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Big, dumb and stoopid, but fun, 13 January 2005

Author: ExpendableMan from United Kingdom

Let's face it, if you're going to rent one of the later movies in a slasher movie series, you'd be an idiot to expect high art. The fact that this is the tenth movie in the Friday the 13th franchise, the most knuckle-draggingly, ball-scratchingly cretinous 'horror' series of all time AND it's set in space doesn't exactly suggest that this'll be an all-time classic, but it's a good fun way to kill an hour and thirty minutes nonetheless.

Okay, the plot is so thin even a slight breeze would make it disintegrate and the horror element is practically non-existent but then Jason movies abandoned that long ago in favour of just providing dumb escapism with inventive and bloody death scenes, which this film certainly provides. People are sliced in half, impaled on large spikes, blown up, one poor woman even getting her head dunked in liquid nitrogen and shattered on a desk, but the characters are so one-dimensional and it's so cheesy you're more likely to laugh than scream. And I defy you to watch the scene when Jason gets transformed into 'Uber Jason' for the first time and not have a colossal grin traverse your face. There's even a later scene which pokes fun at the earlier movie's clichés with a hilarious "beating one camper to death with the other" sequence.

This is not The Exorcist, it's not The Omen, it's even a very long way away from the original Friday The 13th, but as director James Isaac has said, "it's just fun." Get your mates round, pop open a beer, disengage brain and you've got a very entertaining ninety minutes.

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Jason in Space!, 30 April 2002

Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Basic plot: It's 2455 and Jason is loose on a spaceship killing a bunch of brainless, annoying 20 somethings.

Critics have been merciless on attacking this. Why? It's the 9th sequel to "Friday the 13th". What were they expecting? "Gone With the Wind"? For what it is, this is very good.

The plot is old, no characterizations, and the killings aren't really all that interesting (except for one at the beginning which was GREAT). Also it has an annoying tendancy to have characters say some really stupid jokes WHILE they're dying!!! The acting is totally horrendous--the worst I've ever seen in a "Friday..." film. I realize that's saying alot but it's true! All the cliches are squarely in place including the dialogue ("Get your people out of there!" "We're all safe here." "He's finally dead."). Basically this is so bad it's funny! Also, surprisingly, it wasn't too bad. It had it's dull moments but the characters, acting and lines were so funny...

So is is scary? No. Is it a good movie? No. Is it fun? VERY. So far the best bad/good movie of 2002.

Extra bonus--Some of the WORST jokes I've ever heard in a movie.

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Jason Goes Cheese, 15 April 2005

Author: Pathogen1014 from Minnesota

In the tenth Friday the 13th franchise film, all bets are off: Any remaining fright factor left in the series is eschewed in favor of outright horror camp, and anyone expecting otherwise will be almost completely disappointed. The days of Jason's formulaic killing sprees on Camp Crystal Lake are long over, replaced instead with a "Jason Goes To Space" gimmick that cries out with pure cheese.

But, if you're willing to accept this fact, and are properly prepared to take a dive into the "So bad it's good" movie genre, you may actually like what you get.

Regardless of the fan-base's opinion, the writing team of Victor Miller and Todd Farmer seem to have sensed the fact that Jason's schtick was getting old, especially with the two less than stellar films that came before it in the series, "Jason Takes New York" and "Jason Goes To Hell," both of which suffered from the fact that bargain-basement production value had finally begun to work against the series. In response, they have Jason take his third field trip, this time into outer space, as well as centuries into the future.

At face value this seems to be little more than just another desperate gimmick to keep the low-budget yet profitable series alive. But Jason X easily stakes its claim as the corniest of all the movies, and the only one able to laugh at itself, at least to any effective degree (disregarding the disastrously bad Jason Takes New York), allowing characters to utter Schwarzenegger-like one-liners for the first time in the series, while also adding in tongue-in-cheek subplots that make no pretense of being anything other than goofy. Be advised: Friday the 13th does not take itself seriously any more, though the script-writers may be the last people on earth that did to begin with.

Meanwhile, the movie continues deliver on the standard that its predecessors set--a porn movie plot with gruesome murders instead of gratuitous sex. It is, after all, the painstakingly crafted death scenes that keep audiences coming back. Jason continues to alternate between murderous acts of machine-like efficiency, intermixed with more inventive gorefests of impalement, dismemberment, and other terrible fates for the film's C-list actors. The violence remains top-notch, even if the formula has been subtly altered.

