Final Destination 2
2003 · Directed by David R. Ellis
Original language: English
- horror
- mystery
The story
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.
What it’s like
Bright, washed-out daylight and flat suburban interiors give way to sickly fluorescent hospital corridors and the glossy, saturated red of brake lights on a rain-slick highway. The camera is restless and handheld in the crash sequences, then lingers on mundane objects with an uneasy stillness, so that a dropped cup or a swinging chain reads as a threat. Shock is the engine: the film builds suspense through elaborate, mechanical death set-pieces, often played for dark wit, with a pulsing, synth-tinged score that spikes into sudden silence before each sting. Its mood is grim, slick and mordantly playful rather than dread-soaked, and the pace is brisk, with each death scene a short, escalating puzzle. Violence is frequent and graphic, with gore, bodily injury and abrupt accidental deaths shown in close detail; there is nothing sexual, and the tone is more gleeful than cruel. It suits a late-night watch with friends, and is for viewers who like horror built on tension, inventive kills and a sense that fate is closing in.
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