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Freddy VS Jason (Ronny Yu)
"Neither Freddy, or Jason, or the Audience Win In This Film"
Two of the most notable slasher film icons finally clash together on film. Trapped in Hell and powerless because no kid fears him, Freddy Krueger comes across the equally infamous Camp Crystal Lake slasher, Jason Voorhees. Tricking him into killing the residents of Springwood, in hopes for the name of Kreuger spreading, so that he can become the feared dream killer again. When plans go wrong and Jason starts killing all Freddy's victims, it becomes a showdown of horror icons as they battle for the championship of horror.
Fans of each slasher genre have been waiting for this showdown ever since the claws of Freddy burst out through the ground and dragged Jason's mask into hell with him. That was ten years ago, so can a film with hype lasting over ten years be able to please both fans of Nightmare and Friday?
Much like any versus movie, you have to please both fans of the genre. So when you go into this movie you get the feeling that there will be no clear cut winner, you don't want to get thousands of hate mail from all the Nightmare fans, or vice versa. So the ending will be a cop-out and have the fans debate over the real winner until the sequel comes out. Much like Aliens Versus Predator, we the audience get cheated as the two main characters, Freddy and Jason have to put up with stupid pointless characters...everyone else in the film.
In reality Freddy Versus Jason is only a ten minute film, those ten minutes come at the very end of the movie, where it is actually freddy fighting jason. We unfortunatly have to sit through the same old cliched horror crap that we've been fed years and years before. In hopes for something new in this film, having two different horror icons battle it out, we get 80 minutes of boring, cliched, crap and ten minutes of kick ass, edge of your seat cheering at the screen fun. My advice, see it with a friend and as them to wake you up when they are in the burning cabin.
What is it with the new wave of horror films that must have a singer in it for no apparent reason, it started off with LL COOL J in H20 and Busta Rhymes in Halloween Ressurection, now the Myers virus has infect both Freddy and Jason as we get Kelly Rowland give her first and let's hope, only performance on the big screen. I also believe that Kevin Smith should sue, for stealing the character of Jay, it seems that they are stretching for comic relief now. A tip for the sequel, more screen time for the icons, and less of the victims, we all know how it's going to end, so just give us what we want.
To me it felt like they tried to make Jason are hero in this movie, more sympathy went his way, even the victims of the movie joined his side, to me that shows weakness in his character, he needed help to "win" the fight...and I use that term very losely. Krueger on the other hand is more sadistic in his killings and this movie is more about him. When you walk into this movie, you obviously will pick a side in the battle, but at the end, both sides will feel the same, disappointment. Are the boring useless 80 minutes worth the money for the great ten minutes at the end? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that.
5.5/10
"Neither Freddy, or Jason, or the Audience Win In This Film"
Two of the most notable slasher film icons finally clash together on film. Trapped in Hell and powerless because no kid fears him, Freddy Krueger comes across the equally infamous Camp Crystal Lake slasher, Jason Voorhees. Tricking him into killing the residents of Springwood, in hopes for the name of Kreuger spreading, so that he can become the feared dream killer again. When plans go wrong and Jason starts killing all Freddy's victims, it becomes a showdown of horror icons as they battle for the championship of horror.
Fans of each slasher genre have been waiting for this showdown ever since the claws of Freddy burst out through the ground and dragged Jason's mask into hell with him. That was ten years ago, so can a film with hype lasting over ten years be able to please both fans of Nightmare and Friday?
Much like any versus movie, you have to please both fans of the genre. So when you go into this movie you get the feeling that there will be no clear cut winner, you don't want to get thousands of hate mail from all the Nightmare fans, or vice versa. So the ending will be a cop-out and have the fans debate over the real winner until the sequel comes out. Much like Aliens Versus Predator, we the audience get cheated as the two main characters, Freddy and Jason have to put up with stupid pointless characters...everyone else in the film.
In reality Freddy Versus Jason is only a ten minute film, those ten minutes come at the very end of the movie, where it is actually freddy fighting jason. We unfortunatly have to sit through the same old cliched horror crap that we've been fed years and years before. In hopes for something new in this film, having two different horror icons battle it out, we get 80 minutes of boring, cliched, crap and ten minutes of kick ass, edge of your seat cheering at the screen fun. My advice, see it with a friend and as them to wake you up when they are in the burning cabin.
What is it with the new wave of horror films that must have a singer in it for no apparent reason, it started off with LL COOL J in H20 and Busta Rhymes in Halloween Ressurection, now the Myers virus has infect both Freddy and Jason as we get Kelly Rowland give her first and let's hope, only performance on the big screen. I also believe that Kevin Smith should sue, for stealing the character of Jay, it seems that they are stretching for comic relief now. A tip for the sequel, more screen time for the icons, and less of the victims, we all know how it's going to end, so just give us what we want.
To me it felt like they tried to make Jason are hero in this movie, more sympathy went his way, even the victims of the movie joined his side, to me that shows weakness in his character, he needed help to "win" the fight...and I use that term very losely. Krueger on the other hand is more sadistic in his killings and this movie is more about him. When you walk into this movie, you obviously will pick a side in the battle, but at the end, both sides will feel the same, disappointment. Are the boring useless 80 minutes worth the money for the great ten minutes at the end? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that.
5.5/10