Final Destination 2
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
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- Cast:
- A.J. Cook , Ali Larter , Michael Landes , Terrence 'T.C.' Carson , Jonathan Cherry , Keegan Connor Tracy , Lynda Boyd
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You won't be disappointed!
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
I like this film when I was a kid like I still like them. At least they use a different setting like one year after the flight 180 crash and they use cars instead of using the same thing over and over again. I like the car crash scene yeah I know Micheal Bay would do something like that but at least we don't need explosion every 5 seconds. It's like a improvement to the first one but I like them both.
Final Destination 2 is a sequel to the 2000 hit that left many people skeptical of going on a plane ride, set with a new set of characters. This time around involves Kimberly Corman (played by A.J Cook), who sets on a vacation with her friends to Daytona Beach. Like Devon Sawa's character in the first film, Kimberly has a terrifying premonition of her friends and everyone around dying in a horrific disaster, only this disaster a massive car pile-up that leads to a number of deaths. Kimberly intervenes and saves the lives of many (not all) people on the highway. However, she soon learns that Death still has the lives of the individuals she saved on it's agenda. She teams up with Thomas Burke (played by Michael Burke) and Clears Rivers (played by Ali Larter), who revives from the first film, in attempt to save them.This film carries roughly the same story structure as the first film, with an opening disaster and the people getting killed in strange accidents. However, I didn't this one to be as realistic as the first one. Some of the deaths in this film were okay, others were a bit too laughable. The deaths that occur during the massive car crash scene at the beginning were quite good and surprisingly realistic. Secondly, the characters are a bit underdeveloped. Unlike the other films, each of the characters do not have any unique personalities. In the others films, you had the jock, the geek, the hot girl, and all the other character stereotypes. This film didn't have these and made the characters incomprehensible.The good part of this film is the plot. The film moves a decent pace and has its moments of suspense. The climax towards the end was my favorite part of the movie. What I also liked how it connected with the first film, especially having Clear from the previous film return as the character who is incarcerated in a mental institution to protect herself from Death. Overall, this movie isn't a total letdown. It just not as good as the first.
Taken on its Own Terms, these types of Movies have to be Compared to its Peers and not High Art. This is either a Guilty Pleasure or not.The Final Destination Sequel doesn't have the Luxury of being Groundbreaking or Clever. This is Number 2 and it is Spinning Off those accolades and delivering a Cash-In and seems like it was done Only for just That.It means that this is More of the Same. It might be that the Third Entry can go for Deeper Insights and Suspense, but it was not to be for the Follow-Up. The opening "Highway to Hell" pile up is one of the most Visceral and Smashing Car Crashes ever put on Film. It is Stunning.The rest of the reveals are no where Near as Engaging and are Nothing more than Semi-Clever ways to Countdown those that have Cheated Death.The Formula shows signs of boring Repetitiveness in the Dialog about Death and its Plan. It Has become more Airy-Fairy in its explanations that were there in the Original but then it was all New Stuff.Now its just seems Blah, Blah, Blah...Death's Design...Blah, Blah, Blah, Who's Next?, and so forth. The Gore is Great and the "Fun" is there if You Turn Off Your Analysis and sink Into Your bucket of Popcorn. But if the Third Final Destination doesn't Get Smarter it too will Sink under the Sameness. But even if it doesn't, well, at Least it will be another Guilty Pleasure for Fans of the Type, Like This One.
I really like this movie. It didn't get a great rating or great reviews, and I honestly don't know why. I think it's a great movie and a great sequel to Final Destination. It sort of continues from the first one, using the first movies experiences and characters.In this movie, we have another disaster. This time, instead of a plane crash, it's a freeway pile- up. Kimberly and her friends are all going away for the weekend. They're driving down the highway and see all of these ironic things. Like a man driving a "drink responsibly" truck, whilst drinking alcohol. That's smart. We see all of these seemingly insignificant characters, and then they all die horribly and vividly in a highway crash. Then Kimberly wakes up from what just happened. She's confused, understandably, and notices everything that happened in her vision is coming true. Like the songs on the radio and other drivers. Then, before she pulls onto the highway, she stops. And doesn't get on. The people behind her, who were destined to die, also couldn't get on, with her blocking them. The the pile-up happens. And sadly, Kimberly's friends die. She tries to explain to survivors that she had a vision and of course, no one believes her. Then she goes to see Clear Rivers from Final Destination. She had checked herself into an insane asylum, for her own protection. We hear how Alex had died recently, and that's why she's in there. So she won't get hurt. She explains to Kimberly that her friends died the exact same order, as they would've on the flight. They realize that Kimberly's friends died last in her vision, but first in real life. Death is working backwards. She gathers the other survivors and she explains. Everyone is trying to keep safe, but sadly, Death doesn't give up that easily.Overall, I give this movie a 10 out of 10.