Final Destination (Australia)
You can`t cheat death
Certificate: MA
Running Time: 98 mins
Retail Price: 29.95
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
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:
Jeffrey Reddick
James Wong
Glen Morgan
Jeffrey Reddick
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
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.