劇情
《絕命終結站2》的故事發生在第一集事件的1年之後。上一集的主角終究在死神面前束手就縛了，但當人們開始漸漸淡忘那些陳年舊事的時候，歷史卻再次重演了。
新任女主角金·柏莉為了與大學好友慶祝假日的到來，準備進行一趟陽光之旅——邊開車邊Party來度過快樂時光。在路上好友們發現高速公路上的車速越來越快，而這時候金·柏莉眼前卻恍惚閃過一連串真實得讓人難以相信的連環車禍恐怖景像，並且她與朋友都將慘死輪下。
“小心駛得萬年船”，被自己的預感嚇得心驚肉跳的金·柏莉決定立刻開離高速公路。就在公路警察上來盤查的一刻，怵目驚心的連環車禍終於發生了。令人吃驚的是，這場造成紐約歷史上最嚴重的交通堵塞的車禍。與預感不同的是，金·柏莉臨時改道而救下的5位好友和公路警察湯姆斯能夠大難不死、逃出生天。但她們還不知道的是，盛怒的死神決不會輕易放棄對漏網之魚的追殺，一場新的慘劇很快在倖存者的周圍蔓延開來。
儘管有金·柏莉的預知能力，好友們還是逃不出自己的終極命運。很快，金·柏莉也發現死神並沒有忘記自己。為了能阻止死亡連鎖的繼續，金·柏莉與湯姆斯走到了一起，並找到曾經成功躲過第一集180號班機墜機事件的克莉兒尋求幫助。克莉兒根據自己的經驗提醒她多注意周遭環境的暗示，但遺憾的是這對她們的幫助並不大。儘管金·柏莉自己總能依靠預感避開大禍，但是她身邊的朋友終究還是一個接一個地被死神拖向地獄。
為了打破死亡連環，金·柏莉毅然駕車沖向湖中，卻又一次幸運地被救起。從昏迷中清醒過來的金·柏莉發現，這一次死神似乎真的被蒙蔽了，一直以來的噩夢仿佛都停止了…… 但是一時的平靜無法代表永恆的安逸，難道金·柏莉真就能成為例外，逃過死亡的魔爪么？
幕後
2000年的《絕命終結站》第一集中，全線都是名不見經傳的青春演員。而作為一部投資只有2300萬美金的恐怖片來說，其成績可謂驕人——首周票房便收回一半投資，高達1000萬美金，累計票房更超過5300萬美金，令新線公司賺了個盆滿缽翻。因此，3年後的今天新線公司再推續集也就不是什麼一件令人意外的事了。不過，一部續作竟然從主演、導演，到劇本、配角全面大換血，幾乎全面拋棄第一部中的所有主創人員，這樣的做法即使在光怪陸離的好萊塢也是極其少見的。
首先是上一集主角Alex的飾演者，青春帥哥戴文·薩瓦終究還是逃不出死亡線，被製作人員安排在第二集故事發生的5個月之前死亡，不免讓人對這位眉宇間頗具憂鬱氣質的青年男星表示惋惜。取而代之的則是一位靚麗性感的女性新人——AJ·科可。而第一集中的華裔導演黃毅瑜(James Wong)，在第一集上映後便一直忙於為李連杰拍攝新片《救世主》。所以新線公司請來了在好萊塢混跡多年的老牌導演大衛·艾理斯。有趣的是，大衛·艾理斯獨力導演的影片並不多，他在《絕命終結站2》之前只有一部1996年的影片《貓狗也瘋狂2》(Homeward Bound II)是由他自己導演拍攝的。但是，有他擔任副導演的大片分量之重卻令人乍舌，例如今年即將上映的《駭客帝國2》、以及前年的《哈里·波特》、《完美風暴》等片中，都能在導演欄中看到他的名字。這位總是站在大製作的背後卻又極少能見到他親自出招的導演，倒讓人聯想起武俠小說中深藏不露的武林高手。
劇本主創人員同樣也是大變動，第一集的劇本原創傑弗里·雷迪克在續作中僅負責角色形象創作，僅僅掛名而已。劇情創作的工作，則完全由艾瑞克·布萊斯與J·馬奇·格魯博這兩位在美國電影界初出道的新人組合來擔任。配角方面，第二集只保留了第一集故事中唯一的倖存者——艾麗·拉特，與另一位以“蜜蜂人”(Candyman)聞名的黑人客串演員托尼·托德。當然這樣的全面換血也不能完全責怪製作公司的無情，畢竟第一集中的角色按照劇本安排已經全都死光光了。
雖然整個演職員班底都已經全面的更換，但是續集中的劇情模式仍是照搬前作中的結構。除了將飛機失事換成了公路車禍、中學換成大學等等這些換湯不換藥的表面改動之外，便了無新意了。儘管導演和製作公司一再強調在《絕命終結站2》中將會加入更多令觀眾意外的驚險橋段，但卻也都沒有否認第二集的確是在劇情上照抄原作。考慮到第一集的展開餘地應該很大，製片公司的保守做法就不能不令影迷們失望了。但換成製作公司的角度看，這樣的做法也的確可以理解：畢竟已經有了第一集成功的明證，又有哪一家公司真能勇於放開趁手的搖錢樹，膽敢冒險嘗試那些無法確定結果的所謂創意呢！
評論
《絕命終結站》系列屬於典型的“閻王要人三更死，誰敢留過五更天”式恐怖片。而該系列超越以往的同類影片之處，便在於其獨到的劇本世界觀設計——奇妙的宿命論解讀。在《絕命終結站2》的劇情設計下，具有預見能力的主人公一度使觀眾對其所具有的超能力充滿信心和希望，但同時影片又會在相反的一面營造出近乎絕對的宿命氣氛，讓人深信命中注定的死亡必定會降臨。
更吸引人的是，影片在影射人與宿命搏鬥的過程中，儘管沒有將假想中的死神庸俗的實體化，但卻又從側面將之塑造成一位充滿憤怒性格的幕後冷血連環殺手的陰謀家形象。這種神話降格使得影片中被超能力升格的主人公和假想敵——“死亡”之間的抗爭行為活化。以至於影片幾乎不需要對血腥鏡頭進行過多的誇張描寫，就已經能深深抓住人們對未知死亡世界的畏懼，令觀眾對死神的無限制追殺產生念念不忘的恐怖情緒。
Final Destination 2
Rating:
Genre: Horror
Movie Type: Teen Movie, Slasher Film
Themes: Race Against Time, Psychic Abilities
Director: David R. Ellis
Main Cast: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, Terrence "T.C." Carson, Jonathan Cherry
Release Year: 2003
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Death lurks, and two teenage girls try to figure out where he's heading, in this sequel to the unexpected teen horror hit Final Destination. As Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), the only surviving passenger of the ill-fatedFlight 180, waits in a mental institution, certain Death will claim her, Kim (A.J. Cook), who has begun to display precognitive powers, is driving along the highway when she sees a terrible accident in which several cars crash into a logging truck. Moments later, the horrible vision is gone, but Kim is certain she saw an accident that was supposed to happen but didn't...and now Death will track down the souls he meant to take that day who slipped through his fingers. A police officer, Thomas Burke (Michael Landes), believes there's a germ of truth in Kim's story, and teams her up with Clear in hopes that together they can help prevent Death from snuffing out any more of the people involves in the accident that wasn't. Tony Todd also returns from the first film as Mr. Bludworth. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Review
