Directed by: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Jared Padalecki, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti
Genres: Horror
(7 votes)
7/10.I found this a pretty decent reboot.It does do a lot of things of the previous movies but that was to please the fans.If they didn't do things like knucklehead teens fans would complain.Jason runs here like he did in Parts 2-4, nothing wrong with that.I found making him a bit more clever an original and good idea.The dislike I don't get since I enjoyed it, One thing that was interesting, at least to me, was the final girl looked like his mother.That almost seemed like a nod to Part 2 only here she looks sort of like Jason's mother.Dererk Mears, who plays Jason, was pretty good at it.
I watched this movie on Netflix.
I'll be right up front and say I do like the Friday the 13th series. But I've never been a mega fan like a lot people get. I didn't grow up watching horror or slasher films, so I don't have that connection to Freddy, Jason, Myers, or the likes.
That being said, I do seem to like Jason the best of those and I have since gotten more of an appreciation of those films. And I absolutely love Jason X.
I saw this reboot movie back when it came out on RedBox in 09, which was around the time I graduated highschool. At that time, I don't think I had seen many, if any, of the classic 13th movies fully. But now that I have, I can see why people seem to not like this one.
For one, they get a lot of Jason's mannerisms and style wrong. He even full on sprints and runs in this movie which he never does. Jason walks really fast at you never stopping. He also keeps prisoners in this film.
Then the pacing is horrible. With no real tangible story to get a hold of, other than the basics of... it's a bunch of teens doing drugs and having sex so Jason kills them. That was in all the other films but there was more of a story to them at least, and they gave use more reason to like and care about the characters before they died. Here it's just a bunch of run of the mill stock characters. Even the guy from Supernatural feels bland in this movie.
And then it just plays to the beats of the old films, seeming like it just wants to play the hits with the kills and the sets. But nothing special, nothing warenting this reboot.
That being said, it's not a terrible movie. Despite the negatives... I can't really call it bad. But it's bland, boring almost aside from one really hot as hell sex scene. So this stands to just be a meh. 3 star film.
Mistake Status: Saw one when watching, not sure if I'll come back for mistakes. If I ever do mistake hunt the franchise, this will be one of them.
Continuity mistake: When Clay and Jenna leave the lodge and walk over to his motorbike Clay has his bag on his left shoulder. In the next shot it is instantly in his right hand. Then when he sits on the bike the bag is still in his hand, but in the very next shot it's suddenly back on his shoulder. (00:37:55)
Chewie: [while watching Bree dancing.] In my next life I want to come back as one of the buttons on the ass pockets of her jean shorts.
Trivia: Filmmakers were reluctant to cast actor Derek Mears in the role of Jason Voorhees because he's a very nice person in real life.
Question: How could Whitney have lived at Jason's underground hideout for 6 weeks without food?
Chosen answer: When Jason brought her brother's backpack, you can see a small table next to the mattress with some bottles and cans, there is also something what looks like bag of chips (or maybe marshmallows?). I'm sure that he knew that she needs food, and brought her something from campers or cabins.