Final Destination 2

"For every beginning there is an end."

2003 1h 30m EN

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Synopsis

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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.

“For every beginning there is an end.”

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Cast

A.J. Cook
Kimberly Corman
Ali Larter
Clear Rivers
Michael Landes
Thomas Burke
David Paetkau
Evan Lewis
James Kirk
Tim Carpenter
Lynda Boyd
Nora Carpenter
Keegan Connor Tracy
Kat
Jonathan Cherry
Rory

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David R. Ellis
Writers: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress, Philip Keller
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Final Destination Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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226+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David R. Ellis, shot by Gary Capo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shirley Walker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eric A. Sears shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David R. Ellis directs. Gary Capo behind the camera. Shirley Walker scores. Eric A. Sears cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
3Released 23 years ago.
4Part of the "Final Destination Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5226+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by David R. Ellis, shot by Gary Capo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Shirley Walker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Eric A. Sears shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9A.J. Cook and Ali Larter and Michael Landes carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "For every beginning there is an end.".
11IMDB entry: tt0309593 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "ambulance", "car crash", "sequel", "premonition".

The technical file

Cinematography: Gary Capo
Original score: Shirley Walker
Editing: Eric A. Sears
Production design: Michael S. Bolton
Costume design: Jori Woodman
Makeup / hair: Robert A. Pandini
VFX supervisor: Joe Bauer
Sound: Scott Martin Gershin
Stunt coordinator: Freddie Hice
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $26,000,000
Box office: $90,941,129
Return: 350% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Final Destination 2 (2003)

Part of

Final Destination Collection

Final Destination is a series of horror films centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death.

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David R. Ellis

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John Chard2015-07-26
★ 7/10
Buckle up. Kimberly Corman has a terrifying vision that a highway pile up will claim her life and that of her friends. Blocking the entrance with her car, Kimberly watches in horror as the crash unfolds, thus saving her life and that of the people in the queue behind her. But the grim reaper is not impressed and he's coming to claim the deaths of all those who should have died in the crash. For a sequel to truly work well it has to come up with something fresh, otherwise why do a sequel eh? Well the makers of Final Destination 2 choose to use the basic same formula of the hugely enjoyable first film, only adding more black humour into the crazy death design broth. Opening with a quite horrific highway pile up, FD 2 then takes us on a journey that sees an assortment of folk offed in various and gruesome ways. The story remains the same as the first film, even though writers Bress and Gruber think they are being intricate by weaving this plot into the original story, but ultimately it's just a devilishly nonsense fun picture. Ali Larter returns for a second helping, and she in turn is joined by a bunch of no mark actors waiting for death, which is perfectly fine for the genre discerning fan. This is a riot, and as long as you don't look too deep into it (why would you really?) you may just find yourself having a real good time. 7/10
Wuchak2018-10-31
★ 7/10
Solid sequel, maybe a notch better than the first film The first "Final Destination" movie from 2000 was a rather innovative 'Dead Teenager Movie' in that the killer was Death itself, the Grim Reaper, as an invisible spiritual presence. A group of people, mostly youths, escape a great tragedy due to a premonition of one of them and the rest of the movie involves the Grim Reaper systematically slaying those who cheated Death in various creative ways, usually involving an unlikely chain reaction. The opening tragedy in the first film was a plane crash; in this second film from 2003 it's a horrible highway pile-up; in the third it's a roller-coaster mishap and so on. There are currently five films in the franchise and they all tell the same basic story with different characters and some nuances; they’re all of the same high quality of technical filmmaking. Whether you prefer one or another depends on whether you like the cast and the death sequences (and the locations) because, other than these factors, they're all basically the same, although the fifth film throws in an interesting new twist (Death’s victim can find a substitute). Ali Larter returns as a secondary protagonist while A.J. Cook takes the reigns of the 'final girl.’ Keegan Connor Tracy also has a considerable role in the female department while Sarah Carter has a smaller part. While this is a quality assortment of women, the creators coulda done more with them. On the opposite side of the gender spectrum Michael Landes stars as a state trooper. Jonathan Cherry, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson and James Kirk are also on hand. Their importance to the story is in that order. Meanwhile Tony Todd makes his second of four appearances in the series as a mortician who curiously knows more than he should. I actually like this one a little better than the first one, but like that film, the second half isn’t as strong as the first. Is the final scene supposed to be horrific? Cuz it made me bust out laughing. The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes and was shot in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area, including Campbell River (although the events take place around New York City). GRADE: B/B-
Andre Gonzales2023-05-16
This is my least favorite out of the series. Just the main character doesn't sell her character to me in this. The death scenes were cool, but it was just an ok movie.