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Entertaining, if nothing else, 23 March 2004

Author: Peter Cook from Michigan

Jason X is an entertaining blend of horror, sci-fi and comedy, though the film doesn't go very far in any of the three categories alone. The best way to view this film is to simply not expect it to deliver anything and just sit back and enjoy it for what it is: a slasher flick! And for being that, it is quite amusing. The comedy in the film does succeed considerably more than other slasher flicks which try to incorporate comedy into the mix. At least I thought so. Really, I just enjoyed this film cuz I had nothing better to do when I watched it and was in the mood for something... well, stupid. That's what it is, and for being stupid, it's fun. Sometimes it's fun to be dumb. 6/10

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New idea... but rest is crap., 10 May 2005

Author: shanfloyd from India

To put it simply enough, 'JasonX' is a spicy mixture of all the cheapest entertaining aspects of cinema. It's got space, mindless sci-fi, androids, borg sex, sensuality, action, gore and finally, Jason Voorhees. The basic plot is really dumb, but works in a way to give a new touch to this 10th installment of "Friday the 13th" series. Because at least it is well-known that no director would take a risk of making a Jason movie again at Camp Crystal Lake, after "Jason Goes to Hell" literally murdered the famous slasher franchise. So we needed something new. Okay, "JasonX" IS something new. But it should have been way better.

I think it's useless to point out keyholes in this disgusting story. But one thing must be said about the 'uber-Jason' -- it is totally crap. the old Jason with the hockey mask was way much cooler. Please, if any one of you plan another "Friday the 13th" movie, don't bring this uber-Jason. And cast Kane Hodder. He's the best Jason ever.

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lmao, 19 September 2005

Author: rollingthunder_357

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I'm not a hardcore horror/slasher enthusiast, so I enjoyed this movie, thought it should belong in the comedy/horror section (if there was one). A movie I could enjoy watching again. This is sort of a 'Jason meets Star Trek' blend, certainly not a typical horror film, no doubt hardcore horror/slasher fans are the ones giving it a rating of 1. I thought 'Uber Jason' was great, Lexa Doig is hot hot hot, the scene where Jason beats one topless camping chick with the other topless camping chick in their own sleeping bags in the VR room was hilarious! Some funny tongue in cheek one liners as well. More nude babes would have been nice, though :)

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"I think he's gone." "Why don't you stick your head out there and find out??", 3 September 2005

Author: lemon_magic from Wavy Wheat, Nebraska

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First of all, I don't quite understand the 'hate' for this tenth installment of the Friday/Jason series. It's "Friday the 13th", for crying out loud! ANY change in the direction of the series is welcome at this point. It seems as if the fans have forgotten how 'winded' the Jason series had become - after the absolute dregs of the series in "Jason Goes To Hell", "Jason Takes Manhattan" and "The New Breed", the series' creators were not just beating a dead horse, they were dragging it around the track behind a tractor. "Jason X" at least tries to give the horse a jolt with the defibrillator.

In spite of the 2nd rate effects, and general silliness, the 10th film in the series has visual energy and freshness that has been missing for at least a decade. The characters are all stereotypes, but they are GOOD stereotypes in new, snazzy 'futuristic' costumes, and they get to use snazzy new assault rifles and hologram projectors and stuff to fight back. It doesn't work of course, and Jason still kicks everybody's butt, but the change in atmosphere and sets does rescue the film from the tedious dread of previous installments. There is some actual levity and some winking tribute to some of the classic conventions of earlier films (such as when Jason beats one camper to death with another one, but it's OK because they are holograms). And Jason gets a 'new look' in the middle of the film. It doesn't really add that much to the character, but again, at least it is different enough to help you 'see' the character again after decades of over-familiarity.

I rented this DVD fully expecting it to suck, but to my surprise, the opening scenes and the way the premise was set up caught my bemused interest, and the SFX of the future were JUST good enough to entertain my eyes. And eventually I ended up enjoying the proceedings quite a bit. Not nearly as much as a 'real' movie, of course, but much more than I ever expected from "Friday the 13th" ever again. I'd say it is the only really watchable entry in the series in several years, and if there are no more after this (and I hope not), "Jason X" is not a bad way for FXIII to end.

