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This review, especially the next comment is from a guy who grew up on Jason and has been in a fist fight because someone said "Jason movies suck." I loved this movie!! It is so old school it isn't even funny. Now all you people who badmouth the movie (much like you did for the remakes of Halloween & Texas Chainsaw) have either A: Never seen the other movies, or B: Have no idea what Jason is all about. Jason movies are about cheap scares, nudity, blood and gore. That's it, end of story. They're not meant to be classical, epic landmarks like "Lord of the Rings" or even the "X-Men" movies. It's meant to scare you, show you some naked people and gross you out with the gore. This movie does all of those things. Now, the story is very different in a lot of ways, than the previous Jason flicks. He's back at Camp Crystal Lake (thank God) but this movie is the first 4 originals through the magic of science able to make a new "Frankenstein" of sorts, throw him in a lake and then when he's P'd off, the fun starts. Simple. The new elements are 1: Jason can think, he's not a mindless killer anymore, 2: The explanation of how Jason can get from point A to point B without you seeing him do it, 3: Smarter teens and 4: A good, realistic story. Some parts I didn't like much at the beginning, but as the movie progressed I caught myself hating things for no reason other than the fact that they were new ideas. The only things I don't like about his one, and will not change my mind are how small Jason is compared to the previous films, and the fact that yet again, Kain Hodder isn't playing Jason. Other than that, it's fine!! There's lots of scares & shock, lots of blood & gore, and even some nakedness!! I guess all I have to say is that if you give this one a chance, it's good. But if you don't let yourself like it then you won't. I recommend it for fans of gore, Jason, nudity and Horror / Slasher movies. If this review was helpful, insightful or informative, please rate it accordingly to help other eBay members see it. Check out my other reviews. I regularly review Video Games, Manga, Anime, Horror & Pro Wrestling DVDs, so be sure to check!! Want me to review something? Let me know!!! Thanks everyone!!!Read full review
After ninteen years of Friday The 13th, the genre of slasher films gets a remake. For fans of the series, this is worth seeing. This is actually the original cut, being that most of the edits for the theaterical version had certain scenes running too long. That would make this the only other horror film besides the remake of John Carpenter's Halloween, done by Rob Zombie, to go beyond the traditional hour and a half cut. This version combines much of the material from the first four or five films and speeds up for the actual blood bath done by Jason himself. You also have to remember that the original Friday The 13th was completely different from the sequels and had Jason's mother stalking the counselors. The directors made sure this time to write out scene to bridge the gap between the first and the third film where the series really takes off. Essentially, it is Friday The 13th with a slight twist. Die hard fans would m ore than enjoy this.Read full review
Jason is back and Crystal Lake is as deadly as it was in the 1980's. Director Marcus Nispel takes his shot at the remake of the highly successful series that first appeared in the 1980s and does a very good job. When the original movie came out in theaters it scared the heck out of everyone who saw it. This movie does not quite rise to that degree of horror but it comes pretty close to it. The movie starts out in 1980 with Jason's mother and Jason killing the original camp councilors then jumps to the present. This is not just another remake, there are a few good changes to the plot that make this one worth watching. The sex scenes are rather graphic at times and some of the slasher scenes are also so if your not into that type of movie you will not like this one. However if you like sex, violence and gore then make sure you get this movie. If you do not like sex, violence and gore then you better skip this one. Rated 4 of 5 for good entertainment from a good director.Read full review
I'm not crazy about remakes overall. I liked this one. I thought the camp characters were much better than the previous movies. Jason, was interesting in this movie and I liked what they did. I still like the originals and I recommend the original first two movies. What didn't make this movie excellent for me were two things: 1. Trying to do the origin flashback of Jason's mother. 2. The surprise ending. The flashback to Jason's mother in the beginning of the movie didn't work and doesn't replace the original. I felt like it was better off left out in the movie. The ending, where Jason emerges out of the water was too predictable and you saw it coming miles away. It was too obvious where the camera was aimed and it wasn't surprising and it didn't make me jump out of my seat. I think some people might not like the idea that Jason had an underground hideaway. I liked it. I would recommend people to rent before buying. I liked this movie and I would have to say it's my third favorite Friday the 13th movie. I wouldn't mind if they come out with a sequel.Read full review
Frankfurt born Marcus Nispel sure has had Carte Blanc in directing his films ever since his washed out style of cinematography was distinctively used in his 2003 remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'd have to say the script was much more interesting in that film than this one. Let's just get down to brass tacks about this film. This version of Friday the 13th was extremely predictable & quite overdone. The film seemed to be 2 films in 1. It's much harder to believe that this Jason guy could get more and more cruel in his killings. In his younger years, he just did such a good job being a mediocre killer, yet an extremely terrifying stalker. Now that Jason has the time to stroll through this picture to set up each individual stunt to give us the most shock value, the feeling of originality is totally lost forever. The time honored rights of passage about taking your girlfriend to her first rated R film is totally blown in this film. There would be no way that I could even beg someone to sit in a theater on a first date and watch all the fake blood & gore being delivered up to the audience so that they will go home & at least feel they didn't waste their 30 dollars on a dead dog. Let's just call this exactly what it is. A calculated formula to bring people back to the theaters at the exact time in order to get the reaction from the squeamish part of the audience. Guys, if you are like me, you will love watching your partner squirm more than you will like watching this film. You know, the Camp Crystal Lake thing is so corny, we are still supposed to believe that the cops their are so convinced that nothing has ever gone on in these woods, that they spend a whole scene trying to convince us that the whole party of missing people just got lost & drove to Mexico or something? Give me a break! Now if we actually count the times where the fear actually got extreme enough to keep our interest, then we are talking about why the film was actually made in the first place. The scariest scenes worth mentioning are the ones in which you least expect the victims to get away. The first of the scariest scenes was one in which Jason was sticking his machete up through the floor boards & slowly slicing up the young guy in front of his girlfriend. The most startling, scariest, & a bit funny to boot was the scene where the cocky Trent Demarco (Travis Van Winkle) was trying to get away in his truck when Jason tosses the body of his girlfriend Bree(Julianna Guill) out of the top window of the house and smashes the windshield of the vehicle he was hiding in. The character of Trent starting screaming like a baby, which I thought was extremely funny since was the one who was so tough and condescending to his friends about everything since we are introduced to his rich boy attitude which is extremely annoying. In my opinion, the sex scene between Bree and Trent was extremely distracting to the film. This typical pleasure/pain juxtaposition continues to be in slasher films, & too, actually enforces in peoples minds a sort of taboo thing for young lovers. It's almost like saying, if you have pre-marital sex, you more than likely going to get killed by a raging lunatic with a hockey mask. The thing that seems to be hilarious is that our Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears) seems to be much more young, agile, & muscular. There seems to be no moral fiber in these people as well, thus we have to conclude that they must really deserve to die a horrible death.Read full review
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