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Jason X (2002) New Line Cinema 1 hr. 31 mins. Starring: Kane Hodder, Melissa Ayde and others you will never see again. Directed by: James Isaac Jason X Rating: BOMB 
E-MAIL GIANCARLO DE LISI The one pleasant surprise of ‘Jason X’ is a cameo by Cult Director David Cronenberg. Director James Isaac has worked on many of Cronenberg’s films and plants his probable idol in the beginning sequences of this debacle of a film. One can contest the script, and even the pathetic dialogue, either way – one cannot contest the utter embarrassment of a film such as this. Kane Hodder returns as the man behind the mask; Jason Voorhees, this time his killing spree is on a spaceship in the year 2455. Upon first encountering the film, I thought the filmmakers would finally have some fun with the killer and just let the story tell itself through blood and guts. Surprisingly, as compared to other Friday the 13th films of the past, this film lacks in the gratuitous violence department as in the gratuitous sex that always happened at the convenient time of Jason’s decision to decapitate some young lovers. Instead, writer Todd Farmer (who also has a supporting part in the film) demonstrates a love for the Jason films but does not include any surprising elements within the tenth film of the Jason Franchise. ‘One liners’ are bountiful as well as completely ridiculous sequences that force you to laugh. The premise of this film is interesting but fails immediately following the revival of the cryogenically frozen Jason Voorhees. The film’s introductory credit sequence displays an aortic sense of campiness that is followed through in the film on a regular basis. The musical score by ‘Jason’ veteran Harry Manfredini is his worst yet and adds no horror to a supposed horror film. It seems as if he knows he is wasting time and is repeating the same key on his 1980’s synthesizer. Our opening sequence demonstrates the power of our villain (or is he to some a Hero?) as he unleashes his affinity for mayhem. 400 years pass and we are made to understand that Jason Voorhees is a wonder of nature and as such must be studied as a specimen in order to extract all the information the scientists can obtain from him. Apparently his immediate reconstruction of tissue and cell is a wonder and the scientists want to study him for this purpose. Let us not forget, he has been drowned, electrocuted, stabbed, shot repeatedly, yet he always finds a way of resurrecting himself. In this film, he thaws himself out without any support. But the interesting pretext of science goes out the window as Jason once again unleashes his mayhem in outer space in a concept all too familiar of the original ‘Alien’ film. Scripter Todd Farmer inserts some comedic one-liners at the expense of our current timeline. From the sport of hockey being banned in the year 2024 to DVD’s being regarded as antiques, he tries to soften the film up with some tacky inserts but only degrades the story into complete disaster. Yet, the biggest criticism I reserve is for Director James Isaac who does not even make an attempt to make this film exciting or interesting. Fine, the script is laughable, yet as a Director it is your responsibility to make this film visually interesting at best. The sequences are shot as if they were done in a hurry and the casting of the majority of the young Canadian actors is a crime. The acting is just horrible and as aforementioned, no sense of heightened excitement is created by the Director’s illogical sense of Direction. A point of observation is the finale in which Jason Voorhees gets ‘booted up’. The film’s tagline is ‘EVIL GETS AN UPGRADE”, that seems to be the selling point for the film’s targeted audience. Yet when this creature does get an upgrade and becomes fiercer, more efficient and the most powerful killing machine of all time, the Director just frames the character as if it were any other scene. The only difference is he introduces the audience to this new creation through the backlight of a silhouette shot and then continues on directing this miserable piece of film. At least some effort should be made to convey to us that the rest of the cast will eventually die due to an unstoppable creature, but when they do die, they are merely another number on his long list of victims. As one can see, there really is nothing new or interesting to see in this debauchery of a film. In our present technological age, I was at least expecting a film that had some grain of effort put into it. Instead, we are subject to prophetic campiness, a central character that does not frighten us any more, some horrible acting, horrible special effects and they even have the audacity to end this film with the possibility of creating another film in this series of film that should have ceased to exist a long time ago. Click here to comment on this review or post your own thoughts. Giancarlo De Lisi © TheWorldJournal.com |
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