999 - Final Destination Death
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | 999 - Final Destination Death |
| Original title | ต่อ ติด ตาย , 999-9999 |
| Country of production | Thailand |
| original language | Thai |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Manus |
| script |
Nuttiya Sirakornwilai Peter Manus |
| production | Prachya Pinkaew |
| music | Wild at Heart |
| camera | Witcha Intranoi |
| cut | Dusanee Puinongpho |
| occupation | |
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999 - Final Destination Death ( Thai : ต่อ ติด ตาย , 999-9999 ) is a Thai horror film from 2002. Directed by Peter Manus , who also wrote the script together with Nuttiya Sirakornwilai . The staging produced by Baa-Ram-Ewe is similar in structure to the Final Destination film series.
action
A young, attractive student is moving from a university in Chiang Mai to an international university in Phuket after a young fellow student was found impaled on a flagpole at her old university . The mysterious murder remained unsolved. At the new faculty, the nameless student aroused the interest of a small rebellious club, which named the new female member "Rainbow" after the lettering on their T-shirt. Sun, who is something like the leader of the gang, wants - like the others - to learn more about the gruesome murder and asks Rainbow. She reports to the group that shortly before her death, the deceased had a phone call with the number 999-9999 , a number that supposedly fulfills a wish of every caller, which - they only find out later - is put through after midnight. The new friends then try to call the number in question, but only Ah-Chi can reach someone. Ah-Chi spontaneously wants a Ferrari , which he also receives a day later; But when the anonymous caller demands something in return for the trade, Ah-Chi breaks contact and is mysteriously killed for it.
At the funeral, Rainbow again admonishes the group not to call the phone number, but the friends, unable to resist the temptation, call in turn. Sun, who is also calling, asks time to think it over and does not want to express his request yet. Mena and Ra-Jit, on the other hand, whose wishes are later fulfilled, die in agony. Nevertheless, Sun still manages to learn from Ra-Jit what the dealer is demanding of him: his life! Thereupon Sun begins to investigate in order to protect his remaining friends or to solve the riddle of the mysterious telephone number that is not assigned to any participant. He finds active support in Rainbow. Nevertheless, the two fail to protect Moo-Preaw and Wawa; they too perish in the most brutal way. Sun is a little depressed, but tries to continue his investigation. He starts at the very beginning and travels to Chiang Mai to attend the local university. Here he learns that a total of four student friends of a clique have died in agony and that only one death has appeared in the media. He also learns that the only person alive is that clique Rainbow!
Back in Phuket, Sun confronts Rainbow. Rainbow tells him that she hasn't called yet. A battle of words ensues, at the end of which Rainbow apparently dials the number in question and wants security for her beloved Sun, to whom she is visibly drawn. Sun is touched by Rainbow's desire to "sacrifice" himself, so that he misjudges the situation. Without knowing it, his previously expressed wish for the stranger is fulfilled. At a different time he wished to experience pure love from the stranger, which he believed did not exist. With Rainbow's selfless plea, Sun's health is immediately forfeited. Already lying dying his phone rings again, a familiar male voice says to him: "There is nothing that 999-9999 cannot give ..." - Rainbow adds on the phone: "Sun, the game is over!"
After Chiang Mai and Phuket you see Rainbow at the end of the film at a university in Bangkok when she is suddenly asked about 999-9999 by a group of young students. The film ends with the words Rainbows: "Never call ..."
reception
In the VideoWoche it was written that the film was not a big hit and that it was not particularly deep, but was "[...] an entertaining, well-crafted slaughterhouse that leaves little to be desired, even with die-hard genre friends."
Web links
- 999 - Final Destination Death in the Internet Movie Database (English)