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DarkMaster7991

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Of the best Reboots or Remakes in my opion. They rebooting a series that needed one after all the films after Part 4. This remake was like putting Friday the 13th 1 to 4 into 1 movie. They were able to combine the guiene story from thoese 4 films...
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Of the best Reboots or Remakes in my opion. They rebooting a series that needed one after all the films after Part 4. This remake was like putting Friday the 13th 1 to 4 into 1 movie. They were able to combine the guiene story from thoese 4 films while still making thier own thing. Yes, its slasher film so you know what to expect as far as what happens. The deaths were all diffrent, the story is great (especially if you're a fan of the series), and...there just alo to say. Bottom line is that it's a great Remake or Reboot, whatever you wanna call it, and should be seen. Since it's probably not in movies anymore ethier rent it when it comes out on DVD or buy it. I know I will buy it.

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Posted apr 2, 2009 5:45 am pt

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Rent It - "An enjoyable return to the high body count slasher flicks of the 80s." Everything you might expect, nothing more. Fun despite its self.

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Posted feb 26, 2009 1:52 pm pt

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Well I don't know what to say except maybe they could use this movies as A movie for studios to watch on how not to reboot A franchise or make Horror for that matter,maybe i'm just to old for the slahser film I don't think so but what i do think...
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Well I don't know what to say except maybe they could use this movies as A movie for studios to watch on how not to reboot A franchise or make Horror for that matter,maybe i'm just to old for the slahser film I don't think so but what i do think is that the slasher film is A dead genre or near dead We need more film like the strangers vancancy the uninvited ext. not anthoer sit through the whole thing and know everything that is gonna happen don't see this movie it is a waste of time no good ending not really any good gore notta

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Posted feb 23, 2009 12:53 pm pt

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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,...
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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

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Posted feb 22, 2009 6:29 pm pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  However, this film is (be)head and shoulders above the recently reanimated likes of "Prom Night" and "My Bloody Valentine."

  by Clark Collis | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  60
  There's an itch for this kind of material, and here it is scratched -- to the bone.

  by Nathan Lee | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  58
  The new new new Jason Vorhees, played by Derek Mears in this Michael Bay-produced homage/update of the '80s slasher franchise, is a bit of a fox.

  by Travis Nichols | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  50
  A surprisingly straightforward romp in slasher-flick cliches, Friday the 13th is replete with gee-whiz gore, gratuitous sex and nudity and party-loving teens with a penchant for ending up on the wrong end of a pick ax.

  by Rene Rodriguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  50
  It's business as usual at Camp Crystal Lake, with very little in the way of fresh jolts or an innovative visual style that would have really revitalized the hokey franchise.

  by Michael Rechtshaffen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  50
  About the best Friday the 13th movie you could hope for. Its technical credits are excellent. It has a lot of scary and gruesome killings. Not a whole lot of acting is required.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  50
  Despite an evident appetite for mayhem, however, Bay is not the right guy to produce slasher movies. Horror requires intimacy.

  by Stephen Cole | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  50
  As in his "Chainsaw" remake, Nispel's scare tactics amount to little more than carefully timed cattle-prod shocks, aided by high-volume speaker blasts that were beyond the budgetary reach of the early '80s films.

  by Rob Nelson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  Nispel is no Rob Zombie - who achieved something akin to brilliance with his 2007 Halloween remake. What's more, as influential as it's been, Friday the 13th was never that great.

  by Tirdad Derakhshani | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
  50
  Just because it's less campy doesn't mean the acting isn't awful.

  by Staff (Not credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  50
  This Friday the 13th is glossy, good-looking garbage, acted out by a cast of big-chested androids (male and female alike) and with the original series' rough edges smooved over. It's reasonably entertaining.

  by Andrew O'Hehir | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
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  It's not an openly meta take on the genre like "Scream," but it's a slasher movie for people who love slasher movies, and if your heart will flutter when a woodchipper casually appears in the first act, it's probably worth watching.

  by Cammila Albertson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  50
  It accomplishes what it sets out to do, and if slasher fare is your thing, you've seen far worse.

  by Cliff Doerksen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  42
  What damage could Michael Bay inflict on Jason Voorhees that earlier producers hadn't already inflicted on everyone's favorite hockey-masked serial killer? Well, Bay could make Jason Voorhees ... boring.

  by M. E. Russell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  40
  Unlucky for almost everyone. It's a sad day when a Friday the 13th remake is shown up by a My Bloody Valentine remake - couldn't they at least have sprung for 3-D?

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »