Final Destination is a reminder of our mortality.
What would happen when the clock crossed the midnight mark and a new millennium was ushered in?
The answer: Not much.
Devon Sawa in the original ‘Final Destination’.
A few months after this anxious event, James WongsFinal Destinationhit theaters.
In a panic, he leaves the plane, along with a few of his classmates.
As Alex predicted, the plane explodes and kills all those on board.
Alex and Co. quickly realize that Death has a plan, and they cheated it.
That said, while they escaped this time, Deaths design cant be beaten for too long.
That was never the plan withFinal Destination, though.
In Reddicks draft, Death is never seen onscreen much like in the final movie.
New Line couldnt get their head around not having a physical antagonist, Reddick toldEntertainment Weekly.
We just dont get it.
Death, you cant see it, you cant fight it.
Were like, Thats the point!'
However, Death was still kept as an unseen entity.
Instead, Death was an invisible inevitability.
Even so, human optimism refuses to dissipate, as people ponder the big what-if.
What if someone does figure out how to cheat death?
AsFinal Destinationproves, its impossible.
Delay all you want, but everyone is doomed to be a goner.
All things considered, the originalFinal Destinationremains the movie that set the gold standard 25 years ago.
