Just when you thought (and hoped
) a franchise was dead and gone, in comes Micheal Bay and Platinum Dunes, resurrecting the beast from Camp Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees, in a wacky "new" adventure. The Friday the 13th film franchise has been around since 1980, and since then has spawned 10 sequels plus this remake.
This Friday the 13th film was released NATIONWIDE (I added emphasis because of another flick which evaded my eyes due to a LIMITED release...dammit) 2 days ago and was produced by Micheal Bay's company Platinum Dunes, which specializes in horror films and remakes (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Unborn, The Hitcher, The Amityville Horror).
It is directed by Marcus Nispel, best known for directing the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake back in '03, written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the guys who wrote Freddy Vs. Jason, and stars a whole bunch of kids who I don't feel like naming. Jason Voorhess was not portrayed by fan-favorite Kane Hodder or Ken Kirzinger(Freddy Vs. Jason) but by Derek Mears...(whoever the hell that is)
The film is said to be a re-imaging of the first Friday film, but it includes some aspects of not only the 1st flick, but primarily from the 2nd and 3rd films in the series, in which Jason actually takes the role of the main villain, in place of his mother from the first.
*In case you don't know the general plot, Jason is a deformed kid who drowned at camp when the camp counselors were doing f***-all and his bitch of a mom went around killing anyone who came back to the lake in revenge. But, she gets de-caffeinated (I know how I spelled it) and Jason rises from the dead, saw Mommy's head, and started on a killing spree that always ends with his death and the next flick picks up when he's back to life.*
Okay I reckon that about covers the info, so I'll go on to the review. First of all, I've seen all the previous installments simply because it's a great thing to do when you're just sitting around with your friends getting sto...okay I'll stop right there. My point is I'm not a fan, I just like watching Jason on his wacky exploits and adventures. So, mostly I'll compare this to the other 53 flicks in the series.
First thing I noticed was that the hockey-mask killer moves a s***-load faster than he did in the previous films. He can now run. For the most part, the film stayed true to the original story, which I described earlier. (See the area with these thingy's **) It also stayed true to most slasher flicks in that if you do anything with weed, f***ing, or saying "durty wurds", YOU WILL DIE!!!!
Anyway, it was a little lax on the lighting, but that's the way most of these films are nowadays. The acting was decent, but its a slasher flick, so you're just supposed to run in circles screaming 90% of the time and get high the other 10%. The comedy and moments of levity in the film were dry, humorless, and utterly irrelevant. The gore was decent at best, and I expected better.
I can't really say a whole lot about anything else because its just a run-o-the-mill Slasher film. I reckon it's a good film to take your girl to, but if you're just going to see it because you want to see tits or some kids die, then go rent one of the 11 other Friday films. But, if you really are itching to see Jason Voorhees in a "new" film, go see it.
I give it a rough 6 out of 10.
Friday the 13th (2009) 
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