Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
- Eugene Dix
- (as T.C. Carson)
- Dano
- (as Alex Rae)
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This is probably only the second film in which I have seen A.J. Cook (JJ from "Criminal Minds") and Ali Larter ("Heroes"), but they did a credible job in a film where the story was far more important than the individual characters, none of whom rose to any significance. In fact. most were probably former WB stars. The only one I remember with any interest was Odessa Munroe.
But the story and the special effects and the gore and, certainly, the suspense, made this film worth watching and peaked my interest in the prequel and the sequel, although not having seen the first one does not take anything away from this one.
Check it out.
This time around, a group of travellers narrowly avoid being involved in a spectacular freeway pile-up thanks to an eerie premonition experienced by driver Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) as she waits on the on-ramp. Feeling cheated once again, Death alters his grand design to try and claim the lives of those who escaped his clutches. As the survivors of the accident begin to die in the order witnessed in her vision, Kimberley realises what is happening, and tracks down the sole survivor of flight 180, Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), for help.
Despite working with material that rarely explores new territory, director David R. Ellis directs with gusto: his freeway pile-up is an absolutely jaw-dropping piece of cinema—a brutal, bloody and disturbing set-piece—and the subsequent death scenes are masterfully orchestrated pieces of mayhem that tease the audience with several possible bloody conclusions, before delivering their always impressive pay-off (gory fatalities are caused by a falling ladder, a sheet of glass, a faulty elevator, an air-bag, a flying wire fence, and a barbecue!!!).
In amongst the graphic bloodletting, Ellis also finds time to throw in some very nice visual touches (such as the tree shadows which resemble clutching skeletal hands) and lots of delightfully dark humour (gotta love that final shot!). A thoroughly entertaining piece of OTT popcorn horror, Final Destination 2 gets a very respectable 7.5 out of 10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.
This gory as hell sequel is so much fun,it's smart & thrilling & exciting so much more than the first film. Yes i liked the first film it was great but part 2 is even better.
FD2 packs more ferocious,spooky atmosphere into an exciting rollercoaster ride that is pure Horror-thriller entertainment with dark humour & awesome creative kills.
Ali Larter gives a strong performance once again as survivor of death, Clear Rivers, from the first flick & the new bunch of death deserters are well casted characters that very cleverly are each connected by the impact of the deaths of all the characters from the first film. Final Destination 2 is a super smart sequel the truly ups the thrills & fear factor. This is one of those films i keep comic back to for shear fun entertainment even after all these years.
This film also has the best & most terrifying scene in the franchise,the pile-up car crash on the motorway.
That sequence is terrifying & probably the most iconic & memorable scene in the entire franchise.
Final Destination 2 is basically just good gory-fun,a good night's entertainment especially if your a Horror genre fan like myself!!!
Yes i have Nostalgia for it but i also saw the first film way back on video & then was excited for the sequel.
Just sit back with a nice hot cup of Coffee one evening & stick on Final Destination 2. It's a real Gem from an otherwise messy franchise, it's a great supernatural thriller flick & one of the best franchise sequels ever.
Tony Todd is a Horror genre gem.
Great popcorn movie fun.
The direction and acting was better than the original. Like original, you will be busy enjoying the thrill and drama and will give you mixed feeling of horror, drama and thrill.
Overall, will recommend everyone to give it a try.
For a sequel to truly work well it has to come up with something fresh, otherwise why do a sequel eh? Well the makers of Final Destination 2 choose to use the basic same formula of the hugely enjoyable first film, only adding more black humour into the crazy death design broth. Opening with a quite horrific highway pile up, FD 2 then takes us on a journey that sees an assortment of folk offed in various and gruesome ways. The story remains the same as the first film, even though writers Bress and Gruber think they are being intricate by weaving this plot into the original story, but ultimately it's just a devilishly nonsense fun picture. Ali Larter returns for a second helping, and she in turn is joined by a bunch of no mark actors waiting for death, which is perfectly fine for the genre discerning fan.
This is a riot, and as long as you don't look too deep into it (why would you really?) you may just find yourself having a real good time. 7/10
Did you know
- TriviaReal logs were tested for the crash sequence, but they "didn't bounce enough", therefore, the logs are CGI in this film.
- Goofs(at around 13 mins) After Kimberly has her first premonition (the highway), she parks her SUV across the on-ramp to block it. Yet, when her SUV gets hit by the truck, it has moved to being parked pointing onto the highway, and quite a ways out into traffic to have been hit so squarely by a passing truck.
- Quotes
Kimberly Corman: Look, please... if you know of anything that could help us, what harm could it do?
William Bludworth: Only new life can defeat Death.
Burke: What the hell does that mean?
William Bludworth: Some people say there's a balance to everything. For every life there's a death, for every death, there is a life. But the introduction of life that was not meant to be, that can invalidate the list, force Death to start anew. You have to follow the signs, Kimberly.
Kimberly Corman: How do you know my name?
- Alternate versionsThe Sci-Fi version is heavily edited; several deaths are shortened or removed:
- When Officer Burke's car gets hit by the log, the scene where his head gets crushed is removed.
- Eugene's death has no blood.
- The ladder impaling Evan's eye isn't shown.
- Tim's death is not shown.
- Nora's death is not shown.
- Viewers only get to see Rory's face when he is trisected.
- Kat's death is not shown.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life (2003)
- SoundtracksDance With Me
Written by The Sounds
Performed by The Sounds
Courtesy of Scratchie Records / New Line Productions, Inc.
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- Destino final 2
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Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,961,214
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,200,000
- Feb 2, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $90,941,129
- Runtime
- 1h 30m(90 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1