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Highly entertaining 10th instalment of the Friday the 13th series of horror films., 9 January 2005

Author: Paul Andrews (poolandrews@hotmail.com) from UK

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Location: Crystal Lake Research Facility. Subject: Jason Voorhees. Status:Awaiting Cryogenic Suspension. Indestructible mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), who is thought to be responsible for over 200 murders, has been captured and is being held prisoner. Dr. Rowan (Lexa Doig) is planning to freeze Jason as all attempts to execute him have failed. Dr. Wimmer (director David Cronenberg) however has other ideas and insists that because Jason can regenerate any damaged tissue he is far to valuable to freeze. Before long Wimmer and his soldiers are all dead and Jason is again on the loose. Rowan manages to trap Jason into the freezing pod and start the process. Jason sticks his machete through the pods door, stabbing Rowan and causing a breach, they are both cryogenically frozen. The film then fast forwards over 400 years into the future to 2455. The Earth can no longer sustain life and is just a barren lifeless wasteland, a bit like some of the UK is now really. Humans now live on Earth 2. Professor Lowe (Jonathan Potts) and four of his students, Janessa (Melyssa Ade), Stoney (Yani Gellman), Kinsa (Melody Johnson) plus Azrel (Dov Tiefenbach) and a babe of a android called Kay-Em 14 (Lisa Ryder) find both Rowan and Jason while on Earth 1 for some reason I can't think of right now, and take them back to their spaceship called the 'Grendel'. They revive Rowan and introduce her to everyone including the other characters we haven't seen yet who are Waylaner (Derwin Jordan) and Kay-Em's programmer Tsunaron (Chuck Campbell). They take Jason to a laboratory so a blonde babe of a student (why were none of my fellow class-mates as beautiful looking as her?) named Adrienne (Kristi Angus, if you ever need a date Kristi drop me an E-mail!) can conduct some experiments on him, and his eyeball. Soon enough Jason is up and walking around and kills Adrienne, shame that I thought she was a real babe and very easy on the eyes! Jason then kills Stoney and sets his sights on everyone else on board! Luckily it just so happens that besides a bunch of students there are also a platoon of heavily armed soldiers on board! But can even Sargeant Brodski (Peter Mensah) and his team of 'grunts', Kicker (Barna Moricz), Briggs (Dylan Bierk), Dallas (a cameo by screenwriter Todd Farmer), Condor (Steve Lucescu), Sven (Thomas Seniuk) and Geko (Amanda Brugel) stop the seemingly invincible Jason? Directed Jim Isaac I had a blast watching this. There are lots of sequences that I had fun with. The script by Todd Farmer never seems to take itself too seriously and moves along like a rocket. The space setting is different for the Friday the 13th films and overall I really liked it. The interior of the spaceship looked suitably futuristic with plenty of computers and bright neon lighting, the props were cool as well with some great over-the-top looking guns and I especially liked Jason's new shiny chrome ultra sleek medical machete. There are some cool kills as well, someone is impaled on a large drill and spins round as they reach the bottom, the total babe Adrienne who I wanted to survive or at least make it further into the film has her face frozen and then smashed to pieces and in a yucky scene she also cuts Jason's hockey mask off his face with a scalpel which reveals Jason's rotting face beneath, there are slit throats, people cut in half, decapitations, mangled bodies and someone has their arm cut off with a machete. This Friday the 13th delivers more gore than most of the previous instalments. I loved the scene where Lisa Ryder dresses up in skin tight PVC, arms herself with some serious firepower and battles it out with Jason, a scene that looks like it could have come straight out of the Matrix (1999), but it's more fun here. The special effects are good, the CGI isn't always brilliant but it more than satisfactory for a relatively low budget film. The acting is OK, at least everyone manages to keep a straight face, and did I mention that Adrienne is a seriously hot looking young lady? David Cronenberg's cameo at the beginning is also rather cool. On the down side it becomes a little too silly for the last 20 or so minutes. I mean Jason flying through space and talking decapitated robotic heads? Overall I think this is a highly entertaining film that I had an absolute blast watching. As long as you don't take it too seriously this is a lot of fun. I'm a huge fan of Friday the 13th (1980) and it's numerous sequels and this is a good one. Highly entertaining, and definitely recommended if your in the right mood.

