This was without a doubt the best of the Friday the 13th films, as far as violence and the kill scenes go. Overall, however, I can't give this one a very high rating simply because of the teen drama/stupidity stuff. I mean, it follows EVERY. SINGLE. FILM. in the franchise with the tired old trend of horny teenagers, a couple of drug-smoking dorks, and at least one alpha male dick strutting around. Due to lack of originality (come on, there was NOTHING original about the story itself) and the typical awful acting, dialogue, and sexual content, there's no way this deserves anything better than a "Fair" rating. It gets THAT based only on the violent kill shots and the fact that, in this reboot, the screenwriters gave Jason a bit more... personality?... He went from being just a mindless, stalking killer breathing heavy behind a hockey mask to an actual thinking, running, psychopath who was out to actually MAIM his victims. That was a nice twist on the tired old Jason. Apart from those two positive characteristics, however, there's nothing - absolutely NOTHING - to get excited about here. It's just the ages-old Friday the 13th with some makeup applied but still, ultimately, just another teen slasher film.
Thought it was kind of cool that at the 01:33:19 mark, I recognized an old tractor I'd photographed at Old Settler's Park in Round Rock, TX some years ago...and then, almost to prove I wasn't wrong, at 01:33:25, the lightning flash illuminated the antique old truck I had also photographed that same afternoon. I looked it up on IMDB to see if I was right and sure enough, those particular scenes were shot in Round Rock, TX...and that is definitely Old Settler's Park. Been there a time or two...
Review by ShubesBlockedParent2023-11-08T01:54:29Z
This was without a doubt the best of the Friday the 13th films, as far as violence and the kill scenes go. Overall, however, I can't give this one a very high rating simply because of the teen drama/stupidity stuff. I mean, it follows EVERY. SINGLE. FILM. in the franchise with the tired old trend of horny teenagers, a couple of drug-smoking dorks, and at least one alpha male dick strutting around. Due to lack of originality (come on, there was NOTHING original about the story itself) and the typical awful acting, dialogue, and sexual content, there's no way this deserves anything better than a "Fair" rating. It gets THAT based only on the violent kill shots and the fact that, in this reboot, the screenwriters gave Jason a bit more... personality?... He went from being just a mindless, stalking killer breathing heavy behind a hockey mask to an actual thinking, running, psychopath who was out to actually MAIM his victims. That was a nice twist on the tired old Jason. Apart from those two positive characteristics, however, there's nothing - absolutely NOTHING - to get excited about here. It's just the ages-old Friday the 13th with some makeup applied but still, ultimately, just another teen slasher film.
Thought it was kind of cool that at the 01:33:19 mark, I recognized an old tractor I'd photographed at Old Settler's Park in Round Rock, TX some years ago...and then, almost to prove I wasn't wrong, at 01:33:25, the lightning flash illuminated the antique old truck I had also photographed that same afternoon. I looked it up on IMDB to see if I was right and sure enough, those particular scenes were shot in Round Rock, TX...and that is definitely Old Settler's Park. Been there a time or two...