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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
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| Rated: R |
1993 |
Color |
114 mins |
| Starring:
John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Kane
Hodder, Steven Williams, Steven Culp, Erin Gray |
| Directed
by: Adam Marcus |
| Written
by: Dean
Lorey, Jay Huguely |
| Based
on/Written by: War and
Peace...nah, just kiddin'. |
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Co.: New Line |
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Jason Goes to Hell
by Christian De Matteo
Wimpy
Mike’s got me watching the Friday the
13th series, which I’ve never seen one of before Jason
X, backwards. So my second installment was Jason
Goes to Hell.
An Oscar worthy picture… right.
I loved Jason X. Granted I felt
it slowed down a whole heckuva lot after evil finally, as
promised in the previews, got its upgrade in the final act, but
up till that point (and still some after) it was a very fun and
funny ride.
Jason Goes to Hell is not. This
is, for the most part, and a really bad movie. No, not
pathetic because some of the murders are beautifully brutal and
awful (the real reason anyone watches these movies anyway, a
violent cathartic experience), including the best one done with
an implement for pitching a tent on a young lady in the throes
of unprotected passion. Between that and lovely action
movie slaughter in a diner with a Linda Hamilton, kickass
waitress who actually holds her own for a bit of time, the flick
is saved from the bowels of the Pathetic rating, but otherwise
the flick just sucks.
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The acting can only be described (and do forgive
my use of the word “acting” for this flick) as comparable to
porn acting, with the lines being read with zero flair or even
change of tone. When change of tone is attempted it is so
off you feel like you are watching an elementary school play
from Amityville.
And along with the people who are
slaughtered, so is the Jason mythology. This, of course,
is a standard sin of the horror franchises who always push the
flicks way beyond their life spans and b.s. their way into new
films making storylines that make no sense at all to the
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But even within the “new”
mythology, the film has holes in it you could fly a plane
through.
I know, I know, that’s not why one goes to
see a Jason flick. But the slayings aren’t exciting or
scary enough to make up for the plodding and weak plot that
ultimately makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t follow new
rules but instead has no rules. Heavily influenced by the
characters of John Carpenter and the action of James Cameron,
the film borrows heavily from other films but doesn’t bother
to integrate. Most of the scenes in the film seem like
mishmashed combos from other cutting room floors.
But then there’s the ending. The only
reason one could possibly use to explain the ridiculously
misleading title of this installment that is so much fun and
such a great lead in for the next and ultimate installment:
Jason Vs. Freddy… which still, 10 years later, hasn’t
freaking happened.
Worthwhile for those fans who want to see every bit of Jason
action, love Kane Hodder, and will watch anything horror.
For most others, this is horror schlock, fun for parties and
gatherings, when selective watching is more the mode of the
night. |
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