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Funnier than the original.
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70Essentially dumb and sadistic, but it's not like that's something new for pop culture. What we've got here is a solid, grade-B genre sequel, not as scary as the original but a bit funnier, and with a nasty little sting in its tail.
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70The horror sequel is less philosophical than the original, but it's just as intelligent.
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Can't wait for the next sequel . . .
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67It’s most definitely not for the squeamish nor the easily offended -- the death scenes in Final Destination 2, of which there are many, are immensely bloody and imaginative affairs, full of exploding limbs, squashed bodies, and graphic, gory ultra-violence.
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60Has a ghoulish wit. It's not as cheekily knowing as the "Scream" movies or as trashily Grand Guignol as the "Evil Dead" franchise, but like those pictures it recognizes the close relationship between fright and laughter, and dispenses both with a free, unpretentious hand.
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50It ain't art. But as a cinematic house of horrors, it more than fills the bill.
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50A series of Grand Guignol skits played for mean-spirited laughs.
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50A tight, rockin' popcorn flick packed with nasty kicks, the year's first major sequel is a rare beast, matching and in some ways superseding the original movie.
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50The plot is just a delivery system for a series of gruesome, convoluted, and--depending on your tolerance for sadism--hilarious freak accidents.
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40If this is your idea of fun, step right up.
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40The cast of the original looks Shakespearean in comparison to Cook and her hapless cohorts, but to be fair, those first dead ducks had a real script to explore, which this bunch does not.
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40Suffers from the same rancid dialogue and acting problems as the original but with a much funnier pulse. The real progenitor here is less the previous pic than the sick-funny horror cinema of George Romero.
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38Perhaps movies are like history, and repeat themselves, first as tragedy, then as farce.
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38The movie doesn't even have novelty on its side, since we're basically watching the original "Final Destination" all over again, minus the smarts and humor.
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38Alas, the laughs - courtesy of screenwriters J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress and director David R. Ellis - are unintentional.
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38The movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level.
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33The only pleasure to be derived from the resulting carnage comes from the Rube Goldbergesque chain reactions that precede each fatality.
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30I wasn’t much scared by anything in Final Destination 2 which is silly and illogical.
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25Despite some imaginative fatalities, is less a movie than a slick video game.
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25That a group of creative people chose to direct their energies on this repulsive spectacle simply provokes disgust.
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25By the time I saw poor Tim crushed, head to toe, by a falling sheet of plate glass, I was certain I hadn't signed up for anything this punishing.
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25This is a miserable sequel to the modestly well-reviewed Final Destination.
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20While “Final Destination” was gimmicky enough, its sequel begins with the same flawed premise, then piles on layers of contrivances until it reaches a level of implausibility rarely seen outside of films pitting giant radioactive monsters against each other.
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This risible thriller is merely a sadistic series of misread premonitions and vile murders.
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Positive: 23 out of 39
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Mixed: 9 out of 39
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Negative: 7 out of 39
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"Final Destination 2" ain't horror. It's comedy.
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