Final Destination

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Final Destination

R,

2000,

1h 38m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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162 Reviews

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Alex Browning is embarking on a trip to Paris. He experiences a premonition -- he sees the plane explode moments after leaving the ground. Insisting that everyone get off the plane, Alex and seven other people are forced to disembark. All watch as the plane actually explodes in a fireball. He and the other survivors have briefly cheated death, but will not be able to evade their fate for very long. One by one, these fugitives from fate fall victim to the grim reaper.

Critics Consensus

Despite a panel of X-Files' alums at the helm and a promising premise, flighty performances and poor execution keep Final Destination from ever taking off.

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Fiona Sturges

Independent (UK)

May 22, 2025

3/5

It's predictable but exciting stuff.

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Todd Camp

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

May 22, 2025

2.5/5

Wong and Morgan actually scare up quite a few surprises, even if the territory is all too familiar.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

May 22, 2025

Final Destination is pure shlock, pure and simple. But it's unadulterated, unashamed, and delivered with a certain hard-ball intensity.

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Larry Ratliff

San Antonio Express-News

Aug 24, 2026

2/4

Anyone looking for more than a silly slasher flick that's missing a fiendish villain would be wise to choose another final destination.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Jul 28, 2026

... a pretty silly thriller when it takes itself seriously and the filmmakers play fast and loose with their own rules of fate. But when the film gets the tone right, as it increasingly does toward the end, it is clever and often deviously entertaining.

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Feb 9, 2026

3/4

The film is able to milk the suspense unmercifully.

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Anakin R

Mar 8, 2019

The Final Destination, may be a more corny and unsatisfying movie but at times the movie offers some thrills.

Ron W

Feb 9, 2019

this was the first horror movie i ever watched, and boy was it good. it features a lot of suspence and leaves the viewer still thinking about the movie well after watching.

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Rey R

Jan 15, 2019

Somewhere buried deep in the film's premise lies the kernel of an intriguing idea - and that's Final Destination's lone good point. What happens if someone on board a plane has a premonition of disaster, flees from the aircraft before takeoff, then watches in horror as it explodes once it is airborne. Of course, it takes about ten minutes for it to become apparent that Final Destination is only going to use this as a hook. The point of the movie has nothing to do with how the survivors cope with guilt and uncertainty. Instead, Final Destination is intent upon illustrating that, while it's possible for seven people to cheat death by disembarking from a doomed plane, the Devil still demands his due. So, with John Denver singing in the background, they start dying one-by-one. Even the special effects are no good. Near the beginning of the film, as Sawa's character, Alex, has a vision of the plane's destruction, we are treated to the same kind of visuals used several decades ago when Christopher Reeve's Superman took to the air. Later, for a beheading scene, the decapitation is so ineptly done that I found myself choking back laughter. Moments like that make you wonder if this film could have had a chance as camp. Unfortunately, the somber, serious tone deflates any hope of this.

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Albus W

Jan 9, 2019

una idea muy original un gran clasico.

Kylo W

Dec 27, 2018

Stupid, silly and gory.

Luke R

Nov 17, 2018

The beginning of this film with the plane was great I loved it but everything after that especially the ending is just eeehhh ya know.

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Synopsis

Alex Browning is embarking on a trip to Paris. He experiences a premonition -- he sees the plane explode moments after leaving the ground. Insisting that everyone get off the plane, Alex and seven other people are forced to disembark. All watch as the plane actually explodes in a fireball. He and the other survivors have briefly cheated death, but will not be able to evade their fate for very long. One by one, these fugitives from fate fall victim to the grim reaper.

Director: James Wong
Producer: Glen Morgan, Craig Perry, Warren Zide
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Reddick
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Zide-Perry Productions, Hard Eight Pictures
Rating: R (Terror|Language|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 17, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $53.3M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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