Jason X

Rating:
Summary: great for what it is.
Review: No, this isn't a "good" movie. It's a "popcorn flick" (sorry for the grossly overused term there). All i hear is people complaining about how jason is in space and all that crap. Well there's allready 9 Jason movies, so the development team had to think of something quick to tide fans over before FreddyVSJason was to arrive.

In short, this film is a good addition to any slasher film fanatic's collection. It never takes itself seriously which is actually a good thing (do people even get scared of Jason anymore?lol). It provides the audience with some eye candy special effects, some GREAT gore scenes, and some eye candy boobies.

Definately a "no brainer" type of film. Is it a good movie? Nope. Is it an entertaining and gory flick you can sit back and enjoy on one of those lazy sunday afternoons? Oh heck yeah.

I'm giving it 4 stars because even as a huge horror fan and Jason fan, i think the whole "oooh, i'm in space" type thing is pretty retarded. But then again, like i mentioned at the beggining of this, the development team had to do something new. Jason allready spent a large chunk of time at crystal lake, went to hell, and even went to manhattan...so i guess going to either space or las vegas would have been naturally the next setting for the hockey masked killer.

Rating:
Summary: Nice horror flick
Review: All I expected from this horror flick was slashing and screaming teens running around aimlessly. I am certainly satisfied. Unlike the other reviewers I didn't care about the acting, setting, directing, the storyline, or script. All the above had to be tolerable in order for me to like it and it was. This is a nice B-movie to rent when you want to be by yourself. Many killing scenes happened off screen. So if you're looking for gore this is toned down. I recommend waiting for this movie to be played on Sci-Fi rather than buying it though because you are going to be somewhat disappointed with it overall no matter what you expect from this movie.

Rating:
Summary: This movie "sucks on so many levels"
Review: You know, I can enjoy some bad movies. This movie, however, was just pain from beginning to end. This is not counting the fact that this was a theatrical release, yet it had all the quality of a direct-to-video or Sci-Fi channel original film. Dialogue and acting were never strong in these movies, but combined with TV quality music and video only cheapens the whole thing.

Let's review some problems with this movie. Like, for example, that it is one of those movies where characters do nothing but 1) shoot at the monster, 2) act surprised that their bullets aren't working, then 3) running away and repeating 1. Nobody seems to figure out that BULLETS DO NOT WORK ON JASON. Yes that's right. Ten movies later NO ONE HAS FIGURED THAT OUT. This is even more aggravating considering that the female lead says that they experimented on Jason to figure out how to kill him, even using a firing squad. And they know about Jason in the future. So why don't they know that BULLETS DO NOT WORK ON JASON. Here, this is hard concept to follow apparently, so I'll repeat it again:

BULLETS DO NOT WORK ON JASON.

Besides, this followed every horror film cliche in the book. The scene with the girls bragging about how they love premarital sex with drugs and drinking would have been funny except characters had done serious horror movie no-nos in earlier scenes. You'll know who will die and who will live. You'll also know what Jason will do next. My friends and I joked about Jason flying through space and onto a spaceship. Guess what happens? This isn't touching the subject of another character in a space suit who flies out of no where and whams into Jason. Never mind that he was way behind Jason and should have died in the explosion, and never mind anything we ever learned about physics in school.

In fact, never mind this movie.

Rating:
Summary: just watch FF13 pt.2 again
Review: I've seen all of the FF13th movies with the exception of Freddy vs.Jason and out of all those it ranks at best 4th. There is somewhat of a plot here, but FF13th is not about story, or characters for that matter. It's just about Jason hacking up a bunch of teenagers in outer space. When compared with the other films, the gore effects in FF13th pt.1 and pt.2 were better done and more imaginative. It's pretty dry on the nudity and sex and it proves that stupid teens are dumb despite the technology.
The main problem that I had was with this film was that they tried to tell too much of a story and explained very little why Jason is a walking corpse.This film can only be compared to other FF13ths and others of the horror movie genre. When watching this there is a temptation to try and relate it to Alien, but that is a poor comparison. Actually, if they took the plot from Alien and put Jason in it's place maybe it would have been a better film. Considering that it's a rehash of FF13th, it would better just to rent the first three and watch them instead of this. There is less plot to get in the way of the fun, the teens are only slightly dumber, and the kills are far better.

Rating:
Summary: Very poorly directed
Review: Though this movie still has Jason at his best, here are the things I find wrong with this movie:

1. Hockey is outlawed in 2024, probably because of Jason's relations to it.
2. The humor, sex scenes, and such are no different than in this current time period (such a surprise).
3. The time when Jason is in the lab defrosting switches for no reason at all to two people in the middle of a 20th century intercourse.
4. The "Lovebot" looks like a ravaged Cosmopolitan model.
5. Jason simply shouldn't have hair, no matter what "body repairs" he can do to himself!
6. They talk about getting "beamed off" the ship after the professor is killed--unacceptable for the new time period!

Now that that summary is over, I must give the film credit for never failing to carry on Friday traditions such as the unmasking scene, the nothing-but-dispatching scene, and the assurance that there will have to be a continuation.

So, while it's not the best, it shows us that anything could happen today or tomorrow.

Rating:
Summary: Best of the "Friday the 13th" Movies ...
Review: Although I'm not a fan of the "Friday the 13th" movies, I've seen most of them, due simply to the fact that I don't always get to pick the rentals at the video store on Halloween. "Jason X" is the best of them. I actively enjoyed this film ... so much so that I just purchased the DVD at Amazon.

First, the premise is solid, even if it has been done before. Jason's retrofit is plausible -- well, maybe not plausible, but you know what I mean -- and scary.

Second, there are many in-jokes, like David Cronenberg getting the shaft early. Similarly, there's a clear homage to Cameron's masterpiece "Aliens" going on, and it really does feel like an homage, rather than like a rip-off. The screenwriter didn't manage to match the effortless banter between the Colonial Marines in "Aliens," but then again, neither has anyone else.

Third, the special effects are decent. Not just the gore, but all of the science fiction trappings are pretty good. I especially liked some of the throwaway shots, like a piece of tumbling space-debris that reads, "Lunar Estates ... if you lived here, you'd be home now."

Fourth, the directing and acting are actually pretty good. By far the best of the movies. That's not saying a whole helluva lot, but it is what it is. Lexa Doig is a very good screamer.

Fifth, and speaking of Lexa Doig, I only wish I had first-hand experience with her as a screamer. She is one of the most beautiful women alive, no question.

Unfortunately, I can't speak to how scary the film is, since I don't find slasher flicks scary in the least, but I imagine it's about like the others in that regard.

If you're looking for a hip, relatively clever scifi/horror film, with one or two pieces of delicious eye-candy and a couple of good laughs, you won't go wrong with "Jason X."