A
student named Alex (Devon Sawa) is
preparing himself with other students on
a flight to France but then he suddenly
falls asleep and dreams that his plane is
exploding.
Then he wakes up and experiences the same
going on's before the plane takes off and
gets hysterical. He gets kicked out of
the plane with some of the other
students.
They all think he's nuts and are upset
that their flight takes off without them
but then they see the plane exploding
into flames.
This freaks them all out. Suddenly Alex
and his classmates stick together. But
Alex seems to be bad luck as he sees
hallucinations of ongoing vehicles,
trains or any other incidents and one by
one his classmates die from them and are
terrible accidents.
Some say they were suicides and just
terrible accidents that just happen
without cause while Alex tries to get
help from anyone including his friend
Clear Rivers (Ari Larter) to prevent
anyone else from getting killed.
The suriviors tries to beat these deadly
accidents but aren't sure how to do so.
This was by all
means my favourite horror film during the
new millenium.
It delivers lots of excitement and jumps.
Truly shocking, intense and creepy with
an excellent storyline as you are almost
messing with the grim reaper. Great
effects too.
The film is very serious and unhokey.
If you like frights then this one's for
you.
The acting is
great as we have many young actors
knowing how to pull off their characters
so well.
I can see them working for a very long
time in future projects.
Devon Sawa is extremely
energetic with his work in this film and
knows how to get into character and cries
well on set.
Ali Larter is terrific too with
her role trying to help cheat out death
as she proves to be an intelligent
character and looks good.
Now we can't forget about Kerr Smith as
he was good at playing a tough guy with
an attitude although he doesn't dress in
leather jackets or greases his hair but
you can tell by his actions that he just
is that way
Kristen Clarke is also good as a
paranoid teacher with all that's
happening showing nice intimidating
emotions.
We can't forget our special appearance of
cult icon Tony Todd as a coroner
and is a masterpiece with his icy voice.
A woman gets
bloodily stabbed and her throat slit
A guy's head is sliced off from a license
plate after a car is totalled by a train.
Some other bloody moments but that scene
is the most gruesome.
Oh yessss. James Wong
you got it baby!!!
He knows his stuff to make you jump when
you don't expect a shocking moment to
happen and directs his actors very well
with vicious events happening around
them.
He directed lead actor
Devin Sawa very well when he
experiences the unusual going on's at the
airport and was terrific when he freaks
out knowing the the plane is about to
explode when he wakes up and experiences
the same surroundings he did in his
dream.
He packs a punch with the dream sequence
when the plane starts to tear open and
explode and seeing everyone react to it.
There's a great camera shot of Sawa
looking out the window and the lightning
hits the ground
We have great violent aggressions between
Sawa and Kerr Smith
Also there's a scene in the bathroom
involving supporting actor Chad
Donella as he slips over a leaky
water trail and boy is it brutal to find
out what happens to him as he really
trips out well.
There's a dark chilling moment with
supporting actor Tony Todd when he
explains to Sawa and Ari
Larter about cheating with death in
a mortuary as the scene was very still
and gives you a cold feeling as he didn't
lose his touch as the Candyman
and you can tell that Wong wanted exactly
that for that very moment in the film.
We have a nice scene with Kristen
Cloke at trying to be stable and not
to worry about a deadly accident
happening to her like everyone predicts
that she will be next as you know
something is going to happen but what?.
We have a nice awesome scene with Smith
doing reckless driving and showing great
scared aggressions too which shows alot
of action in it. I loved the scene where
his car breaks down in the middle of a
railroad crossing and a train comes
chugging towards them and the cast
panicks and it looks truly terrifying
when Smith is trapped in his car
and the train comes charging towards him
as his reactions come to life when he is
struggling for his life.
He directs Seann William Scott
at acting like a coward to all that's
happening showing great expressions too
Yup Wong is the man for this
movie but I don't want to give out too
much of his direction on this film as
every bit of this story is a shocking
surprise and he is strong with the cast
and scenes. Each and every bit of it. He
directs both Sawa and Cloke
perfectly together whenever they do a
scene.
Not alot of music happening
but we do get some chilling music at the
perfect moments by Shirley Walker
with ending music composed by Chris Seefried.
We also have a soundtrack
by groups like John Denver, Pete
Atherton, Nine Inch Nails, Jane
Siberry and Joe 90
Bludworth: In death there
are no accidents, no coincidences, no
mishaps, and no escapes.
