Death Doesn’t Take No for an Answer : The Final Destination Thrillogy

This is the theme of the teen horror flick final destination series, Presently a trilogy, with an expected 4th film ‘The Final Destination’ releasing this august (in 3d).The movie also has most of its elements similar to those of scream and urban legends.
The difference of final destination series from similar horror flicks in this genre, like Scream Trilogy , Urban Legends is that the characters are stalked by death itself and there is no psychotic villain who actually causes these deaths. Every film starts with a character having a premonition of some major accident that is about to take place. Even though they evade the treacherous incident their time is up and “death” allegedly makes sure that this happens.


No Accidents No Coincidences No Escapes: Final Destination I

On boarding the plane to Europe for his class trip, Alex (Devon Sawa) has a premonition that plane is going to crash and everyone is going up in flames. He makes a commotion and thus a few characters along with him leave the plane, including his girlfriend Clear Rivers (Ali Larter). As the plane takes off it does go up in flames and now the characters have to face off “death” itself as they have supposedly evaded “death”.
One by one, “death” stalks these characters. For instance you wouldn’t expect to die in a bathroom but in these films you would expect death in a commonplace such as a kitchen or a bathroom. Most of the deaths are mysteriously “freak accidents”, triggered by some commonplace act which leads to a contraption of events,or scientifically speaking a Rube Goldberg choreographs these deaths, much like those in omen, the difference being that in ‘The Omen’, the nemesis is the devil himself, or the son of devil rather, here there is no “agent” which causes these actions, so “death” itself personally makes sure that no one is left behind from the accident. This being said the movie is predictable in the sense, like most teen horror flicks, if the camera is focused on a lone character, you would pretty much expect the character to die, the only question that remains is how? The film lacks a great storyline or character development of any sort, but for the genre which it is in, the movie is somewhat different from its predecessors and if you like teen horror flicks this movie is worth watching.


For Every Beginning There is an End: Final Destination II

Kimberly (A.J.Cook) is on a road trip with three friends. This time, she has a premonition that a horrific accident is about to take place and she blocks some cars from entering it.
Sure enough the premonition comes true as expected, and now she and her friends have evaded death and should find out ways for cheating death.
The buildup to the first accident scene is thrilling, starting with a music track fom AC/DC “Highway to Hell”, continuing with a lot of telltale signs that mean death is lurking around. Also this happens right in the anniversary of the plane crash. However the movie continues with a messy story after that, much worse than the first, expected for the theme that the movie holds. Kimberly continues to have premonitions of other characters death too. However the death scenes are much more exciting than the first one, Death comes at places where you least expect it.
Other than theatrically killing characters off, that movie has nothing of promise, you should be ready to shut your brains off to hear the cosmic theories on death. The special effect death sequences attract the movie and audience who love teen horror flicks might find a liking for this movie.


This Ride will be the Death of you: Final Destination III

Final Destination III has one of the best opening sequences of the three, Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition that roller coaster she has entered is going to crash and she creates a panic which leads to her and some friends being let off the doomed coaster. The rest of the story continues in a manner similar to the others.
There is some creativity in the way characters are killed off in this series, and a genuine effort is made to create an atmosphere of tension in the pre-death sequences, and some of the deaths are well executed. The story is in some ways better than first two and there are only vague references to the first two. No characters from the first two make an appearance in this sequence and so the third one can be watched directly without missing out a lot.
If you are a Final Destination fan the third one is unlikely to disappoint, it delivers what you expect if you love this genre. It keeps you guessing on the different ways the deaths can stalk these characters. The movie is initially expected to be made in 3-D but later the idea was dropped. For its thrilling and gory sequences, this movie is worth a watch if you like horror thrillers.