Jason is back with a glossy makeover and gritty realism.
It's a pretty decent remake but unfortunately when remaking something with very little plot and story beyond "kids get killed at camp", it's going to struggle ...
The opening is pretty strong but as the movie slowly unfolds, we become sleepily aware that we've seen this all before in the original, its sequels, the 90s slasher movies and countless other rip-offs. It's not that F13-2009 is bad, it's just utterly generic and for that reason leaves you a bit flatlined.
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, which essentially means if you're being talked about then you count for something.
With few truly scary moments, few truly nasty kill sequences and zero new plot twists, this movie leaves very little to talk about.
The 2006 Hills Have Eyes remake shows how to stand out a lot better.
It's a pretty decent remake but unfortunately when remaking something with very little plot and story beyond "kids get killed at camp", it's going to struggle ...
The opening is pretty strong but as the movie slowly unfolds, we become sleepily aware that we've seen this all before in the original, its sequels, the 90s slasher movies and countless other rip-offs. It's not that F13-2009 is bad, it's just utterly generic and for that reason leaves you a bit flatlined.
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, which essentially means if you're being talked about then you count for something.
With few truly scary moments, few truly nasty kill sequences and zero new plot twists, this movie leaves very little to talk about.
The 2006 Hills Have Eyes remake shows how to stand out a lot better.