Tod Waggner: We say that
the hour of death cannot be forecast. But
when we say this, we imagine that the
hour is placed in an obscure and distant
future. It never occurs to us that it has
any connection with the day already
begun, or that death could arrive this
same afternoon - this afternoon which is
so certain, and which has every hour
filled in advance.
Billy Hitchcock: Carter,
you dick!
Billy Hitchcock: There they
go, here we stay.
[as he watches the plane take off and
then explode]
Carter: As far as I know,
this shit can circle around and get us
all again. But for right now, I'm the
safest fucker in the world, because
you're still NEXT.
Tod Waggner: I never
thought anything could look worse than my
yearbook photo...
George: How do you think I feel having to
look at you all the time?
Hare Krishna: Death is not
the end.
Val Lewton: It will be for you if you
keep harassing my students.
Carter: I'm never gonna
die!
Agent Weine: Nobody has
control over life and death, unless
they're taking life, causing death.
Terry: I'm moving on,
Carter. And if you want to waste your
life beating the shit out of Alex every
time you see him then you can just drop
fucking dead!
[in Carter's car]
Billy Hitchcock: Stay below the speed
limit. And, oh: don't pass on the right.
Carter: Wait a minute. I'm havin' a
vision here.
[to Billy]
Carter: You're the next one man.
Billy Hitchcock: Hey, man. Why'd you say
something like that?
Carter: Because if you don't shut up,
*I'm* gonna fuckin' kill you!
Clear Rivers: This gives me
a rush!
Alex Browning: What? This place?
Clear Rivers: Doing something I'm not
supposed to.
Alex Browning: [in the
Carter's car with him, Clear and Billy]
You think it's gonna make it easier to
know, Carter?
[Everyone looks at him]
Alex Browning: It's not. It's gonna make
it fuckin' harder.
Alex Browning: [looking at
Tod in the funeral home] Is that him?
Clear Rivers: I think so. Why did they
make him look like Michael Jackson?
Clear Rivers: Almost
autumn.
Alex Browning: It's only the end of June.
Clear Rivers: Yeah, but everything's
always in transition. If you focus, even
now, just one week into summer, you can
almost feel autumn coming.
Clear Rivers: [turns toward Alex]
Clear Rivers: Kinda like being able to
see the future.
Carter: We blow half a day
in Paris, all because Browning had a bad
fucking dream?
Alex Browning: [describing
his premonition] I saw it. Like, I don't
know I just saw it. I saw it on the
runway, I saw it take off. I saw out my
window. I saw the ground. And-and the
cabin starts to shake, right? And the
left side blows up and the whole plane
just explodes! And it was so real, just
how everything happens, you know?
Tod Waggner: You've been on a lot of
planes that blew up?
Val Lewton: You must have fallen asleep.
Clear Rivers: [gesturing
toward artwork] Do you know what this is?
Alex Browning: This is... this is springy
head guy.
Clear Rivers: It's you Alex, and how you
make me feel.
Alex Browning: I'm sorry.
Alex Browning: Ms. Lewton,
I...
Val Lewton: [interupts] Don't talk to me,
you scare the Hell outta me.
Alex Browning: You should
be fucking dead!
Carter: Well, you're the fucking devil!
Carter: [mocking Alex] The
plane, it's gonna blow up. It's gonna
blow up!
Tod Waggner: Fuck you, Horton!
Alex Browning: The only trip you're
taking is to the *fucking hospital*!
Alex Browning: [yelling at
death] You tried to capitalize but I
caught you, you fuck! Yeah, I can beat
you. Not forever, but I've got this cabin
rigged to beat you now!
Clear Rivers: [to Alex]
Because of you, I'm still alive.
[gives him rose]
Clear Rivers: Thank you.
Carter: Well, we made it.
Clear Rivers: Paris, I can't believe it.
Alex Browning: I just can't believe we
got on a plane again, you know what I'm
saying?
Tod Waggner: Let's go take
a shit.
Alex Browning: [confused] Why don't you
take a shit by yourself?
Clear Rivers: When I was a
kid, like six or seven, I used to worry
so much about my parents dying. Lying
awake at night, just worrying.
Alex Browning: Most kids do, I guess.
Clear Rivers: Most kids never have it
happen.
Billy Hitchcock: And I
fucking hated French class!
Billy Hitchcock: [Wondering
who is next to die] Please tell me I'm
gonna get to see the Jets win the Super
Bowl!
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