This is a 'Friday the 13th' film, it's not Shakespeare, it never will be, what these films should be actually based on are the following: How chilling the film's atmosphere is, the body count, the inventiveness of the deaths, the blood & gore,...
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This is a 'Friday the 13th' film, it's not Shakespeare, it never will be, what these films should be actually based on are the following: How chilling the film's atmosphere is, the body count, the inventiveness of the deaths, the blood & gore, the levels of sex & nudity.

The atmosphere: Well, I always found the first 4 'Fridays' worked the best because they have such a gritty look to them, and almost make it feel like those camp sites are real, unfortunately from about part 6 onwards, things became glossy, and the eerieness went, unfortunately digital film making has once again brought back the gloss, and warmer glow to the surroundings, leaving the atmosphere fairly un-chilling. The bodycount: A very commendable, 13 victims. Inventive deaths: Each 'Friday' always has one stand out original idea for a death, everything from part 1's arrow through the throat, up to part 10's liquid nitrogen face smash, this alas doesn't, all killings are caused by standard slasher weapons (machete, axe, arrow, drill head/nail), and they are all either impalements, decapitations, or slices, the opening prologue almost had what could've been an outstanding death sequence, but alas, the victim ended up dying by what ended up being a self inflicted death . Blood & gore: Several deaths actually seemed to cut away just as things were about to get nasty, which was a shame , but there is still occasionally a nice gory money shot, particularly a sequence where an arrow pierces through a forehead. Sex and Nudity: A fair bit of it actually. Three of the female characters go topless, and most of them have nice (but clearly fake) figures .

And one final positive comment. One or two of the death sequences are well played out, and haven't been portrayed in previous instalments in the same way as they are in this film. One (which actually only causes non fatal damage to another character), sees Jason ramming a machete through a wooden floorboard that another victim is standing on, and eventualy laying on. Another one uses a similar "machete through a surface" idea, and also worked very effectively. These sequences added a surprise bit of originality to the film.

So overall. not the best 'Friday', but definately not the worst