I would pay $7.00 to watch this movie

    I adored "Final Destination". The suspense in that film was great, the direction was fantastic, and it had a great premise. I looked forward to "Final Destination 2" because I was hoping that even a small portion of the good qualities of the first movie would transfer over to the sequel. I was right to anticipate.
    "Final Destination 2" doesn't give us the same sense of unease that the first movie dealt. It does, however, pay tribute to the first movie. What "Final Destination 2" does give us is brutally violent deaths and great special effects that weren't as prevalent in the first movie. This movie is not so much a sequel to the first film as it is a continuation, and it does a great job.
    The plot of "Final Destination 2" starts off in basically the same way that the first movie did. In this case, a young woman has a vision of a terrible freeway pileup that is about to happen, and so she blocks all the traffic that is behind her in order to prevent them from dying. She succeeds in this, and then the terrible accident occurs and everybody is variously shocked and horrified.
    Then the principal players in the drama that is to follow meet at the police station to discuss the tragedy that was averted. Here is the scene of plot summation of the first movie, and the audience is left with the impression that the plot of this movie is going to follow the plot of the first. This is almost true, and the movie plays out in a very similar fashion, with a few neat twists, and those plot twists are the true heart of "Final Destination 2", and they make the movie great in its own right.
    The breakdown is pretty standard for a high quality horror film. The acting is tolerable, the soundtrack is appropriate, and the special effects and direction are superb. If anybody has ever wondered why some of the most impressive directors got their start in horror films, it is because your average horror film has a budget which is skewed dramatically away from paying for big name actors, and so the director has to compensate. A partial list of great directors who got their start in horror follows: James Cameron, David Cronenberg, Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson.
    This movie has some of the best splatter and gore that I've ever seen in a Hollywood film. I'd suggest this movie to anybody who is a fan of horror movies.