What will your final destination be?

This film first came out when I was pregnant, and even though I really wanted to go and see it, I was terrified of doing so in case I got that scared I went into labour (this, in hindsight, probably wouldn't have been too bad really since I was 9 days late in the end). Much to my joy, it was still showing a couple of weeks after my son was born, so off to the cinema hubby and I went.

Being a huge fan of horrors and thrillers I am slightly ashamed to say that this film really frightened me. I spent half the time hiding in my husband’s shoulder if it got too scary. There were occasions, however, that even I didn't see what was coming next until it was shoved in my face and I didn't get chance to cower. The film begins and we soon realise that a class of soon to be school leavers are about to embark on a trip to France. Everyone is on the plane and ready to go when Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) has a terrifying premonition, which leads to him, some classmates and a teacher being asked to leave the plane.

The other people who leave the plane are Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), Carter Horton (Kerr Smith), their teacher, Valerie Lewton (Kristen Cloke), Tod Waggner (Chad E Donella), Billy Hitchcock (Seann William Scott) and Terry Chaney (Amanda Detmer).

Carter is angry with Alex because he feels that it is his fault he isn’t on his way to France. They begin to fight as the plane they should be on takes off, they both fall to the floor near the glass over looking the runway. The plane explodes in mid air, killing everyone on board and smashing the glass in the terminal.

Everyone is very shocked at what has happened and many, including Miss Lewton and Tod’s father, are frightened of Alex because of the premonition, and maybe even blame him in some way for the accident.

It becomes apparent that the actions, which resulted in the survivors leaving the plane, changed the course of fate and now fate wants them back. One by one the survivors die in ways that you could never imagine. The film is so well thought out and I can guarantee that the advert for this film where all the people are jumping in the cinema is not staged, you would have done the same yourselves.

After the first survivor dies, Alex and Clear go to the mortuary to see if they can find out any clues as to why it happened, as it was deemed that they had committed suicide. Alex could not imagine why this person would have done such a thing as they had recently spoke about taking a trip away together. While at the mortuary they meet Bludworth (Tony Todd) and he gives them a valuable insight into the way that fate works.

After speaking to Bludworth, Alex is hell bent on discovering anything that he can about the plane crash and also tries to deduct the order in which fate will strike. He does this by plotting the path of the explosion as it ripped through the ill-fated flight 180. This again gives us vital clues to who should have died and in what order when the plane exploded. We also find out that through Alex’s intervention the path of fate can change. So if the next person in line to die is saved then the path automatically goes to the next person in that same line.

As we move through the film we are given little insights into what is around the corner. In the case of the first death we see a shadow near the intended victim and a piece of paper with the victims name on falls into Alex’s lap. However, Alex does not discover the pattern in time to save another survivor from losing their life. There are several other little clues to watch out for throughout the film also, so keep your eyes peeled.

Once he discovers that path fate is following he attempts to save each victim as their turn arises. Unfortunately, something always seems to get in the way of this and he never seems to be able to save each person in time. Sometimes, however, things happen so quickly that he would never have got the chance anyway. At one point in the film, Alex does save the next in line but fate automatically goes for the next person so someone dies anyway.

Near to the end of the film it seems that three of the people who escaped the plane crash have beaten fate and six months later they embark on a trip to Paris. This is their way of closing the chapter on that part of their lives. They arrive safely and drink a toast to those people who did not survive out of respect. One of the survivors sees the reflection of a bus in the café window and alerts the others to this, thus saving the life of the next person in the new line. However, a chain of events is triggered which claims yet another survivor of the original plane crash.

Its definitely not one for the faint hearted and if you are as terrified of flying as I am, this film will put you off for life. All in all it is an exceptional film and one which is very original compared to some of the movies from this genre doing the rounds at the moment.

I have this film on Region 2 DVD and it is chock full of special features. The run down of these are:

3 deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer
Interviews with executives
Featurette on premonitions
Cast and crew information
Directors commentary
Two games

With extras as good as these it is excellent value for money.