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Featuring Jason's number one finest killing moment!, 24 December 2007

Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

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Up until now my absolute favorite Jason Voorhees killing sequence featured in "Part 6: Jason Lives" (or was it part 7?), namely when everyone's beloved hockey-mask wearing mass murderer ties up a sleeping bag with a teenager inside of it and just powerfully smashes it against a tree. That death sequence was awesome because it was just so cruel and relentless, but this tenth and long-awaited (at least by some) installment features one that easily surpasses the tree-smashing and it actually might be – hands down – the number one coolest killing scene of ALL the "Friday the 13th" movies. Still fairly early in the film, Jason baptizes a blond girl's face in a cryogenic bath and subsequently smashes her frozen head to pulp against the dresser. Vintage Vorhees move, if you ask me! And even if it wouldn't be for Jason's best kill ever, "Jason X" is a tremendously entertaining slasher flick and surely one of the better efforts in the franchise. It looks as if director James Isaac and writer Todd Farmer abandoned all hope to come up with a halfway decent script for this horror series and just simply focused on grotesque gore situations (with marvelous special effects) and a throwback to all the good old clichés and stereotypes of the genre. I must say I like this approach. Why change a winning team, right? The narrative structure is incoherent and illogical as hell, but the film cheerfully moves from one nasty & imaginative butchering sequence to another. The film opens in the not too distant future, where the authorities finally captured Jason but they're unable to execute him due to his unnatural ability to repair his own damaged tissue. An obnoxious scientist (played by no one less than David Cronenberg in a sublime cameo) wants to do further research but inevitably Jason escapes. One doctor manages to lock him up in the cryogenic freezer before dying herself as a result of a machete stab wound. Then, just like that, the year is a 2455 and a class of space teenagers and their teacher stumble upon the frozen bodies. They reanimate the doctor with futuristic techniques (it has to do with ants!), but obviously ol' Jason doesn't need any help coming back to life. He awakes and promptly does what he does best without wondering for one second what year it is or why he's on board of a spaceship. "Jason X" is a truly amusing and worthy addition to the legendary horror series. The horny & brainless teenagers at Camp Crystal Lake have been replaced with horny & brainless teenagers in space, the variety of murders is splendid and it has to be said the film contains some downright ingenious little ideas! For example, Jason comically interrupting two geeky students' interactive video game, a recreation of Crystal Lake and – of course – Jason's already notorious transformation into Uber-Space-Jason, with enclosed mask! The special & make-up effects are unquestionably the film biggest trump, and it shouldn't come as a big surprise that director James Isaac's previous work always involved the engineering of special effects. He actually did a lot of work for David Cronenberg ("The Fly", "Naked Lunch", "eXistenZ"…), which immediately explains how he could convince the acclaimed director to appear in a mainly insignificant ninth sequel of a teen-slasher.

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Robot Sex, 6 January 2003
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

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Spoilers herein.

There has never been so much attention to genres as now. Young moviegoers are ever so much more self-aware than their predecessors and a good part of that self-awareness goes toward genre-busting. Theorists call this subversion, but I think is a result of greater attention to the manner of art than the matter. So we have slasher films about slasher films.

Now we have a scifi monster film about a slasher film. The scifi effects are ultracheesy. The slasher character prances and poses, knowing he is on camera. And that is all as it is intended to be, because we are supposed to be watching a film that knows it is a film, or rather two films.

What interests me here is one decision that was made: the creation of the female android Kay. At one point many decades ago, there was a battle for our imagination between mechanistic-type robots (Robby) and humanoids (deriving from `Metropolis'). The mechanoids are completely absent from the scene now, the only remnant being weapons (usually animal-like) operated my humans or human-like aliens.

It's a matter of sex. `Bladerunner' was a turning point, with the whole story turning on how deep passion can be with a created woman (and in the twist, the man as well). Well, here we have the latest, the real star of this cobbled mess of self-reference. Kay Em has sex, we are sure to be told. And as the bad guy gets more super, so does she in a carefully designed meld of spandex and leather. Her `powers' are a combination of acrobatics and big guns. Makes no sense at all except to exploit the archetype.

There are other demographic and archetypical touchstones -- the gruff but endearing marine, here black; the tenacious, wirey `scientist' girl; the equivalent of sexy dental technicians, and of course the oblivious but powerful scientists. And that brings us to the one truly clever thing in this project.

David Cronenberg is little watched by the public but is influential among film visionaries. He pioneered this notion of mining for archetypical pressure points and them blowing them up with visual cues. Those visual cues are often machined organic parts, often merged with bodies. His influence here is clear, especially in the uberJason. And he plays a role! As the guy who starts it all by letting him loose. The filmmakers know what they were about, and trusted at goodly part of their audience to play along.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 4: Has some interesting elements.

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