Oct 092000
A teenager’s vision of the explosion of the plane he’s just boarded keeps him (Devon Sawa), several classmates, and a teacher from dying when the plane does explode. However, Death is not going to let anyone escape their fate.
Quick Review: An update of a Twilight Zone episode, Final Destination strips the fat out of the Slasher by eliminating the killer. There is just the killings and the victims. In-between murder scenes, the soon-to-be corpses discuss the meaning of fate (and if you are religious, it brings up some very uneasy questions about weather God is on your side). The entertainment comes from the mousetrap-like deaths that become wilder and wilder as the film goes on. Like most Slashers, there isn’t much plot and almost no surprises, but it’s a great game of dominoes.