Final Destination 2

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Final Destination 2

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Directed by David R. Ellis
Produced by Craig Perry
Written by Jeffrey Reddick (characters)
J. Mackye Gruber (screenplay)
Eric Bress (screenplay)
Starring Ali Larter,
A. J. Cook,
Michael Landes,
Keegan Connor Tracy,
Jonathan Cherry,
James Kirk,
Lynda Boyd,
Justina Machado,
Sarah Carter,
TC Carson,
David Paetkau
Music by Shirley Walker
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) January 31, 2003
Running time 90 min.
Language English
Budget ~ $26,000,000
Preceded by Final Destination (2000)
Followed by Final Destination 3 (2006)
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Final Destination 2 is a 2003 supernatural thriller, and sequel to the 2000 hit Final Destination. It was directed by David R. Ellis and stars A. J. Cook as Kimberly Corman and Ali Larter as Clear Rivers. The film is set in White Plains 2001 after the previous movie and has only two returning characters; Clear Rivers and the mortician William Bludworth. The movie grossed $16,017,141 on its opening weekend in the US, a significant portion of the high it grossed overall. It was a minor hit, debuting in its first week at #2 and falling from then onwards.[1] It is succeeded by Final Destination 3.

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[edit] Plot

Like the first movie, that played on the notion of high school kids as survivors. The sequel plays with the notion of 8 strangers from different walks of life (A schoolteacher, drug addict, business woman) as the new group of survivors on Death's List. It has been one year since the tragic explosion of Flight 180. While going on vacation in Florida, Kimberly Corman, (played by A.J. Cook) traveling with her friend Shaina (Sarah Carter) and two other male friends, Dano Royale (Alex Rae) and Frankie Arnold (Shaun Sipos), has a terrifying vision of a horrific car pile-up. She causes outrage when she blocks the on ramp to the highway, but the signs prove true. The survivors, Eugene (T.C. Carson), Rory (Jonathon Cherry), Katherine (Keegan Connor Tracy), Nora (Lynda Boyd) and her son Tim (James Kirk) are all held up at the police station and Kim begins to tell everyone about her strange premonition. They all leave, but one of the survivors dies mysteriously, and Kim begins to suspect that her premonition is really something more. In a mental institution, she meets Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), the sole survivor of Flight 180, who has had similar experience with premonition. She reluctantly accepts Kim's offer to help her spot the signs to keep her and the others alive, but the deaths have already begun. A police officer who initially brought everybody in for questioning, Thomas Burke (Michael Landes), also offers his assistance in keeping everyone alive, but it becomes a race against time as everyone has scattered after dismissing the tales. The enigmatic mortician William Bludworth (Tony Todd) makes another appearance and provides more insight into the workings of Death involving the forces of balance.

[edit] Cast & Characters

[edit] Cultural References

As with the first movie, some of the characters have their names taken from horror/suspense movie actors or directors.

Kimberly Corman - Taken from director Roger Corman
Nora and Tim Carpenter - Taken from director John Carpenter
Evan Lewis - Taken from director Herschell Gordon Lewis, the "Godfather of Gore".
Tim Carpenter - Taken from director Tim Burton

[edit] Trivia

  • James Wong didn't come back as a director for this film in the series, but he would come back for the next one, Final Destination 3, six years after the first one came out.
  • David R. Ellis who directed this film, obviously would not come back for the third film in the franchise, Final Destination 3, but will be back for the fourth film in the series, Final Destination 4, which will be in 3-D.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Final Destination 2 Box Office & Rental Numbers. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.

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