Jason X
Review
by : Gareth Von Kallenbach
Starring:
Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jonathan Potts
Directed by: James Isaac
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Just when you thought it was safe to return to the local theater,
along comes "Jason X", the tenth installment of the popular
Friday the 13th series. Having grown tired of the summer camp
settings of the majority of the series the creators set recent
installments in New York City as well as played with the formula
by having Jason possess people as was shown in the last two
films of the series.
This is a new era and this time Jason is back to his old tricks
in an entirely new setting. After being cryogenically frozen
in 2010, Jason and a female scientist are discovered by a
student survey team and revived in the year 2455 where Earth
has become uninhabitable. Warnings about Jason and his ability
to regenerate from any injury are unheeded as the lure of
big money is motivating the group's leader Professor Lowe
(Jonathan Potts) rather than the safety of the students and
crew of the ship. Before long, Jason is up to his old tricks
increasing his body count as he unleashes new and gruesome
ways to dispatch the crew.
Being a horror film, the plot is secondary to the action and
director James Isaac does not let the film get overly serious
and even pokes fun at itself and the series. There are a number
of lines and situations where the audience could ask if the
characters could be any dumber, however in an interesting
twist, these sort of situations as well as others are setup
and carried off with intentional comedic results that had
the audience laughing and thus providing a nice break from
the scares and gore. The cast is made up of largely unknowns
and they are about as forgettable as the movie, as they exist
to be little more than fodder for Jason. I found it interesting
to note that by the year 2455, students are still as ditzy
as they are portrayed in 2002, and have libidos that make
the 1984 LA Lakers look like a Vestal Virgin convention. That
being said, "Jason X" is a standard horror film that has a
few twists for the audience. Although you will have seen all
of this before, the space setting and the humor helps make
the film stand out from some of the stale installments of
the series, but the lack of a story and character development
keeps this film from being a true Horror classis. My advice,
if you are a fan of the series gather your friends and wait
for the video.
Gareth
Von Kallenbach
Gareth@nwlink.com
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