Final Destination 2
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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.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics at the time were largely dismissive, condemning the script, acting, and the film's apparent indifference to anything beyond staging its death sequences — but a notable minority argued that the film knowingly courts laughs alongside screams, making the carnage more playful than punishing. The gap between that original critical cold shoulder and the film's enduring fan reputation is substantial enough that it has been singled out as one of the sequels critics misjudged, with many horror fans and retrospective writers now treating it as the franchise's high point.
“it's not as cheekily knowing as the Scream movies or as trashily Grand Guignol as the Evil Dead franchise, but like those pictures it recognizes the close relationship between fright and laughter, and dispenses both with a free, unpretentious hand”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“it is surprisingly good fun for the current crop of horror films, reasonably well-plotted and full of jaw-dropping, white-knuckle scares. That said, it's most definitely not for the squeamish nor the easily offended.”
Marc Savlov·Austin Chronicle
“the movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“this risible thriller is merely a sadistic series of misread premonitions and vile murders”
Justine Elias·The Village Voice
“Cook is serviceable as the premonition-fueled Kimberly, but doesn't evoke enough emotion in the scenes following the brutal deaths of her close friends.”
Dustin Putman·TheMovieBoy.com
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David R. EllisDirector
A.J. CookKimberly Corman
Ali LarterClear Rivers
Michael LandesThomas Burke
David PaetkauEvan Lewis
James KirkTim Carpenter
Lynda BoydNora Carpenter
Keegan Connor TracyKat
Jonathan CherryRory
Terrence 'T.C.' CarsonEugene Dix
Justina MachadoIsabella Hudson
Tony ToddMr. Bludworth
Sarah CarterShaina
Shirley WalkerComposer
Jeffrey ReddickWriterFrom the studio
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.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics at the time were largely dismissive, condemning the script, acting, and the film's apparent indifference to anything beyond staging its death sequences — but a notable minority argued that the film knowingly courts laughs alongside screams, making the carnage more playful than punishing. The gap between that original critical cold shoulder and the film's enduring fan reputation is substantial enough that it has been singled out as one of the sequels critics misjudged, with many horror fans and retrospective writers now treating it as the franchise's high point.
“it's not as cheekily knowing as the Scream movies or as trashily Grand Guignol as the Evil Dead franchise, but like those pictures it recognizes the close relationship between fright and laughter, and dispenses both with a free, unpretentious hand”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“it is surprisingly good fun for the current crop of horror films, reasonably well-plotted and full of jaw-dropping, white-knuckle scares. That said, it's most definitely not for the squeamish nor the easily offended.”
Marc Savlov·Austin Chronicle
“the movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“this risible thriller is merely a sadistic series of misread premonitions and vile murders”
Justine Elias·The Village Voice
“Cook is serviceable as the premonition-fueled Kimberly, but doesn't evoke enough emotion in the scenes following the brutal deaths of her close friends.”
Dustin Putman·TheMovieBoy.com
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David R. EllisDirectorA.J. CookKimberly CormanAli LarterClear RiversMichael LandesThomas BurkeDavid PaetkauEvan LewisJames KirkTim CarpenterLynda BoydNora CarpenterKeegan Connor TracyKatJonathan CherryRoryTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonEugene DixJustina MachadoIsabella HudsonTony ToddMr. BludworthSarah CarterShainaShirley WalkerComposerJeffrey ReddickWriterFrom the studio
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