Final Destination is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong, with a screenplay written by Wong, Glen Morgan, and Jeffrey Reddick, based on a story by Reddick. It is the first installment in the Final Destination film series and stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Tony Todd. Sawa portrays a teenager who cheats death after having a premonition of a catastrophic plane explosion. He and several of his classmates leave the plane before the explosion occurs, but Death later takes the lives of those who were meant to die on the plane.

Plot

High school student Alex Browning boards Volée Airlines Flight 180, a Boeing 747, with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris from John F. Kennedy Airport. Before takeoff, Alex has a premonition of a mechanical failure leading to an in-air explosion that kills everyone on board. When the events from his vision begin to occur in reality, he panics, causing a fight with his rival Carter Horton. As a result, Alex, Carter, as well as Alex's best friend Tod Waggner, Carter's girlfriend Terry Chaney, teacher Valerie Lewton, students Billy Hitchcock, and Clear Rivers, are removed from the plane. None of them, except Clear, believe Alex about his vision until the plane explodes shortly after takeoff. Afterward, the survivors are interrogated by FBI agents Weine and Schreck, who are suspicious of Alex.