Final Examination (2003) (V)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writers:

Sean O'Bannon (writer)
Kimberly A. Ray (writer)

Release Date:

3 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

You fail. You die.

Plot:

A burned out L.A. detective moves to Hawaii, where he stumbles upon a murder at a college sorority reunion. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Hawaii | Model | Sex | Shower Scene

Cast

Kari Wuhrer	...	Julie Seska
Brent Huff	...	Shane Newman
Debbie Rochon	...	Taylor Cameron
Amy Lindsay	...	Kristen Neal
Belinda Gavin	...	Megan Davidson
Ted Monte	...	Sam Kincaid
Jim Valdez	...	Detective James
Richard Gabai	...	Ferguson
Marc Vahanian	...	Detective Marks (as Mark Vahanian)
Stefany Baclaan	...	Waitress
Kathy Cullis	...	Miss Pratt
Robert Donavan	...	Professor Andrews
Joshua Gershon	...	Officer #2
Kalau Iwaoka	...	Amanda Galvin
Michael Lloyd	...	Charlie Wilson
Kim Maddox	...	Terri Walker
Bill Langlois Monroe	...	Drug Dealer (as Bill Monroe)
Winton Nicholson	...	Derek Simmons
Jen Nikolaisen	...	Rachel Kincaid
Tom Penny	...	Riley
Jay Richardson	...	Hugh Janus
Jade Rutane-Babey	...	Rita
Jason Schnuit	...	William Culp
Cindy Shimatsu	...	Desk Clerk
Lauren Sutherland	...	Reporter

Directed by
Fred Olen Ray		(as Ed Raymond)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sean O'Bannon		writer
Kimberly A. Ray		writer

Produced by
Christopher Curran	....	executive producer
Laurie Foi	....	line producer
Hugh Jorgan	....	producer
Albert Pyun	....	producer
Kimberly A. Ray	....	line producer
Andrew Stevens	....	producer
Jim Valdez	....	producer

Original Music by
Thomas Barquee
Steve Gurevitch
David Wurst
Eric Wurst

Cinematography by
Theo Angell

Film Editing by
Sabastian James

Casting by
Laura Bollinger

Makeup Department
Cheryl Callihan	....	assistant makeup artist
Paulette Crammond	....	key makeup artist
James Sartain	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Christopher Bates	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Polla Susan	....	second assistant director
Gerald Uchida	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Cyrus Faryar	....	assistant props
Mike Van Arkel	....	property master (as Michael A. Van Arkel)

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Cam Eason	....	boom operator
Michael Hoffman	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Bill Burns	....	stunt coordinator
Mike Koch	....	stunts (as Mike "Otter" Koch)

Camera and Electrical Department
Charlie Cramer	....	key grip
Gary Graver	....	director of photography: second unit
Ishmail Hills	....	electrician
Tweed Johnston	....	gaffer
David Kaneakua	....	dolly grip
Lee Kaneakua	....	best boy grip
Kimo Marciniak	....	grip

Other crew
Christy Faison	....	assistant: Ms. Wuhrer
Kathryn C. Galberth	....	production assistant
Marc Kunis	....	production accountant
Ke'alohi Lee	....	script supervisor
Howard Young	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• Franchise Pictures
• Hawaii Filmwerks
• Royal Oaks Entertainment Inc.

Distributors

• Artisan Entertainment (2003) (USA)
• Manga Films (2004) (Spain) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Aloha My Love (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Iceland:16 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Singapore:R21 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Epsilon Motion Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Girl in the hot tub takes off the bottom of her bikini, but in the next scene she's still wearing it.

Movie Connections:

Features Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001)

Dear Lord.

Artisan really cheats with this movie by labelling it as a thriller/horror. As many have stated, it's just soft-soft core. The acting is abysmal, the story goes nowhere, the deaths are clumsily choreographed and well, all in all, it's a big pile of nothing. From the car chase scenes in the opening, it's apparent that this film had some sort of budget but it's never properly used. The women who are supposed to be the hot ones are rather nasty about the face, they are completely made of plastic and couldn't act their way out of a paper bag. Neither can the two leads, Huff and Wuhrer. Huff has a wooden delivery and doesn't even seem to want to kiss the women he has scenes with (and who would want to? He could get plastic poisoning) and Wuhrer's voice is almost completely shot. She can't even pronounce some words as they are out of her range. (Listen for her phone conversation when she can't say the word "suicide.")

This is a terrible movie. It has no redeeming values and deserves to gather dust on a shelf. If you want a great sorority girls thriller, rent Black Christmas instead.