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Summary: Jason In Space...
Review: At first when I heard that Jason was going into space, I thought Oh No!!! How cheesy!!! Then after so many delays in the release, I broke down and did the unthinkable...I downloaded the movie online to watch. I couldn't take the wait any longer. Now when the movie was FINALLY released, of course, the thrill was gone but I went to the theaters and saw it anyway. It was still worth it. The idea sounded silly at first but it was different for sure. The movie started quickly with the action with more than 5 deaths in the first 10 minutes. I knew from that point that the movie was going to be fast paced and action packed. Jason was at his best,especially with the whole crew not knowing exactly what they were dealing with. The virtual reality scene was hilarious and took us back to the Crystal Lake roots. I didn't exactly buy the ending but hey, it was still pretty cool. The DVD release of "Jason X" along with the release of "Jason Goes to Hell" on DVD, put the previous Friday DVDs to shame. I think the first eight movies released on DVD are probably the worst produced DVDs ever released. The best part of most DVDs is the bonus features and the first eight have nothing worth mentioning. The last two "The New Blood" and "Jason Takes Manhattan" don't even have the trailers. "Jason X" has a couple of documentaries (which were great to watch), the trailer, bonus commentary and even a "jump to a death" sequence. Paramount should take note of New Line's features and do a re-release of the first eight with many bonus features and for effect, release them in a nice boxed set. Jason X is an excellent DVD and the bonus features alone make it worth every penny.
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Summary: Aliens Redux
Review: The "Friday the 13th" series has gone through a major transformation since the series was first introduced to film audiences in 1980. While many might remember Jason Voorhees demise in the last Friday movie, "Friday the 13th, Part IX: Jason Goes to Hell," many might be surprise to see that filmdom's most famous hockey mask-wearing slasher is back to no good in this film. In "Jason X," Jason Voorhees is transported a ship hundreds of years in the future after a crew of scientists land on a now desolate Earth. Stumbling upon Jason and the body of a scientists, the crew members are able to revive both bodies using modern technology. Reviving Jason was the worst mistake of this crew as Jason slashes and kills the unbelievably young scientists on board this ship. I remember seeing this film in 1986 when it was called "Aliens." The producers of "Jason X" decided to rehash the original storyline of James Cameron's classic sequel to 1979's "Alien" and use a mass murderer brought back from the past to wreck havoc in the future. Starring a large, unknown cast of Canadian actors, "Jason X" which was filmed in Toronto can be funny at times, and has its' moments but like most of the later sequels in the "Friday" franchise, the series is losing its' strength. Now might be a good time to retire the franchise or revive it with a legendary match against Freddy Kreuger. Whatever New Line Cinema (the studio bought the rights to the "Friday" series from Paramount Pictures over a decade ago) decides to do, I hope they make Jason's future killing sprees much more interesting and less unconvincing when it comes to who Jason will hack next.
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Summary: An awaited culmination of horror
Review: Quite simply, this is the most intelligent "slasher flick" since...well...probably ever. This tenth installment of the Friday the Thirteenth series culminates the best parts of the series and pokes fun at itself for the worst. The plot is as deep as necessary, but not insultingly shallow as horror movies typically are. The teens being stalked are not as mindless as the genre's predecessors, and the stuntman-turned-actor Kane Hodder shows where his cult following comes from as Jason.
For those looking for new, creative death scenes, Jason X certainly delivers, with not one scene change leaving you wondering how Jason killed the last victim.
The writing doesn't worry with such matters as "How is Jason back from Hell?" or other trivial thoughts...he's just here, and he's not very happy about it.
From the horror fans, to the "I only watch at Halloween" buyers, Jason X is certainly deserving of ownership, because let's be honest, we all take pleasure in horror movies at one time or another, and this movie is just fun. If it was worth looking up a review on, you have enough interest for this movie to all out entertain you; not to mention there are a healthy amount of bonus features actually worth watching, including a history of the character Jason, and a making of Jason X.
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Summary: I found this film VERY stimulating
Review: This film was very sensuous the atrocious acting was very seductive and the marvellous storyline made me weep with delight. Oh how i laughed, when i watched this film at the cinema. I found it to be extremely entertaining, so i have compiled a selection of my favourite scenes:-
When two campgirls try to seduce Jason but end up being beaten simultaneously against a tree (you should have heard there chat up line, "let's smoke pot" (in a deep unattractive russian accent). The next cool scene was when Lisa Ryder( women with a black Mop hairdo) tried to perform really bad martial arts but had her head slapped off,( i was hoping she would die, but she was still alive despite her head rolling along the floor like a cabbage). The beggining of the film was very misleading as it was actually quite good, but you should persevere through the entire movie, cos i guarantee it will put a smile on your face (if only in disgust)
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Summary: Incredibly brainless fun! Worth it for the ending
Review: While New Line can't seem to make a decent Jason movie- the "Final Friday" and now this, "Jason X" is worth it solely for the absolutely hilarious virtual reality sequence near the ending, an absolute must for any fan- I couldn't stop laughing-...not to be missed. Otherwise, the filmmakers drop any pretenses of presenting a suspenseful, scary movie. Jason awakening on the surgical table was perhaps the most lamely, carelessly crafted coming-back-to-life scene ever, but we do get some decent gore scenes, some of which I was suprised made the childish standards of the MPAA's R-rating (especially the girl who gets her face frozen and smashed on the counter- ouch!). As fillers for these sequences, in order to make up a feature-length movie, we are numbed with awesomely [bad] dialogue (the tough-as-nails soldier guy says that that won't be enough to kill him- but, oh!, that will!) not-so-good acting, and the plot! How can these writers be so shallow as to not think of anything else and throw everything into outer-space? "Critters," "Leprechaun," and now "Jason X." There have been ten Jason movies so far and only enough original plot for three- maybe four movies; come on! Anyways, I recommend this to any "Friday the 13th" fan solely for that virtual reality scene, and I'm sure die-hard fans will like it anyways.
