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Title: Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series) (2004) |
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Review of Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
- It's the battle everyone's been DYING to see! Teenagers find themselves caught in the middle of a battle between two legendary boogeymen: Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Who will win in the bloodiest and goriest showdown in history?
DVD Features:
3D Animated Menus
Alternate endings:Alternate opening and Ending
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Director Ronny Yu, Actors Robert Englund (FREDDY) & Ken Kirzinger (JASON)
Comparison Scenes
DVD ROM Features
Deleted Scenes:18 Deleted Scenes with optional commentary from Director Ronnie Yu and Executive Producer Douglas Curtis
Documentaries:--Behind the scenes coverage of the films development - including screenwriting, set design, make up, stunts and principle photography --Visual effects exploration
Featurette
Full Screen Version:Both fullscreen and Widescreen on one disc
Interviews
Music Video:Ill Nino "How Can I Live"
Storyboards
TV Spot:Lots of TV spots
Theatrical Trailer
Description
- After 11 years in development hell and screenplay drafts by 13 different writers, the long-awaited smackdown of Freddy vs. Jason finally arrives. After making their respective debuts in Friday the 13th (1980) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, replacing long-time Jason performer Kane Hodder) and razor-gloved Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) square off in a slasher-franchise combo-deal that only their most devoted fans will appreciate; turns out this is a lightweight match in which nobody wins. It's an average entry in the histories of these horror icons, comparable to half of their previous sequels, and Bride of Chucky director Ronny Yu satisfies purists with plenty of gushing blood and mayhem when Freddy recruits Jason to slice 'n' dice the ill-fated teens who've forgotten Freddy's once-formidable reign of terror. While it logically connects the gruesome legacies of Nightmare's Elm Street and Friday's Camp Crystal Lake, this horror hybrid is shockingly uninspired. It briefly peaks when Freddy gives the unconscious Jason a dream-world pummeling, but their ultimate showdown's a draw. In the immortal words of Peggy Lee, is that all there is? --Jeff Shannon
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- Posted on 2008-05-01
and this is like when worlds colide
this movie was great not scary but great. Ive seen all the nightmare on elm street movies and all the friday the 13 movies and the jason movies sucked but the nightmare on elm street movies were great then i saw this movie when it first came out and it was great and funny an intertaining movie. My mom said it was corney and it was'nt that bad this movie was'nt corney well it was a little but it was still great.The part that was funny was when freedy turned into that slug and then smoked pot and blew in that other guys face that was funny this was a great movie i hope part2 comes out cause the way freedy blinked his eye at the end meant that it was'nt over i hope it comes out with another great battle but great movie.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-04-20
Definitely good horror action movie...
This movie was excellent made. It's definitely good horror movie. the computer effect was perfect. This movie was not terrible. I really enjoyed this movie. Every scene was scare moment and the story was not strange at all. It's still good.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2008-03-13
HORROR ICONS COLLIDE
Fans of the NIGHTMNARE ON ELM STREET and FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIES have long waited for their respective leads to face off in battle against one another. Film companies that own the rights to various characters have often held them in check, not wanting to share the wealth made by them. But now, since interest in both seems to have dwindled, they look to join the duo to make more money. And that was done this weekend as the movie took over the box office. The question is, was it worth the wait?
The answer is a resounding yes. Fright film fans can rejoice in one of the best of both series. And with the success of this movie, it can't be long until Michael Myers joins in the fray (yes, talks are already under way).
The movie begins with Freddy (the returning Robert Englund) bemoaning the fact that he is no longer remembered and thus has no way to return to the world to wreak havoc. Looking of a way back, he finds Jason (Ken Kirzinger) in the bowels of Hell, resurrects him and sends him back to Elm Street to remind the folks there what terror is all about.
Jason follows instructions (given to him by his mother, actually Freddy appearing as same). He begins slaughtering teens in the house Freddy once stalked and when the police show, one young officer is chastised for mentioning Freddy's name within earshot of the teens. If not mentioned or remembered, how can he return?
That one mention snowballs and eventually the whole town remembers and discusses Freddy. Jason primarily focuses on Lori (Monica Keena) whose ex boyfriend Will (Jason Ritter) has been locked away in a mental institute from his weigh in with Freddy long ago. There with his best friend, the pair along with most of those who had contact with Freddy have been kept dreamless with the help of a test drug. Will and friend escape and set out to find and help Lori and friends from the evil they know exist.
Given strength by Jason, Freddy returns to the dream world of the teens in town and begins his assault on another of Lori's friends. But as he is about to claim her soul, she disappears when Jason kills her in the real world. The terror Freddy set free is ruining his chances to scare the world. I mean, how can he send out scares if no one is alive to dream of him? The showdown is set in motion and now it just takes time.
The teens come upon an idea to lure Freddy into the real world and let the two titans of terror face off against one another. Their plan is to do so at Camp Crystal Lake so that once, they hope, Jason finishes Freddy, they can send Jason back to the watery depths and a final rest. Yes, although he murders viciously (and with much gore), Jason sort of becomes a hero here.
Would I tell you the final outcome? No way! Just know that the movie keeps your interest throughout, setting up the final confrontation between these two. Did I say final? As anyone with any amount of horror film knowledge knows, nothing is final in a horror icon flick.
The acting is well done, with all characters appearing seamless in their roles making them quite believable. Englund has done this role over and over again and yet each time he shows why no one else could have done the part. Much to do was made of the fact that Kane Hodder (who has played Jason since number 6) was not hired to play him here. Know what? It's a guy in a mask! Kirzinger does a solid job in that function.
The movie may not be overflowing with new scares, but that's not what's expected here. What we are looking for is a decent story, a few laughs, a steady pace and a few buckets of gore. This movie delivers on all counts.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2008-03-12
Better Than Expected
I'm a huge fan of both Jason and Freddy, having seen all their movies since their release, and several times on video, TV (even the awful spin-off series based on each film), and DVD. It's been a long time coming, and it's finally here.
Pro's:
-Not a bad script at all. A little far-fetched at times, with semi-stale characters that are cardboard cutouts of what you'd expect in a horror film, but it still somehow works.
-Put aside what you know from their previous films and it works.
-Surprisingly good acting from young actors.
-Great special effects!!
-Great bonus features!!
-Nice amount of blood: not too much and not too little.
-Is ALMOST scary.
-Freddy and Jason look great!
-Much better than Jason X, Jason Goes To Hell,
Con's:
-No Kane Hodder as Jason : (
-Jason is (rotted) black, yet still has whisps of hair sticking out of his mask.
-((SPOILER)) Ending was good, but would liked to have seen a definite winner.
Though some of these con's are huge, it's still a good movie. Not up to caliber to Jason or Freddy standards, but considering the junk Hollywood's been pumping out recently that's supposed to be "horror," Jason Vs. Freddy isn't that bad at all.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2008-03-02
2 HORROR ICONS PREPARE FOR BATTLE - WINNER KILLS ALL
I think that this movie was good until the end, it should have had one winner not a drawl.
I also think if their going to make a part2 to this they should add MICHAEL MYERS in to the mix on the next one.
I rate this movie a 7 from 1to10!!
Score: 3