriter: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber, Jeffrey Reddick
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Some Nudity|Strong Gruesome Accidents|Strong Violent Accidents)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 31, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $46.5M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround