Now being in America France is like our version of⁚merica, so it's a pretty big deal. Alex (Devon Sawa) is off, with his classmates, to France. James Wong (X Files) came up with the idea of the movie, about cheating death, and it does seem to have a kind of X Files ring to it. It isn't groundbreaking but it is effectively chilly at times, the acting is surprisingly good and the plot is pretty fresh. I loved it, and it was made better by the low expectations I had of it. It seemed like a tired teen horror movie that seemed to be spewing out of America at that time, indeed it was only until about 3 weeks in to it being released that I actually lifted my bum off my sofa and put my bum on the seat in front of the big screen to actually watch the movie. I admit I was sceptical at first in reading about Final Destination. With no big name actors, and no major publicity the film did so well because of word of mouth and the word was it was damn good. It was in the UK, however, where the film really shone, up against the massive epic Gladiator at the time the movie managed to gross a none too bad £11m but what made it better was it was a true sleeper hit, it spent 14 weeks in the UK film charts. It was made with a modest budget of $23m it grossed a nice sum of $53m in the US. ![]() ![]() Reviewed by 3rdRockSatan N/A Death Becomes Youįinal Destination, or ∟light 180' as it was titled right up until the last minute, was a surprise hit of 2000.
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