Final Destination 2 Critic Reviews
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Funnier than the original.Read the full review
The horror sequel is less philosophical than the original, but it's just as intelligent. Read the full review
Can't wait for the next sequel . . . Read the full review
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.Read the full review
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. Read the full review
Perhaps movies are like history, and repeat themselves, first as tragedy, then as farce.Read the full review
The movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level. Read the full review
The only pleasure to be derived from the resulting carnage comes from the Rube Goldbergesque chain reactions that precede each fatality.Read the full review
That a group of creative people chose to direct their energies on this repulsive spectacle simply provokes disgust.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
