Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
- Eugene Dix
- (as T.C. Carson)
- Dano
- (as Alex Rae)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaReal logs were tested for the crash sequence, but they "didn't bounce enough", therefore, the logs are CGI in this film.
- GoofsAt the end of Final Destination (2000), Alex had just been saved, so Clear was next. But after that, someone could have saved Clear so that it skipped her again, and then Alex died after that. Since Clear says she and Alex cheated death dozens of times, it must have even jumped back and forth between them several more times.
- Quotes
Kimberly Corman: Look, please... if you know of anything that could help us, what harm could it do?
William Bludworth: Only new life can defeat Death.
Burke: What the hell does that mean?
William Bludworth: Some people say there's a balance to everything. For every life there's a death, for every death, there is a life. But the introduction of life that was not meant to be, that can invalidate the list, force Death to start anew. You have to follow the signs, Kimberly.
Kimberly Corman: How do you know my name?
- Alternate versionsThe Sci-Fi version is heavily edited; several deaths are shortened or removed:
- When Officer Burke's car gets hit by the log, the scene where his head gets crushed is removed.
- Eugene's death has no blood.
- The ladder impaling Evan's eye isn't shown.
- Tim's death is not shown.
- Nora's death is not shown.
- Viewers only get to see Rory's face when he is trisected.
- Kat's death is not shown.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life (2003)
- SoundtracksDance With Me
Written by The Sounds
Performed by The Sounds
Courtesy of Scratchie Records / New Line Productions, Inc.
Following the success of the first Final Destination, then New Line Cinema President Toby Emmerich approached Jeffrey Reddick to commission a sequel which Reddick agreed to do. Reddick stated his intent with this entry was to "expand the mythology" in order to avoid telling the same story over again. Previous film's director and writers James Wong and Glen Morgan were unavailable as they were busy with their respective projects of Jet Li's The One and the Willard remake respectively. The film instead was helmed by David R. Ellis whose prior directing credit was Homeward Bound II in 1996 and had more frequently worked as a second unit director and stunt coordinator with writers Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber coming on board as co-writers. Upon release, the movie had a respectable opening weekend of $16 million at number 2 opening behind The Recruit and eventually made back $90 million worldwide against its $26 million budget, a slight step down from the original's $110 million haul but still profitable. Critical reception while still mixed was somewhat improved from the first one with some like Roger Ebert who gave the original three stars only gave one and a half to the sequel. While Final Destination is fairly similar to the first movie in terms of setup with a formula pretty settled at this point, it is well made and delivers and what you expect and it does continue on from the first film.
Unlike the first film whose cast of teen archetypes were very much molded by the late 90s framework of post-Screamsploitation that defined a number of horror films in terms of marketing and writing, the characters in Final Destination 2 are slightly more likable and less grating than they were in the first film, even ones who are supposed to be kind of abrasive have some redeeming moments. A. J. Cook is no surprise here a solid lead especially for anyone who's seen her work on Criminal Minds, and I also enjoyed Michael Landes as Burke and Ali Larter's reprise of the character Clear Rivers. Tony Todd also returns as the Mortician (credited as Mr. Bludworth) and much like the first film his creepy commanding presence is welcome and is probably the closest thing we have to the personification of an antagonist. The story is still pretty thin as it is mostly a lose chain of accidental deaths that follow some kind of path, but it does try to add new elements to avoid falling into a repeat such as the characters seeking a way to beat Death's plan by way of "new life" and while it's not 100% successful at avoiding sequel pitfalls it works well enough and the fact that the film has a relatively closed ending (albeit one with a very mean spirited joke) makes Final Destination 2 feel more like the closing half of a two parter rather than something overtly cynical as you've seen with some sequels.
If you liked Final Destination, odds are you'll probably like Final Destination 2. It doesn't stretch too far from what was established and there is some sense of "deja view" as is the case with most sequels, but there are attempts at doing things differently from how they were done the last time and the ending that eschews sequel baiting was rather refreshing so take that for what it's worth.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Sprache
- Also known as
- Lưỡi Hái Tử Thần 2
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,961,214
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,200,000
- Feb 2, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $90,941,129
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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