Friday The 13th Movies aren't the most difficult movies to write. Basically it goes like this; Jason resurrects, we meet the potential victims, Jason kills a couple of locals/walk-on roles, we see the future-victims doing pot, skinny-dipping etc, it turns night, Jason comes, chops them off until there's only one or two left, the last survivors find a way to defeat Jason. Ambulances enter, end of story...
This movie has a couple of things going through it:
Unfortunately, this movie has a lot more against it:
But in the end the thing that destroys the movie entirely is it's plotting; Jason gets resurrected comes out of the water, ignores a knocked out teen on the boardwalk (as Tina was knocked out while resurrecting Jason), walks by the two houses filled with teens only to appear 5 miles from camp crystal lake and make his first kill. Then he goes back to where he came from and just ducks in and out of the bushes to kill someone occasionally (using a different garden tool every time). Some people seem to appear at random. Maybe it's me but I never saw the black couple at the party, they appear out of nowhere the next morning. The skinny-dip-girl and her boyfriend; who are they, where did they come from? Can't remember seeing them there earlier. Are they walk-on roles? Must be, but walk-on-roles are normally always established by the characters by saying something or being something; the couple in part 6 which are celebrating something, or the hitch-hiker in part 4, even Demon is practically a walk on role in part 5 as he and his girlfriend have one scene in the entire movie. It's a walk-on-role, but I still remember his name, that can't be said about almost any character in this movie.
This movie will probably be erased from my memory within a week, with the only things I can remember will be:
"oh yeah, the sleeping bag"
"That girl looked good underwater, and above actually"
"loved that hedge-trimmer/lawnmower thing"
I won't recommend this installment to anyone unless you're doing a marathon, and that's saying something coming from a guy who actually liked part 5! If you want to have an overview of the Jason Saga, just watch 1-4, 6 and then jump to the last 10 minutes of Part 9, do Jason vs Freddy and then watch the ultimate Jason film; Jason X. Just my 2 cents...
This movie has a couple of things going through it:
- A worthy adversary for Jason which delivers a good end-battle - An incredible make-up job on Jason - Interesting kills, he really uses all the tools in the shed in this installment... - A couple of nice T&A scenes (sue me, I'm a guy!)
Unfortunately, this movie has a lot more against it:
- The gore that was removed... we don't get anything which really makes the movie lose it's punch and it really is weird considering how brutal the first couple of flicks were compared to this installment - The light tone displayed in part 6 has been almost ditched completely. Only one or two kills are actually funny - No attractive cast; none of the cast members will be remembered 5 minutes after their death. One can say that this is the case with most of the cast in these series but I still remember Kirsten Baker skinny dipping in part 2, Stu Charno telling jokes in the same installment, Reggie the reckless in part 5 etc etc. Ask me about this installment and I can only say that it had a really unattractive lead in Lar Park Lincoln and that it had a doctor which I wish would be killed way sooner in the movie. If you have a movie in which most cast-members have no personality, at least make their faces memorable. Even the slut in this film had the appearance of an ice-queen.
But in the end the thing that destroys the movie entirely is it's plotting; Jason gets resurrected comes out of the water, ignores a knocked out teen on the boardwalk (as Tina was knocked out while resurrecting Jason), walks by the two houses filled with teens only to appear 5 miles from camp crystal lake and make his first kill. Then he goes back to where he came from and just ducks in and out of the bushes to kill someone occasionally (using a different garden tool every time). Some people seem to appear at random. Maybe it's me but I never saw the black couple at the party, they appear out of nowhere the next morning. The skinny-dip-girl and her boyfriend; who are they, where did they come from? Can't remember seeing them there earlier. Are they walk-on roles? Must be, but walk-on-roles are normally always established by the characters by saying something or being something; the couple in part 6 which are celebrating something, or the hitch-hiker in part 4, even Demon is practically a walk on role in part 5 as he and his girlfriend have one scene in the entire movie. It's a walk-on-role, but I still remember his name, that can't be said about almost any character in this movie.
This movie will probably be erased from my memory within a week, with the only things I can remember will be:
"oh yeah, the sleeping bag"
"That girl looked good underwater, and above actually"
"loved that hedge-trimmer/lawnmower thing"
I won't recommend this installment to anyone unless you're doing a marathon, and that's saying something coming from a guy who actually liked part 5! If you want to have an overview of the Jason Saga, just watch 1-4, 6 and then jump to the last 10 minutes of Part 9, do Jason vs Freddy and then watch the ultimate Jason film; Jason X. Just my 2 cents...