FINAL DESTINATION
You really can’t beat the original “Final Destination.” It still holds up. Devon Sawa and Ali Larter were such great choices for the leads—they sell the whole “cheating death” idea in a way that made it feel intense and believable, not cheesy. I remember when it first came out in 2000, it felt super fresh and different from other horror movies at the time. It wasn’t just some random killer chasing teens—it was death itself coming for them, and the way the deaths were set up was so creative. It set the tone for the sequels.
FILM SYNOPSIS
After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex, a student, saves a few of his classmates. However, their situation gets complicated when death starts chasing them.
Directed by James Wong
New Line Cinema
March 17, 2000
98 minutes
WRITTEN BY
Glen Morgan
James Wong
Jeffrey Reddick
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Robert McLachlan
COMPOSER
Shirley Walker
EDITOR
James Coblentz
CAST
Devon Sawa
Ali Larter
Kerr Smith
Tony Todd
Seann William Scott
Amanda Detmer
Kristen Cloke
Daniel Roebuck
Roger Guenveur Smith
Chad E. Donella
PRODUCED BY
Warren Zide
Craig Perry
Glen Morgan
BUDGET
$23 million
VIEWED ON
Saturday, May 10, 2025
HBO Max
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