Final Destination 2
Short description
Kimberly Corman is driving to a weekend getaway with friends when she has a sudden vision of a horrific pileup on the highway, one involving a truck carrying logs that kills everyone in its path, including her. She stops her vehicle and blocks the road, and the delay keeps several other drivers and passengers from being where they would have died. The crash happens exactly as she saw it, and the survivors believe they have escaped. Then they begin dying one by one in bizarre accidents, and Kimberly realizes death has not given up on them. She seeks out Clear Rivers, the only survivor of the earlier Flight 180 disaster, hoping to find a way to stay alive.
David R. Ellis directed the film, his second feature after Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco and the first of the two Final Destination installments he would make. Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber wrote the screenplay, and Craig Perry and Warren Zide produced. A.J. Cook plays Kimberly, with Ali Larter returning as Clear Rivers and Michael Landes as Thomas Burke. The large supporting cast and crew reflect the scale of the production.
Made for about 26 million dollars, the film took in roughly 91 million worldwide, a strong return. On IMDb it holds 6.2 out of 10 from around 216,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.3 out of 10 from about 5,000 votes, while critics rated it 5 out of 10 across 114 reviews. Audience scores sit above the critical average.
What's left behind the scenes
- The news anchors featured in the film are actually real news presenters from local broadcasts operating near Vancouver, Canada.
- In the episode preceding Evan's death, the letter "H" falls off the magnetic letters on the refrigerator from the word "HEYE", leaving the word "EYE". This can be interpreted as a "sign," as a ladder subsequently "goes into" Evan's eye.
- Screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mack Gruber wrote this script after Benderspink Entertainment read the screenplay for the science fiction film "The Butterfly Effect" (Eric Bress and J. Mack Gruber, 2003). They agreed to write "Final Destination 2" only on the condition that they would be allowed to film "The Butterfly Effect." As a result, that film was also released in 2003.
- In the opening credits of the film, you can notice the following frame: the letter "T" is obscured in the inscription "ROAD TRIP". Instead of "TRIP," it becomes the abbreviation "RIP" – "Rest in peace."
- Initially, Devon Sawa was supposed to reprise the role of Alex, but this did not happen due to a dispute between the actor and New Line Cinema. The film ultimately features a newspaper article reporting Alex’s death by a brick falling on his head. This is also mentioned by Eli Larter’s character to A.J. Cook’s character, albeit without details.
- In the scene where logs begin to fall onto the highway, causing an accident, they initially tried using real logs. However, they lacked the necessary flexibility and didn't bounce off the road surface effectively, so they were replaced with computer-generated logs.
- Filming took place in Vancouver (Canada, British Columbia) from February 18 to May 3, 2002.
- Tim (played by James Kirk) was originally intended to be 9 years old. Then his age was changed to 13. Ultimately, New Line Cinema executives decided that killing off children was a bad idea, and Tim was made fifteen.
- The highway pile-up was inspired by a multi-car accident that occurred on March 14, 2002, in Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions (dense fog), approximately 125 vehicles were involved, resulting in 4 fatalities and at least 39 injuries of varying severity. The accident caused a traffic jam several kilometers long.
- In the film, during the elevator scene, John Denver's song "Rocky Mountain High" plays – a famous musician who died in a plane crash.
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