The Final Destination

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The Final Destination

R

2009

1h 22m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition of his friends and him all dying in a freak accident involving many racecars. Mere seconds before the vision comes true, he manages to convince them to leave. Although they cheat death then, the survivors each begin to meet a grisly end, and Nick tries to figure a way to escape a similar fate.

Critics Consensus

With little of the ingenuity of previous installments, The Final Destination is predictable, disposable horror fare.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

10/15/2009

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.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

10/15/2009

3/5

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.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

09/04/2009

1.5/4

For me, this has always been a series of films that, other than a couple of inventive kills and one insanely choreographed opening sequence, has always been more or a less a waste of time.

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Megan Williams

Battle Royale With Cheese

11/17/2024

The actors all do well enough for the roles they’re given, but the film chooses to focus more on the deaths and frequent premonitions rather than character development, leaving the characters flat and uninteresting.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

01/14/2022

Clocking in at under an hour and a half and filled to the brim with devilishly sick set-pieces, and with plenty of viscera slapping you across the face thanks to the gloriously cheesy exploitation of the third dimension

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Matthew Rozsa

matthewrozsa.com

10/08/2020

0.5/5

It reminds us that a "Nazi ain't got no humanity." They -- and Trump supporters like them -- must be depicted as punchlines, not normal people, so America will never tolerate them.

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Jack S

@ilikescarymovies Apr 9

i love this fd4 is underrated

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The Undesirable One***T.U.O*** _

@RT86183283 Apr 6

Im currently watching all of the franchises. The acting was subpar. The first one was the best. They make almost ever black actor come off like emotionally unstable people, incapable of control, and not acceptable of their faith. Candyman is candy man. They did not find it acceptable to have a black person with the "premonition." I didn't think it was racially driven until this sequence. They left the noose around his neck. Which reminds me, in two sequence the bm actually attempted ☠️ but they couldn't fathom the kid in the first one doing it. 1 and 2 were good, but the rest were 🗑

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Lars N

@movie_douche Mar 12

By far the worst in a series of duds. Lazy, ugly and featuring the most grotesque scene of a suicide attempt followed by cookies? 'The Room'-levels of cringy hilarity!

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Unay I

@RT50211893 Mar 2

so I love This franchise, And people hate this one in particular, I loved It Hunts charector Sure. he wasn't, written, great but still he was a cool character in my opinion, The CGI was not great. But at least get this, Back in 2009 CGI was never great at All, Same thing with Wrong. turn 3: left for dead Nicks character was nice The Director Producers did a excellent, job Of making A Flim, With dramatic Chaos, Filled with A Plot. That well sure wasent Great, but I loved the disaster in my opinion, This was a never Nicely Made horror Sequel Personally My favorite of the franchise Mainly, cause The drama was real. And the Kills were actually Very cool I, loved the angles they Used in this, Movie To Be Honset Very well made George, was a very good character and Overall, the director did a great job, Of Catching The Final destination Atmosphere. Where's no ones Safe, The ending literally.. Shows you what atmosphere They..were using Overall I liked this movie I recommend 9/10

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sillypebble

@m1crowave Mar 1

Could have been better.

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Sam

@SamColacito Feb 12

My Rotten Tomatoes score: 🦠

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Synopsis

While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition of his friends and him all dying in a freak accident involving many racecars. Mere seconds before the vision comes true, he manages to convince them to leave. Although they cheat death then, the survivors each begin to meet a grisly end, and Nick tries to figure a way to escape a similar fate.

Director: David R. Ellis
Producer: Craig Perry, Warren Zide
Screenwriter: Eric Bress
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Practical Pictures, Parallel Zide
Rating: R (Language|A Scene of Sexuality|Strong Gruesome Accidents|Strong Violent Accidents)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $66.5M
Runtime: 1h 22m