Final Destination

Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith

Alex Browning, is embarking on a trip to Paris with his high school French class. In the plane's cabin, buckled-in and ready for take-off, Alex experiences a powerful premonition. He sees the plane ex...( read more  read more... )plode in a fiery blaze moments after leaving the ground. Alex panics and insists that everyone get off the plane. In the melee than ensues, seven people including Alex, are forced to disembark the ill-fated aircraft. Back in the departure lounge, Alex and his friends Billy and Tod; Clear a young woman who instinctively heeded Alex's warning; Carter, whose derision of Alex's paranoia had him and his girlfriend Terry thrown off the plane; and Ms. Lewton, the teacher who volunteers to stay with the disembarking students, all watch as Alex's horrific premonition proves tragically accurate when the plane explodes in a catastrophic fireball. Ironically, even though Alex's intuition saves lives, after the crash he is plagued by both guilt and suspicion. Ominous portents of doom as well as the FBI, dog his every step. Alex comes to believe that somehow, he and the other survivors have briefly cheated death, but will not be able to evade their fate for very long. Clear befriends Alex, but no one, not even she, really believes his macabre theory -- not even as one by one, these fugitives from fate fall victim to the grim reaper.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: James Wong

Released: March 17, 2000

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DVD Released: September 26, 2000

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  • October 9, 2006
    It was scary and fun at the same time. FD1 was a horror movie that didn't take itself way too seriously, even though it looked like it was serious.
  • April 24, 2009
    "You already cheated death by walking off the plane. Now you gotta out when and how it'll come back at you. Play your hunch, Alex. If you think you can get away from it. But beware the risk of cheating the plan, disrespecting the design... could initiate a horrifying fury that... ...( read more )
  • October 26, 2008
    Pretty good. Number 2 was better. Good death sceens
  • March 5, 2008
    food for fools...but clever in a way and fun
  • March 3, 2008
    Good concept, Franchise?
  • June 25, 2009
    What a creppy movie. I mean premonitions about how each character is going to die is pretty intense. It was a great movie, but I never thought a movie could freak me out as much as this did. It's almost like the unknown. We have no control over any of this, and it could happen in... ...( read more )

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Smarter and more original than most [Dead Teenager Movies]. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing. full review

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  • yanski95
    May 7, 2008
    this is so cewl!! I LOOVE it.. i watched this for like.. 80 times?? [ figure of speech ]I just love it
  • hollynelson93
    May 5, 2008
    I loved this movie it is my fav out of all of them, i dont really care or the 2nd one though, but the 3rd is amazing!! Lol i cant wait untill I get it on DVD!!!!!!! But ya if you havent seen it i would recomed seeing all of them, they are cool to watch!
  • pavacri23
    February 23, 2008
    this movie is so good
  • ThEhOrRoReXpErT
    November 10, 2007
    I've seen them all, it's a good trilogy.
    Now waithing for part 4.
    See poster of part 4 in my profile.
  • KelseyWelsie
    July 5, 2007
    billy was hott lol
  • dixiejean
    May 15, 2007
    This movie was good. I love to sit down in watch it. But part 2 of this movie was so much better. It was more graftit then all the others movies.
  • flappergirl93
    April 22, 2007
    I love this movie.
  • shannonbabe92
    February 20, 2007
    FINAL DESTINATION IS FUKIN AWSUM LYK UR ALL MAD IF U ENT SEEN IT!!!!!!!!!! I ADVISE U AL 2 WATCH IT !!!!!!
  • MagzIsMe
    December 13, 2006
    I am really like this movie."Final Destination" it's a great movie :D i like fd1-3. i watched them. they were exciting and horror.
  • bestbabygirl18
    November 30, 2006
    This is just an okay. But I loved the 3rd one.

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