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Summary: This Franchise Should Give It All Up!
Review: In a series that was directly ripped off from John Carpenters Halloween (1978), this franchise should know better. They already took Jason to mahnattan and this time they take him to outer space. This movie is an Alien movie ripoff, where the killer invades a space ship. This franchise has become a joke. They try different ideas that seem very unrealistic. This was the tenth sequel of the series, and they will probrably do something stupid and bring Jason back to earth in another sequel. Enough is Enough!
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Summary: Not Impressed.
Review: As a Jason fan I think this one is a bad movie. It doesn't follow the storyline the other 1-9 had. I thought this one was Freddy vs. Jason but it wasn't to find out that comes out next year June 13, 2003. This movie is going to stick out from the rest of the series because it doesn't fit. I don't recommend this because it isn't my favorite but if you are a fan you have to have this movie no matter what.
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Summary: Good stuff, bad stuff....at least I didn't pay
Review: After Jason Goes to Hell, my expectations were pretty low for this one. "At least it can't possiibly be as bad as the last one" I thought to myself as I popped Jason X in. And it's true, it was better than Jason Goes to Hell...in a way of saying it is better to be shot and killed instantly than to be stabbed and slowly bleed to death. One may be less painful than the other, but both sure do suck. That is the case here. This is the gunshot to Jason Goes To Hell's slow death. By now you probably know the premise of the movie. Jason kills a bunch of people on a spaceship some 446 years into the future. As is the tradition with the past few movies, no tie in to the movie before it(at the end of Jason Goes To Hell, Jason goes to, well, Hell). Also in Jason Goes To Hell it is explained by creepy actor Steven Williams of 21 Jump Street fame that only a Vorhees can kill Jason. No Vorhees on board the space ship, but needless to say, Jason is killed yet again at the end. Some of the things in the movie are REALLY bad, the acting being the first thing to come to mind. The characters themselves are very unlikeable. I have seen countless hundreds of horror movies, but this is the ONLY one I can remember where I wanted ALL the hapless victims to die. Anyways, the whole outer space thing adds too much sci-fi to the horror based film. The special effects are horrible, but really cool if you are into old horror(think Ed Wood here). And Jason's new look, which thankfully only came at the end of the movie, is laughable. BUT, there are some good things here. The timing of Jason's revival is hilarious, and the first kill on the space ship is a classic. The scene towards the end with the campers is awesome as it will remind true FT13 fans of one of the most popular killings ever. And the VERY end is cool as a throwback, retro effect. All in all, it is a lot of bad stuff to sit through to get to a few bright spots. Other than a few cool death scenes, nothing great here. If you need this for your collection, then get it. If you don't already have the previous 9 movies, don't bother buying this. Do what I did and talk your girlfriend into renting it for you.
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Summary: Jason X
Review: Jason X is a fun trip to outer space with our favorite ignorant-teen slaughterer, Jason Voorhees. This movie has all that Jason fans ought to like: extreme gore, breif nudity, cheezy acting, and an ending that leaves the series open for another 10 sequels.
But the main thing that makes Jason X one of the few best films of the series is Kane Hodder's perfect acting as Jason. He has truly gone to a new level of massacring all forms of life in any way possible. Jason X provides lots of death, a return trip to Crystal Lake, and is overall quite entertaining, regardless of the many faults it has.
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Summary: JASON IN SPACE!
Review: I am going to say different to the other reviews,but this is just my view.I thought this film was not too bad,if you do not take it seriously.The crazy plot revolves around cryogenic freezing,outer space and worst of all ants that heal human tissue!(really)And so Jason ends up aboard a spaceship in the future doing his usual thing.You can see why Kane Hodder is so popular to fans as Jason,he looks like he really wants to do some damage and he does!as a DVD the picture is really good,and it has a choice of surround tracks to boot.I would have thought the jump to a death feature plus the many lives of Jason Voorhees featurette which details the many incarnations of the decaying serial killer nut would have been of interest of fans,but maybe not.All in all I found it a silly but quite entertaining horror flick which seemed to be quite tongue-in-cheek humour,for example when the survivors think they have escaped and left Jason in the exploding ship,you just know what's coming when a peice of 'debris' comes hurtling toward the escape ship! I was laughing anyway.Also when a digital recreation of Jason's old homeplace complete with teenage girls offering pot,alcohol and pre-marital sex comes up it seemes like a good mickey take as well.I have certainley seen a lot worse horror/comedy flicks anyway.Judge for yourself,rent it if you think it might be a dissapointment first.
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