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The Final Destination (2009) -- The Final Destination Trailer - After a teen's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his friends, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.0/10   13,205 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Eric Bress (written by)
Jeffrey Reddick (characters)
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Release Date:
28 August 2009 (USA) more
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Take the trip in Real D 3D more
Plot:
After a teen's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end. | full synopsis
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Also Known As:
Final Destination 4 (USA) (working title)
Final Destination: Death Trip (USA) (working title)
Final Destination: Death Trip 3D (USA) (working title)
The Final Destination in 3-D (USA) (DVD title)
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Rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.
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82 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The Racist is seen drinking Hice Pale Ale. This is the same brand of beer that was seen in Final Destination 2 and 3. In Final Destination 2 (2003) their is a drunk driver driving the Hice Pale Pale Beer truck before the pile-up, and in the third movie it drives past the drive-through behind Wendy and Kevin and squishes their truck against the wall. The name 'Hice' comes from the stunt Coordinator Freddie Hice who did the stunt work for Final Destination 2. more
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Continuity: The foam in the glasses when George serves apple cider changes from shot to shot. more
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Hunt Wynorski: We just lost one hot MILF! more
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References Saving Private Ryan (1998) more
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Devour more

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Is "The Final Destination" based on a book?
Why didn't Samantha's husband and kids die following the accident?
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57 out of 72 people found the following review useful.
Gimmicky Horror, 1 September 2009
5/10
Author: FoxWolf87 from United States

For me, a rating of 5 out of 10 means I didn't like the movie, but I didn't hate it either.

"The Final Destination" is a 3D horror thriller gimmick. Even though I saw this in 2D, there were many elements that were very obviously designed to be in 3D to take full advantage of the medium.

However, the film itself just isn't good.

The acting is terrible. The story is formulaic. There's nothing really interesting as far as the plot. No discussion of death. No new interesting concepts. Lots of fluff in the form of false kills. And the entire film from the opening credits to the closing credits is about the methods in which these people die.

What this movie is really about is killing young, attractive individuals in a manner which will compliment the 3D. Nothing else. It's just killing people using a Rube Goldberg device or a flying object in 3D.

Some of the special effects are good, and a few of the deaths are interesting, however, the film doesn't really do anything for me. It's just kind of there. I don't really hate it, but I don't really like it either. I also don't really care for 3D in general. I think it's a stupid way of getting you to pay a little extra, like IMAX (which is a bigger screen and some extra speakers. Yaay).

Overall, if you like the 3D gimmick; you're just looking for a movie to take a few friends to and have a little fun; and you don't really care about plot, characters, or story, you might have some fun. To anyone else, I wouldn't really recommend it. It's just a studio gimmick and can be easily ignored.

5/10 - Nothing special.

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