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Summary: New Life in a Tired Franchise
Review: Jason Vorhees has been slashing and hacking his way through nubile female teens and geeky boy ones for so long that fans probably thought that there were no more fertile grounds for the hockey-masked killing machine to wander. In JASON X, director James Isaac proves yet again that in the hands of sufficiently talented cast and crew even shop worn lumbering behemoths can take on a shiny new gloss. In the previous Jason films, Jason (Kane Hodder) was all business as he dispatched legions of screaming extras with his trusty machete. A high body count, rather than humor or even style, was his goal. In the first Jason film in nearly a decade, Hodder manages to imbue his character with more than a liberal dose of both.In the film's start, Jason is a captive of the military, who admit that he cannot be killed due to his penchant for regeneration. Instead, he is cryogenically suspended--along with a lovely female scientist--only to be reanimated in the year 2455 on New Earth II, the previous earth (our earth) having been rendered uninhabitable in the previous century. Beginning with Jason's reanimation, director Isaac borrows liberally from other films like THE THING and ALIENS. When a group of scientists discovers his true nature and identity, one of them, just like Robert Cornthwaite from THE THING and Paul Reiser from ALIENS decide that Jason's scientific and financial value counterbalance his potential for harm to all concerned. The second half of the movie is a lightning and thunder blast kaleidoscope of what a thing-versus-victim opus should be. Except for Kane Hodder, none of the other cast is well-known. Lisa Ryder,however, has a future in action slug-fest films though. Here she is an android who, like Lance Hendricksson as ALIENS's own android, offers effective opposition in a manner that is both exciting and amusing. By the time the closing credits hit the screen, the audience has seen enough of Jason's latest go-round to hope that the teasing end which closes the final reel will lead to another sequel but only if someone takes the trouble to realize that an abundance of gore without the leavening effect of style and humor will alienate even the most fanatical of fans. JASON X delivers on all counts.
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Summary: Silly but enjoyable movie and a great DVD
Review: Jason X is no work of art that's for sure. The basic stalk 'n' slash formula is loud and clear but this time round there is so much more color and invention that provides decent distraction whenever big J isn't onscreen doing his murdering thingy. The idea of setting it in space is sure odd but Crystal Lake was seriously overdone and although it seems very eccentric Jason seems to fit in with the spaceship location. As long as there are enough people for him to slaughter anyway. It may lack the menace and dread of the previous films but at least it has a credible sense of humor and touch of irony. This film does a good job of re-inroducing Jason to a 21st century audience. And we will be getting even more of him soon when Freddy vs Jason is released next year. The direction and imagination in previous installments were pretty amatuer but Jim Issac proves he's got some skill in this 'un. The SFX are flawless and the digital quality of the film really gives a futuristic sparkle. Which is well represented on the DVD. New Line put Paramount to shame with this DVD. The extras are very cool ('especially the 'Many lives of Jason Voorhees' documentary) and the commentary is ace. THIS is how the franchise should be treated on DVD. The 1.85:1 anamorphic picture is superb and the DTS 5.1 sound rocks.
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Summary: Good beginning but not enough to make it a good one !
Review: The opening is great and the beginning is interesting but quickly it becomes a joke. It's Jason meets Terminator in the Star Trek world ! From bad to worse. Great SFX though but the story is simply ridiculous. The last scene is a masterpiece in the STUPID genre but well, what can you expect by putting Jason in the space ! Good documentary in the special features about the friday the 13 th serie ;) Finally better than the whole movie.
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Summary: Yup :-)
Review: Apart from the nicked 'aliens' grunt theme in there its actually top notch + a great addition to the Friday the 13th movies. It is a right laugh + there is only 1 top rate actor that played Jason + he's performing Top rate in this, I.E Kane hodder. Evil does get a well deserved upgrade indeed :-)
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Summary: Jason The Terminator
Review: Jason Voorhees has been cryogenically frozen for over 400 years in the Crystal Lake Research Facility as scientists have decided since they obviously can't kill him (They've tried eight times so far and failed; haven't they? Note to the uninformed: Jason wasn't in Part 1 so I'm not miscounting) they may as well contain him, a sexy scientist (Lexa Doig) is also frozen along with Jason. However in the year 2455 Jason is thawed out and reanimated by a group of archeology students (which includes a female android, KM14)- big mistake. So the students also thaw out the scientist to help them catch Jason during his now predictable rampage on the spaceship.
Jason gets a "Terminator" style makeover (Uber Jason), the death scenes are quite imaginative and there is a decent amount of female nudity. Director David Cronenberg has a cameo as a doctor who has a spear rammed through his guts by Jason. There's also a good virtual reality scene near the climax where Jason bludegeons two topless Camp Crystal Lake cuties to death with a sleeping bag(?!)....Viewers shouldn't count on this being the last one. There's a setup for a possible part 11!! But after a 9 year absence from our screens horror fans couldn't wish for more. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the long talked about FREDDY Vs JASON project becomes a reality.
