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    Unique ID Code: 0000039783
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    Added on: 22/9/2002 12:18
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    Final Destination (Australia)

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    You can`t cheat death
    Certificate: MA
    Running Time: 98 mins
    Retail Price: 29.95
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    Synopsis:
    Alex has a premonition that a flight he`s on, headed to France, will crash. He tells everyone to get off the ill-fated aircraft. Seven people including Alex, are forced to disembark. Moments later in the departure lounge the students see the plane explode before their very eyes.

    Now the FBI thinks that Alex had something to do with it and follow his every move. His friends also start to become suspicious and slowly fade out of his life. But now, each one of his friends is being stalked and killed by the Grim Reaper, Death, who is intent on collecting the souls of those who cheated it.

    Includes two games as extra features: Your Psychic Eye, and Death Watch, which cheerfully tells you the date your going to die!

    Special Features:
    Commentary by director James Wong
    Commentary by writer/producer Glen Morgan
    Isolated musical score
    Documentaries - 1: A Look at Test Screening 2: Premonitions
    Theatrical Website

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Directed By:
    James Wong

    Written By:




    Starring:
    Roger Guenveur Smith
    Daniel Roebuck
    Kristen Cloke
    Kerr Smith
    Ali Larter
    Devon Sawa

    Casting By:
    John Papsidera

    Soundtrack By:
    Shirley Walker

    Director of Photography:
    Robert McLachlan

    Editor:
    James Coblentz

    Costume Designer:
    Jori Woodman

    Production Designer:
    John Willett

    Producer:
    Warren Zide
    Art Schaeffer
    Craig Perry
    Glen Morgan
    Chris Bender

    Executive Producer:
    Brian Witten
    Richard Brener

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    A truly fun movie to watch, especially if you are into the teen-semi-slasher genre.
    This is a scary (yet funny, at times) tale about cheating death and avoiding being caught by it.
    I loved this movie the first time I saw (region 1 disc) it and now I`m the proud owner of this region 4 disc, which is almost identical to the region 1 disc.
    The video transfer is very good. There are no compression signs and the picture simply oozes detail. The special effects are quite nice and are intended to make you leap out of your seat rather than to show you plain ol` gore.
    The DD 5.1 soundtrack is very good. The surrounds are used throughout the movie and will really make you feel as if death is lurking behind you. Watch out for the scares - they work well, even if you`ve seen the movie already.
    The menus are beautifully animated with sound. Notice that there are at least 4 sets of animated menus, which are randomly chosen.
    The extras include 2 commentaries by the director and the crew, a featurette about the screening process, 3 deleted scenes (including an alternate ending which didn`t work in the screenings and was, therefore, altered), a documentary about premonitions and 2 interactive games.
    Bottom line - a fun teenage horror and a very good disc, as well.
    posted by Zvi Josef on 22/9/2002 12:24