Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

John Ottman

Writers (WGA):

Silvio Horta (characters)
Paul Harris Boardman (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

It was an urban legend that started it all. Now it continues on the Alpine University campus...

Plot:

Urban legend-style killings begin to occur on a movie set, in this non-sequel sequel to "Urban Legend".

Plot Keywords:

Urban Legend | Sequel | Liver | Boxer Shorts | Knife

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jennifer Morrison	...	Amy Mayfield
Matthew Davis	...	Travis Stark / Trevor Stark
Hart Bochner	...	Professor Solomon
Loretta Devine	...	Reese Wilson
Joseph Lawrence	...	Graham Manning
Anson Mount	...	Toby Belcher
Eva Mendes	...	Vanessa Valdeon
Anthony Anderson	...	Stan Washington
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Sandra Petruzzi
Michael Bacall	...	Dirk Reynolds
Marco Hofschneider	...	Schorm "Simon" Jabuscko
Derek Aasland	...	P.A. Kevin
Jacinda Barrett	...	Lisa
Peter Millard	...	Dr. Richard Fain
Chas Lawther	...	Dean Patterson

Also Known As:

Légendes urbaines 2 (Canada: French title)
Légendes urbaines: La suite (Canada: French title)
Leyendas urbanas: Corte final (USA: Spanish title)
Urban Legend 2 (USA) (working title)
Urban Legend 2: The Final Cut (USA) (working title)
Leyenda urbana 2 (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Düstere Legenden 2 - Final Cut (Germany) [de]
Gerçek efsaneler 2 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Lenda Urbana 2 (Brazil) [pt]
Lendas Urbanas 2 (Brazil) [pt]
Leyendas urbanas 2 (Colombia) (cable TV title) [es]
Mördande legender 2 (Sweden) [sv]
Mitos Urbanos 2 (Portugal) [pt]
Rule 2 (Japan: English title) [en]
To xypnima ton thrylon: I epistrofi (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Urban Legend 2: Coup de grâce (France) [fr]
Urban Legend Final Cut (Italy) [it]
Urban Legends - Kauhutarinoita 2 (Finland) [fi]
Urban Legends: Final Cut (Denmark) [da]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Ontario Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Original Film

Trivia:

During the sound-stage sequence where Amy hides under the piano, it was John Ottman's idea to have the killer come in and play some low chords at the piano.

Goofs:

Continuity: Amy is seen walking through a heavy snowstorm, but by the next morning, the several inches of snow have disappeared and the trees are green.

Quotes:

Reese: I know a good story. It's about a campus serial killer who murders eight people...
Amy Mayfield: Yeah, I heard that one. It supposedly happened at Pendleton. It's just an urban legend.

Movie Connections:

References Coffy (1973)

Sequel to Urban Legend where another killer is killing off college students.

What was John Ottman thinking when he made this film? Did he actually believe this would be a good movie? This is nothing but your stereotypical slasher film (AGAIN), where another masked killer is off killing college students. I'm tired of these kinds of films. It's the same thing all the time, either with high school students or college students. Hollywood needs to come up with some original stuff for a change.

Anyway back to the movie. It starts off on a set of a film in the making and the cast gets introduced into the picture. The killing really doesn't start 'till about 15 or so minutes into the film. The plot itself is so stupid because the only reason they can explain why the person is killing people off is because of some Hitchcock award. What the heck? It's not like if I don't win some award that I'm gonna start killing people off.

Another thing that kinda makes no sense is that there's only one cop in the whole college campus. I mean are we to believe that this is some super cop that needs no partner? A modern day superman? I would think that after the first two deaths or so that they'd get enough sense to bring in another officer, but nooooooo. So many plot holes, so little time to bash them.

Also, what's with all these stupid masks that's been in these slasher films recently? First we get a ghostface (the best by far), then an oversized raincoat, then a giant snowjacket, and then there's this fencing mask. I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of right now. I mean if a killer really wanted to conceal his identity that he'd kill the people off then get the heck out of the city, but no he chooses to hang around until someone figures him out. I'd like to see one slasher where the guy wears some sort of wicked facepaint instead of a stupid jacket or a ridicules mask.

Well anyway, the only thing really bad about this film is what's the most important of all, and that's the plot. It was just too overdone and predictable. There weren't even any good scares. I wouldn't be surprised if they made another sequel to this though. Maybe this time the killer will be someone's half brother or great uncle or maybe even the neighborhood kid who constantly stairs out the window.

Geez.