10 Insulting Ways Characters Were Killed Off Between Horror Movies
4. Alex Browning Dies By Brick - Final Destination 2
Played with engaging boyish charm and tenacity by Devon Sawa, Alex Browning was a hero who could’ve led the Final Destination movies for at least one or two more entries.
After receiving his first premonition and suspiciously saving his friends and classmates from the catastrophic Flight 180 explosion, Alex spends the rest of the runtime avoiding the authorities; striking up an awkward romance with fellow social outsider Clear Rivers; and most importantly, ensuring that he and the other escapees stay one step ahead of Death’s plan to finish the job.
Of course, he’s not completely successful, but he and Clear are lucky enough to make it to the end of Final Destination without dying. Therefore, the stage was set for them to feature prominently in Final Destination 2 as an official couple who return to help the 2003 sequel’s newer cast learn the rules for survival.
Although Clear does come back, Alex’s doesn’t. Instead, a news article discloses that Alex – who “had not left [his] house for three months prior to [his] accident” – was killed in an alley by a falling brick. Unsurprisingly, Clear was there when it happened, and the shock of it led to her hiding in a psychiatric ward to safeguard her safety.
That’s really the best you could do, Final Destination 2?!