The Final Destination

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  • Opened August 28, 2009 
  • 1 hr 22 min
  • R | strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition in which he and his friends all die following a freak accident involving multiple racecars. Nick manages to convince his friends to leave mere seconds before his vision comes true. They may have cheated death at first, but as the survivors start to meet increasingly grisly ends, Nick must figure out a way to escape his fate before death strikes again. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson, Krista Allen
  • Director: David R. Ellis
  • Genres: Horror

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The Final Destination Movie Review

by Asianfreak

53 out of 100 Just pointless, gory, lazy deaths....

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by Spencer27057

50 out of 100 Death doesn't like to be pointless or bored....

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Time Out New York
| Joshua Rothkopf

Too many digital effects ruin the spell of a tactile world of evil objects scheming your demise. But even a mediocre FD is better than more Jigsaw. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

It's no exaggeration to say that the actors have less personality than the pipes, nail guns, grinding gears, decaying beams, and slowly spreading oil spills that are fused, with a kind of empty-dread technical precision, into Rube Goldberg torture devices. Read full review

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L.A. Weekly
| Scott Foundas

Ellis and screenwriter Eric Bress even go all meta on us with an "Inglourious Basterds"–esque finale set inside a 3D cinema, though their set pieces never quite muster the giddy brio of "Final Destination 1" and "3" auteur James Wong at his best. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Elizabeth Weitzman

If you like your gore hardcore, you'll want to head straight for "Halloween II." But if you're happy to ease around a slightly smaller track, look no further. Read full review

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Bobby Campo as Nick and Shantel Vansanten as Lori in "Final Destination: Death Trip."