Have you seen it?
. Not bad for a series that actually began life as a rejected script for an episode of The X-Files.
After the attention-grabbing plane crash sequence from the first movie, the sequel had to up the ante for the mass death scene in FD2. And the movie does a fantastic job of building the tension and laying out the hints of the horribleness to come. Firstly, unlike the first movie, there are no real recognisable faces amongst the cast, so aside from lead character Kimberley , all bets are off as to who might survive the opening salvo.
And then the engine warning light goes off... and then, in a different vehicle, we see a heavily pregnant driver...
Final Destination 2 was released in cinemas on 31 January 2003, and it is clear that Ellis wanted to leave an impression with this first proper action sequence within his own directing career, and with this car crash sequence, he absolutely did. There is a perfect sense of geography, as at all times you know where every person and vehicle is in relation to each other.
Ellis would return to the series for 2009's The Final Destination, which featured a pretty gnarly mass death scene at a race-car stadium, but the auto-vehicular mayhem from his first outing remains the best car crash scene in cinema history.At the time of writing, Final Destination 2 is available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play and the Sky Store.Share article
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