The 9th sequel of the Friday the 13th series is a long awaited one. SPOILERS Apart from Jason goes to hell all other fridays were produced in the 80's and it shows. 8 Episodes of Friday the 13th delivered a lot of script recycling and brought us one of the most memorable icons in horror of all time: Jason Voorhees. 2 of the previous 9 movies tried to be different (5 & 9) and they both failed at that, so the production team was warned before changing anything radical to the standard Jasonmovie storyline which is: Jason resurrects, wreaks havoc on nearby camping teenagers who have sex and do drugs and gets killed by one or two teenagers who still have there virginity. However, in this post-Scream-era the productionteam got a multimillion dollar budget and changed, despite of being warned, a lot to the concept. Does it work this time: Yes! Jason isn't resurrected this time, he's captured and awaiting to be cryogenically frozen (the previous sequels pointed out that he just simply can' be killed). Something goes wrong and he escapes, temporarily 'cause after a few kills he gets trapped in the Freezer with the lead heroine and they both become frozen. Time flies by as we go 400 years into the future and Jason and the heroine are defrosted on a spaceship with teenagers(!) and a dozen marines. From that point it's just another Friday the 13th but this time in space and with CGI-special effects. Teenagers who have sex get killed, all the marines get killed, people who try to make money of Jason get killed, so far no surpise. The only surprise we get is UberJason; half robot, half organic. This is a nice addition (must admit I didn't think it was cool on the moviestills, but in action he remains Jason, only with a new look) Now, the lack of suprises don't really matter cause you get what you expect. The formula works perfectly in space and seeing Jason take on an entire team of marines is something else than just defendless teens. However this movie excells in the same way part 6 excelled: humour. Jason's kills are laughable (he's screwed) and the remarks the crew make are hilarious (I don't think he's out there. Well, why don't you stick your head out and peak then). The retroscene is also brilliant and hilarious, and is one of the many proofs that we all know that this is the 10th installment in a slasher movieseries. I really liked this Jason movie and it is one of the best out of the series, if not the best. My Personal faves in the Friday installment: pt. 6 and Jason X
Note: it might be useful for people who are new to Jason to rent a couple of the old movies, so they can catch all the selfspoofjokes (especially the retroscene). But beware if you do: all the old movies are pre-cgi and big budget moviemaking.
Note: it might be useful for people who are new to Jason to rent a couple of the old movies, so they can catch all the selfspoofjokes (especially the retroscene). But beware if you do: all the old movies are pre-cgi and big budget moviemaking.