With mixed reviews and a domestic gross just north of 50 million dollars, Final Destination was an unlikely candidate to spawn a sequel, despite its slick (and wickedly morbid) execution of a smart concept. But Final Destination 2 justifies all risks taken to give it a theatrical release, as a mostly new cast and crew reproduce the original formula in a manner that may actually be more self-assured and satisfying. It's certainly funnier, though most of the laughter comes in the form of head-shaking howls at thegruesomeandgoryabruptness of the deaths. J. Mackye Gruber's script understands how to set up these punchlines through seat-squirming red herrings -- the audience can't bear to watch a dentist aim hishypodermicneedle at an impending victim's gums -- so even when viewers telegraph the twists that are meant to defy their expectations, it's still cathartic. Theadroitstaging of these scenes,veritablemontages of fatal coincidence, makes it easier to forgive director David R. Ellis for overusing them to the point of redundancy. The film even constructs a somewhatintelligibleplan tofloutDeath's design that links to the first film, though viewers should be prepared to make concessions in the logic department. Final Destination 2 reiterates the best strength of its surprisingly fertile franchise: a liberating format that doesn't rely on serial killers pouncing from the shadows, instead indulging in a genuinely inventive and comic view of predestined doom. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
Cast
Ali Larter - Clear Rivers
A.J. Cook - Kimberly Corman
Michael Landes - Thomas Burke
Terrence "T.C." Carson - Eugene Dix
Jonathan Cherry - Rory
Keegan Connor Tracy - Kat; Sarah Carter - Shania; Lynda Boyd - Nora Carpenter; David Paetkau - Evan; Justina Machado - Isabella Hudson; James N. Kirk - Tim Carpenter; Tony Todd - Mr. Bludworth; Andrew Airlie - Mr. Corman; Fred Henderson - Dr. Lees; Eric Keenleyside - Deputy Suby; Veena Sood - ER Nurse; John Stewart - Paramedic at Farm; Shaun Sipos - Frankie; Noel Fisher - Brian Gibbons; Benita Ha - Dental Receptionist; Enid-Raye Adams - Dr. Kalarjian; Chilton Crane - Mrs. Gibbons; Darcy Laurie - Man in Elevator; Rheta Hutton - On-Ramp Lady; Aaron Douglas - Deputy Steve; Christina Jastrzembska - Administrator; Odessa Munroe - Biker's Girlfriend; Mark Lukyn - Rescue Worker; Alfred E. Humphreys - Mr. Gibbons; Klodyne Rodney -obstetrician; John R. Taylor - Man With Hooks; Cam Cronin - Paramedic at Hospital; Alison Matthews - Physician; Eileen Pedde - Anaesthesiologist; Alex Rae - Dano;markeDriesschen - Host; Don Bell - Biker; Marrett Green - Anchorman; Sarah Hattingh - Nurse in Delivery Room; Jill Krop - Anchorwoman; Jenny Lang - Young Woman; David Purvis - Guest; Lorne Stewart - Skate Rat
Credit
