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Jason X
Jun 16, 2006 3:18:58 GMT -5
Post by CT on Jun 16, 2006 3:18:58 GMT -5
Rate this movie one a scale of 0 - 5 stars. ( 5 being the 'best'!)
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Jason X
Jun 16, 2006 13:49:22 GMT -5
Post by GL on Jun 16, 2006 13:49:22 GMT -5
“Jason X” has been attacked unnecessarily as one of the worst entries in the "Friday the 13th" series. This is actually one of the better movies in the series, and at least deserves a look by genre fans.
**SPOILERS**
Jason has been captured and confined to Crystal Lake Research Center. The person in charge of him, Rowan (Lexa Doig) wants him to be destroyed, resulting in a brief confrontation between her and her boss, Dr. Wimmer (David Cronenberg). Jason escapes and kills the guard troupe and Dr. Wimmer, while Rowan manages to lock him in a deep freeze container, which also results her being wounded and trapped with Jason for 450 years, when a student field trip to Earth manages a find them both frozen. They remove both and bring them onto their space ship. Jason is considered dead, but Rowan has a chance to survive and is successfully revived. So is Jason, who begins killing the members of the students. Finally, the soldiers assigned to protect them are brought in, but they all get slaughtered within minutes. Jason turns his attention back to the students, stalking them mercilessly. He causes the damage of a nearby space station, which damages the core of their ship. In a last ditch effort, the android (Lisa Ryder) of one of the remaining students (Chuck Campbell) challenges Jason, and manages to fully kill him with future weaponry. They find the leader of the soldiers and revive him, just in time to see Jason return from the dead with half of his body heavily mechanized. The android is decapitated, and they manage to stall Jason long enough so Rowan and Campbell can escape, while the soldier keeps Jason at bay by sending him back to Earth.
The Good News: This is a movie die-hard gore fans want to see. It's one of the goriest in the series, with two people being cut in half, several being stabbed, and many others being cut up. I also have to say that for the first time in a while, Jason uses a ton of creativity to his kills. This movie is the one with the infamous "face first into ice, then shattered on a counter top." That was a brilliant, original death scene, and is my personal favorite in the series. Also, for the first time also, Jason is not 100% responsible for a kill, which is a new idea. He punches a hole into a wall that sucks one person through it. The humor is here, and several jokes really stand out. That same person who flew through the wall remarks "This sucks on so many levels." The whole "Oops" part was pretty funny, and you have to laugh at the two soldiers playing a virtual reality game and don't know Jason isn't part of the game, then they allow Jason to kill them quite easily. There are more, but those immediately come to mind. The action is non-stop, and there are many impressive scenes. The gunfight in the corridor by Ryder on Jason is a standout, and Jason's continual sit-ups after being hit by the shotgun has to be my favorite scene, sense it follows the age-old maxim in horror movies, "You can't kill a popular killer." Hodder is almost deserving of a horror Academy Award for his portrayal of Jason and Uber-Jason. He is absolutely menacing and scary in the role and looks like he's having too much fun as Jason. The shift to outer space never bothered me, as it was a refreshing change of pace and a source of much needed originality.
The Bad News: Watching this movie has made several of my friends say they were dumber after seeing it. I don't agree, but I know what they are getting at. "Jason X" does contain numerous scenes that will make your head spin over the apparent lack of logic. Jason is fooled by a holographic representation of Crystal Lake? He takes time to destroy holographs of two women who look like they belonged in the first movie and allow the good guys to escape? That idiotic professor who only wants to profit from Jason and his continuous assurance that Jason will get taken care of? Jason gets ridden like a surfboard as he's falling back to Earth? There are many, many more, but none so significant that they will harm your viewing experience of this masterpiece. (Not sarcasm in any respect.)
The Final Verdict: "Jason X" has many things going for it, and many things going against it. It by no means is the best in the series, but it is nowhere near the worst. It's just a great movie that people bash because it contains obvious cheese scenes. Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, and a short sex s
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Jason X
Jun 16, 2006 13:52:57 GMT -5
Post by CK on Jun 16, 2006 13:52:57 GMT -5
I dont care what anyone says I loved this film, besides if you really think about it it might set a great battle, LOL, Jason vs. Aliens.
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Jason X
Jun 16, 2006 14:04:34 GMT -5
Post by GL on Jun 16, 2006 14:04:34 GMT -5
Mines in agreement, CK. It says one of the best in the series, and it is.
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Jason X
Jun 16, 2006 14:08:24 GMT -5
Post by CK on Jun 16, 2006 14:08:24 GMT -5
Wouldnt it be a cool thought to see Jason fighting the Aliens?
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Jason X
Jun 16, 2006 14:15:02 GMT -5
Post by GL on Jun 16, 2006 14:15:02 GMT -5
I'd pay to see that, couldn't be much worse than what AvP turned out to be.
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Conan
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Jason X
Jun 18, 2006 21:46:27 GMT -5
Post by Conan on Jun 18, 2006 21:46:27 GMT -5
I really liked this movie too. Mainly because of how Jason looks in it. It gets a 5.
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Jason X
Jun 19, 2006 8:56:15 GMT -5
Post by wolfspirit on Jun 19, 2006 8:56:15 GMT -5
3/5 at the highest, its entertaining if nothing nothing else
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Jason X
Jun 19, 2006 11:46:35 GMT -5
Post by GL on Jun 19, 2006 11:46:35 GMT -5
This is the all-time best entry in the series for me, I just love it. Uber-Jason all the way!!!!
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Jason X
Jun 21, 2006 22:17:57 GMT -5
Post by HNT on Jun 21, 2006 22:17:57 GMT -5
I give it a 4. This one has good gore and a sense of humor. Very toungue and cheek, and it actually manages to be funny
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Jason X
Jun 22, 2006 11:41:57 GMT -5
Post by GL on Jun 22, 2006 11:41:57 GMT -5
Exactly, it's not that bad. It's a nice cheesy little film that doesn't offer much, but comes away with some nice comedy.
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Jason X
Mar 19, 2007 8:04:51 GMT -5
Post by Loucifer on Mar 19, 2007 8:04:51 GMT -5
Great film! It's cheesiness (is that a word?) makes it awesome! My favourite scene is, what I like to refer to as, the sleeping bag scene - makes me giggle everytime!
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Jason X
Mar 19, 2007 8:19:13 GMT -5
Post by CK on Mar 19, 2007 8:19:13 GMT -5
Batter up!!!
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Jason X
Mar 19, 2007 8:28:28 GMT -5
Post by The Walking Dude on Mar 19, 2007 8:28:28 GMT -5
I gotta say that this has one of my favourite ever jason kill scenes.Adrienne's face in liquid nitrogen
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Jason X
Mar 19, 2007 9:09:50 GMT -5
Post by Canetoad on Mar 19, 2007 9:09:50 GMT -5
Pretty damn good, but still favour the wheelchair and machete scene in Part 2
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