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Summary: Oh god, when are they gonna stop with these movies!
Review: OK, first off....what the hell where they thinking when they made this? When i watched this i just sat and laughed! thats the only reason why i want this movie...to laugh at it! i have to admit, some of the other Jason movies are scary and have a good story line! but this way just stupid and corny! seriously! if you are looking for a good laugh, get this movie, or if you are trying to scare a 2 year old, then again they might laugh at it to!
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Summary: Jason X
Review: There not much to say about Jason X, But I'll try to sum it up.It is the year 2455 and this crew brought Jason aboard with another passenger after being frozen for 4.55 centuries.The soundtrack is not that suspensful; ecspecially when they have the chase scences.I thought the space setting was kinda neat.I'll have to agree with The New York Times that it was alot like a sucky reamake of Alien.(SPOILERS)I did however enjoy the death scene when Jason shoved that girls face in the cold thing and he busted it on the counter.Most of the other death scenes weren't real memorable.I also liked when the spaceship projects Camp Crystal Lake and they try to trick Jason.I kinda liked the mask but I missed the regular one.Only see this one if your a fan of the series.The time is the near future. A team of government scientists working at the Crystal Lake Research Facility have finally captured the notorious and seemingly indestructible killer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder). In order to at least contain Jason, the plan is to freeze him in cryogenic suspension; but, as usual, things go horribly wrong and he breaks free to resume his murderous ways. The sole survivor of this latest rampage, Rowan (Lexa Doig), manages to lure Jason into the cryogenic chamber, but before she can complete the process and escape, she is mortally wounded and frozen in time along with Jason.Flash forward over four hundred years to 2455...The place is Old Earth, now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries, a world of violent storms, toxic land masses and poisoned seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place they once fled - not to live, but to research the artifacts of the lost civilizations that caused this enormous environmental disaster. Little does the most recent landing party of interplanetary explorers realize the fate that awaits them when they stumble upon an unusual find from a primitive technological age.The student explorers, led by Archaeology Professor Lowe (Jonathan Potts) and their tech-droid KAY-EM 14 (Lisa Ryder) enter the ancient underground remains of the Crystal Lake Research Facility. There, they make a major archaeological discovery: two frozen ancestors - a beautiful young woman and a large man wearing a strange mask. There's only one problem: the auto-regeneration procedure has somehow been triggered. The frozen cryo-jell is melting like a block of ice and soon the two bodies will thaw and deteriorate! With time running out, the young explorers return to their starship and blast-off for Earth II, where they are surprisingly able to revive Rowan, the young woman. But very soon, these students will come face-to-face with a shocking, totally new form of evil as Jason comes back to life as well and begins to silently stalk them through the corridors of the spacecraft.(5/10)
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Summary: What was that behind us?
Review: This movie can easily compete for the cheesiest plot in movie history. It has a story of a low-budget Showtime softcore flick, combined with a spectacular quality of production. In terms of stagecraft, the movie has some of the best set designs... ever. What I kept thinking was: with a storyline this horrible (or lack thereof), who paid for this? Ultimately, the movie is a waste of time, and it is certainly not a serious horror film. It actually feels like a satire, with sexy female science students dissecting stuff while waring outfits too racy for a New York City nightclub. Basically, it is watchable, but one has got to see the farce of it, or I would start worrying about that IQ level. Half a star for actually making the movie, half a star more for great set designs, and a whole new star for nice college girls getting sliced up, amongst other things...
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Summary: JASON X should have been titled JASON ZZZZZZZZZ
Review: From time to time I leave the movie theater unimpressed or disappointed in a film for various reasons-- underdeveloped plot, underdeveloped characters, unnecessary gore, unnecessary nudity, etc. When I saw JASON X in the spring of 2002, I left the theater cheated out of $7 and 90 minutes of my life, for all of the aforementioned film weaknesses and then some. This film is an absolute senseless piece of garbage that was completely unengaging and was an insult to the series. Many reviewers here say that this film is only for fans of the series, but I'd like to know exactly which series they're talking about because I'm a fan of the FRIDAY THE 13TH series and I certainly did not enjoy this horrendous film. I'm a huge horror film fan and I've stood by this series through thick and thin and have defended many of the films in discussions, but I wouldn't recommend this film to my worst enemy. I never thought I'd say it, but I'd rather watch Jason stalk the streets of Manhattan than watch him embark on a killing spree in a space ship several hundred years in the future! Bottom line: unless you watch films for background sound to fall asleep, don't bother watching this poor excuse for not only a horror film, but this poor excuse for a film!
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Summary: About Time
Review: A movie franchise that has been plagued by horrible after horrible sequels finally get justice. A movie set in the future in which jason was unfreezed. Good acting all around and good directing.
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