Michael S. Bolton - Production Designer; Michael Keller - Re-Recording Mixer; David Barrett - Second Unit Director; David Barrett - Additional Photography; Alan der Marderosian - Musical Performer; Nathaniel Massey - Camera Operator; Eric Sears - Editor; Shirley Walker - Composer (Music Score); Shirley Walker - Musical Performer; Jori Woodman - Costume Designer; Howard A. Anderson Company - Title Design; Ralph Parker - Sound Mixer; Justis Greene - Co-producer; Justis Greene - Unit Production Manager; David R. Ellis - Director; Don McCuaig - Additional Photography; Freddie Hice - Second Unit Director; Freddie Hice - Stunts Coordinator; John Papsidera - Casting; Scott Martin Gershin - Sound/Sound Designer; Scott Martin Gershin - Supervising Sound Editor; Nerses Gezalyan - Foley Recordist; Jim Moriana - Foley Artist; Pete Whyte - First Assistant Director; Jeffrey Wilhoit - Foley Artist; Gary Capo - Cinematographer; Richard Brener - Executive Producer; Coreen Mayrs - Casting; Craig Perry - Producer; Warren Zide - Producer; Louise Roper - Set Designer; Heike Brandstatter - Casting; Christina Margellos - Unit Production Manager; Christina Margellos - Production Coordinator; Jeffrey Reddick - Executive Producer; Jeffrey Reddick - Screen Story; Jim Steuart - Art Director; Toby Emmerich - Executive Producer; Pixel Magic - Visual Effects; Digital Dimension - Visual Effects; Cinema Production Services - Special Effects; Matt Moore - Executive Producer; Fred Stahly - Dialogue Editor; Greg Steele - ADR Mixer; Donna Williams - Set Designer; Scott Nicholson - Stunts Coordinator; Brian Basham - ADR Recordist; Ron Bedrosian - ADR Mixer; Patrick Cyccone Jr. - Re-Recording Mixer; AlanWaldron- Special Effects Foreman; Mike Thomas - Underwater Photography; Phil Keller - Storyboard Artist; Eddie Bydalek - Recording; Zack Davis - ADR Editor; Michael Hertlein - Dialogue Editor; Joe Bauer - Visual Effects Supervisor; Alex Burdett - Special Effects Coordinator; Kelly Moon - Script Supervisor; Daniel S. Irwin - Dialogue Editor; Bruce Frankel - Scenic Artist; Douglas Craik - Camera Operator; Donna Bis - Key Hairstylist; Dana Belcastro - Production Executive; Heather Meehan - Unit Production Manager; Ann Goobie - Location Manager; Jim Filippone - Pilot; Eric Bress - Screenwriter; Eric Bress - Short Story Author; J. Mackye Gruber - Screenwriter; J. Mackye Gruber - Short Story Author; Thomas Milano - Music Editor; Nicola Irwin - Set Designer; Bill Terezakis - Makeup Special Effects; Sheila Hanahan - Associate Producer; Hans Bjerno - Aerial Photography; Chris Bellamy - Makeup Special Effects; Paul Broucek - Executive Music Producer; Josy Capkun - First Assistant Director; Christopher Clark - Makeup Special Effects; Susie Cowley - Scenic Artist; Jon Davidson - Production Controller; Paul Garrison - First Assistant Director; Catherine Gaulin - Makeup Special Effects; Glynna Grimala - Foley Editor; Erik Holmberg - Executive in Charge of Production; Kathy Houghton - Second Unit Assistant Director; Monica Huppert - Key Make-up; John Lavoie - Scenic Artist; Francis Mallette - Scenic Artist; Richard Marmion - Makeup Special Effects; Jarrett P. Mass - Makeup Special Effects; Yukiyo Okajima - Makeup Special Effects; Dean Scheck - Hair Styles; Erin Scully - Executive Music Producer; Neil Seale - Second Unit Camera; Ric Stephens - Makeup Special Effects; Camac Lyndon Sterling - Scenic Artist; Vicki Syskakis - Makeup Special Effects; Maureen Terezakis - Makeup Special Effects; Berengaria Tomkies - First Assistant Director; Debbie Vandelaar - Makeup; Gary Viola - Second Unit Camera; WCT Productions - Makeup Special Effects; Bob Wagner - Scenic Artist; Ian Walker - Musical Performer; Vince Yoshida - Makeup Special Effects; Greg Zenon - Second Unit Assistant Director; Jay Vinitsky - Post Production Supervisor; Thomas Pankiewich - Costumes Supervisor; Paul M. Wagner - Visual Effects Editor
