Film students at Alpine University begin to turn up dead as the victims of murders styled after urban legends as Amy Mayfield struggles to complete her thesis project. Soon Amy begins to suspect that the deaths, all of which are of students who are somehow related to her thesis, are neither accidents nor coincidental. In fact, a serial killer is on the loose and only she has realized it. Now it will be up to her to stop the killer before she too becomes an urban legend.
Final Cut is not so much a sequel to the 1998 film Urban Legend as it is the second of a three part series of movies all based on a similar theme. In fact, the only remaining character from the first movie is the likeable security guard, Reece, played by Loretta Devine. Jennifer Morrison, meanwhile, takes on the lead role; a pleasant surprise since she is a good actor, and I have not seen her in anything that sucked too badly so far. As for the villian, well... as with the first film, you will be left to guess until near the end.
What Final Cut lacks is anything particularly scary. We have a somewhat sluggish plot, some generally mild gore, and some elements of mystery. Over all, the film fails to keep the viewer particularly engaged and the movie can be considered among the many sanitized Hollywood slasher flicks of the day. The kidney thief scene remains perhaps the one exception because although it feels slightly discorporated from the rest of the plot, it would be difficult not to squirm a little bit while watching it. The worst element of all might the absolutely absurd explanation for the killers rampage which is of course explained in detail. After all, what killer wouldn't take the time to explain it all before finishing their last victim off? Neither bad in the strongest sense of the word, nor particularly good, Final Cut falls somewhere in the no man's land of mediocrity.
1.5 torn stitches out of 5
Rated R for violence/gore, language and some sexuality.
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