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| About Review |
Reviewer
RumbleWolf4
Review Date
16th May, 2004
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| Movie Credits |
Director
David R. Ellis
Cast
A.J. Cook
Ali Larter
Michael Landes
Tony Todd
Jonathan Cherry
Screenplay
Eric Bress
J. Mackeye Gruber
Tagline
"You can't cheat death twice."
Country
USA
Classification
R
Year
2003
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| DVD Information |
Format
NTSC
Region Coding
1
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1
16x9 Enhanced
Yes
Running Time
91 minutes
Year Released
2003
Packaging
Keep Case
Extra Features
Audio Commentary
Beyond Movie Features
Featurette
Alternate Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Music Video
Fortune Game
DVD-ROM Features
Theatrical Trailers
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Final Destination 2
The Plot
After a young woman named Kimberly has a preminition about a horrendous traffic accident, she manages to save the lives of several people who were meant to be killed in the pile-up. After the survivors of the accident begin to die in mysterious accidents, Kimberly finds herself consulting the sole survivor of similar occurences. Clear Rivers, the only survivor from the original " Final Destination" film, assists Kimberly and the other survivors. It turns out that the dark force, known only as Death, is out to clean up the loose ends. By surviving when they were meant to die, the survivors have caused a rift in Death's grand design. Death is picking them off to set the order straight. Thus, paranoia and fear of ordinary surroundings begin as the survivors know that they can be killed by anything and anyone. Can they all cheat death? Or will Death set the natural order straight?
The Movie
This film exists for one sole reason. To reproduce horrible, gruesome accidents in a darkly comedic and brutal fashion. Exploitation of graphic violence seems to be the main driving force behind this. The effects are great and a bigger budget provides better and more elaborate deaths. Although most of them come off as too digital and over-the-top...
The acting is sub-par as well. The talent comes fresh from craptastic movies like House of the Dead and Wishmaster 3 (Cherry, Cook), decent films like House on haunted Hill (Larter) and great films like Candyman (Tony Todd has a small role). It's too bad that the characters are painfully underwritten. When they suffer the inevitable, you cheer more than mourn. Overall, if you're looking for great gore and deaths, check this out. If you want good acting, a complex plot , rich characters or even decent scares...check elsewhere. FD2 is a "first-degree guilty pleasure" (Andre Johnston, US Magazine) plain and simple.
The DVD
The infinifilm edition comes fresh from New Line Studios. These people know how to deliver the DVD goods! This film has neat features like the ability to view the movie with a "factoid ticker", offering "did you know?" style trivia on the movie. Also, you can view the movie and jump into exclusive bonus featurettes, directly tied to the scene you're watching! Commentary, Behind-the scenes- featurette,a music video, deleted scenes, bonus trailers, DVD-ROM content and an interesting "magic 8-Ball" style fortune telling game fill out the rest. Top-notch! The scene selection menu is pretty neat too...
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