Plot

Before going on his senior trip to Paris, Alex Browning has a violently disturbing premonition, which gets him, along with five other classmates, kicked off the plane. They watch the plane depart and witness the disaster which proves the deadly premonition true. Now having dodged death once, fate hunts down the survivors proving that you can’t cheat death.

Review

Many of my friends had told me that this was one of their favorite horror movies of all time, so I bought it blindly. I will admit that I was disappointed with this film, but still found this movie entertaining. Sometimes the acting is a little off and there is a hint of cheesiness in places but it is very real. Most of the movie is very serious and dark. One thing that this movie really has going for it is the atmosphere. It is very creepy and the death scenes, at times, are suspenseful.

Character

Surprisingly the characters in this movie were very entertaining. I was expecting the people were there only to die and boy was I wrong. I actually cared for these characters. The lead Devon Sawa (Alex) did a great job and definitely proves that he can act. I figured he would be annoying like he is in all his movies but I was wrong yet again. Another surprise was young Ali Larter (Clear) who is always the hottie that everyone wants to bang (Varsity Blues anyone?) but here it was different. Yes she was a beauty like always but she also had this different quality that made me really want her to live looks aside. She was the outsider and not the big Cheerleader who everyone likes. Ali does have her moments of just plain bad acting but for the most part she holds her own.

The other characters in this movie were not so like-able, though I did really like Seann William Scott in the beginning but near the end I was hoping he would lose his head (wink wink). Kerr Smith (Carter) was really annoying and was just a huge prep. Yes there are three other big characters but none were very good (two students and the teacher)

Gore

This movie did have some gory bits but nothing over the top. We get to see a very cool plane crash though. In that we see burnt flesh and a huge glob of blood. The kills weren’t too creative but that’s ok because they really looked cool. We get to see somebody hit by a bus, a decapitation, a brutal stab, and a very cool hanging.

Nudity

None but we can all forgive them for that…can’t we?

Killer

In a creative look upon the horror genre the killer in this film is not an axe wielding psycho path or a flesh eating monster but a pure force. This force is a little thing that we like to call death. No grim reaper here, which is a good thing because then this would be a total cheese fest.

Overall

This movie did disappoint me but hey what movie doesn’t in some way? The story was top notch, the acting slightly above average (for the most part), cool kills and Ali Larter. That’s enough for me