Final Destination 2

San Francisco Chronicle C.W. Nevius

Funnier than the original.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

The horror sequel is less philosophical than the original, but it's just as intelligent.

Washington Post Richard Harrington

Can't wait for the next sequel . . .

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

Essentially 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.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

It’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.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Has 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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

A series of Grand Guignol skits played for mean-spirited laughs.

Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

A 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.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

It ain't art. But as a cinematic house of horrors, it more than fills the bill.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

The plot is just a delivery system for a series of gruesome, convoluted, and--depending on your tolerance for sadism--hilarious freak accidents.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

If this is your idea of fun, step right up.

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

The 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.

Variety Robert Koehler

Suffers 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.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Perhaps movies are like history, and repeat themselves, first as tragedy, then as farce.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

The movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The 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.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Alas, the laughs - courtesy of screenwriters J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress and director David R. Ellis - are unintentional.

Entertainment Weekly Bruce Fretts

The only pleasure to be derived from the resulting carnage comes from the Rube Goldbergesque chain reactions that precede each fatality.

Film Threat David Grove

I wasn’t much scared by anything in Final Destination 2 which is silly and illogical.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Ray Conlogue

This is a miserable sequel to the modestly well-reviewed Final Destination.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

By 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.

USA Today Claudia Puig

That a group of creative people chose to direct their energies on this repulsive spectacle simply provokes disgust.

Chicago Tribune Loren King

Despite some imaginative fatalities, is less a movie than a slick video game.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

While “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.

Village Voice Justine Elias

This risible thriller is merely a sadistic series of misread premonitions and vile murders.