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Director: Marcus Nispel
Movie review
From Time Out London
From Marcus Nispel, director of the half-decent ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ re-make, comes a thoroughly indecent re-imagining of Sean S Cunningham’s formula-fixing ‘slasher movie’: psycho killer slays obnoxious, dope-smoking, promiscuous college kids. Strictly speaking, this offers a pick ‘n’ mix selection from the first three movies, with the first two reprised as a campfire tale and an extended, gory pre-title sequence. As such, it treads a fine line between satisfying fans of the original (and its sequels), and attracting those who weren’t even born in 1980.The story of Jason Voorhees and his mad mother having been swiftly disposed of, the sack-hooded Jason starts terrorising visitors to the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake summer camp. His first bunch of victims duly dispatched, the film re-boots itself and flashes forward a few months. Trent, Jenna and their pals are partying at his father’s swanky lakeside home; Clay is searching for his missing sister Whitney. All of them end up on the sharp end of the now hockey-masked Jason’s machete.
Early on, a woman is burned alive inside her sleeping bag, but the subsequent ‘kills’ are standard fare. As is the would-be knowing dialogue: 'Go to the tool shed, it’s just down the path.' The only innovations are Jason’s labyrinthine, subterranean lair and the revival of the original’s adolescent obsession with titillating nudity and sex – topless water-skiing, vigorous coupling and a priceless line about 'perfect nipple placement'. Stunt man Derek Mears is fine as the indestructible Jason, but this is dull, unimaginative stuff.
Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 2008
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- Paris Hilton said...
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Posted on Mar 01 2009 10:28
Hi Im Paris Hilton....
This movie was a bit low on thrill they sooo should have picked me for the mad mother... see ive been practiceing...
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- harpal said...
- Posted on Feb 28 2009 15:09 what a pahetic waste of time and money
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Posted on Feb 27 2009 20:07
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- johnwhite said...
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Posted on Feb 27 2009 20:07
To Be Honest with you guys, i absolutely loved diz film mat3.. it m4k3z m3 f33l s3xii hunnii333.. LuV y4z 4ll
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- clair said...
- Posted on Feb 26 2009 18:19 i was spoilt for choice this week with all the films out, but i decided on watching this heap of crap, i was so disappointed, its awful, very bad story line.. really awful actors, a few jump scenes YES, but a good worth while watching horror NO. dont waste your money
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- jamie said...
- Posted on Feb 25 2009 19:29 CRAP!!CRAP!!CRAP!!
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- Coleen said...
- Posted on Feb 25 2009 19:27 i thought it was allright,it was just a bit full of blood and allsorts of nasty things!!if anybody would like to tell me different.then Comment on on what ive said!!!!
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- Sophie said...
- Posted on Feb 25 2009 19:21 it was brilliant!!very scary!!!but fantastic!!
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- Neil Kelly said...
- Posted on Feb 25 2009 18:38 This is an excellent film, i saw it on fri 13 feb when released and have as a Friday fan been looking forward to it since 2007. It did not disappoint much better than the original which is too slow and all the sequels. Very scary too. Quality just like the Halloween remake.
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- David said...
- Posted on Feb 22 2009 16:01 Everything you could want from a slasher movie. And a refreshing change from torture gore where deaths are slow and painful to nice and simple slice and dice. Brilliant. For those who complain about the acting and or plot me thinks you are missing the point and perhaps don't understand the concept of slasher movies!
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- joey257YH said...
- Posted on Feb 20 2009 17:03 crap, but entertaining
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- hellojasonvoorhees said...
- Posted on Feb 20 2009 17:02 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! owned all the films on at the moment, goooooooooooooddddddddddd i love ther director for making such a creative film dont diss,
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- aimpleMINDS6 said...
- Posted on Feb 20 2009 16:59 well ithought it was a very good inventive improvement from the old ones, the only bad thing is u dont get toi see jasons face , but there are lots of topless women killings and betrayel i likie that kinda stuff rock on friday the 13th! 6 stars!
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- busterb36 said...
- Posted on Feb 20 2009 16:57 AWESOME!!!!! I LOVED IT!
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- jeffery b said...
- Posted on Feb 20 2009 16:55 yep jason is a good candidate fira reamke good film, everyone that said the acting is crap can go die!!
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Cast & crew
Director: Marcus Nispel
Cast: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Aaron Yoo, Derek Mears full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Rated: 18
Duration: 97 mins
UK Release: Feb 13 2009
US Release: Feb 13 2009
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