The others are saddled with one-dimensional and flatly written roles and are a mix of bland (Kristen Cloke) and irritating (Kerr Smith), also found myself not being able to take Seann William Scott seriously. Really liked the characters' surnames, that were nifty homages to horror/suspense icons. Acting varies, with personable Devon Sawa, affecting Ali Larter and Tony Todd's creepy cameo coming off best. Wong does competently with the directing and the portrayal of Death is an interesting and well done one. The film's highlight is the opening Flight 180 scene, anyone already with a fear of flying will have their fear exemplified and it is likely to turn people from boarding a plane for a while. The film is never dull and is a vast majority of the time fun and suspenseful, with elaborately creative death scenes that are ingeniously unsettling. It's slickly shot and very atmospheric, while the plane effects in the Flight 180 plane scene/explosion are quite impressive. Visually, 'Final Destination' looks pretty good for low budget. Could 'Final Destination' have executed its premise better? Perhaps. The more stale the concept got, the more the novelty wore off and the less effective the film. Perhaps even the best, and the one where the premise feels the freshest. While it is flawed and somewhat of an uneven film, the first 'Final Destination' is still, six years after the fifth film, one of the franchise's better outings. It spawned four sequels with the fifth film being released in 2011. The other being that it was the feature film directing debut of James Wong, best known beforehand as a veteran of 'The X Files'. The first being that it was the introduction of a fascinating and clever premise that is pretty unique for a supernatural horror. 'Final Destination' is most notable for two things mainly.
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