If you're looking for a movie that will bring you one stop closer to enlightenment or win next year's academy award this is probably not the film for you. If you are however a horror fan, or have ever even wondered over a beer or two with your friends what if freddy took on jason you will love this movie. This film has nods to many previous Nightmare on Elm Street and some Friday the 13th material (though the last films in both series seem to have been dismissed). The first 2/3rds of the film is pretty standard (though well-executed) slasher stuff, with a mildly convoluted plot about Jason being manipulated by Freddy. Jason proceeds to killing victims independently. But, the real fun comes in the third act, which is the payoff. The battle between Freddy and Jason is absolutely off the wall. Maybe this film isn't that original (the title isn't even that original - anyone seen Frankenstein Vs. Wolfman or Godzilla Vs. King Kong anyone?), but this franchise is the original slasher article and not a pale carbon copy like many recent teen slasher flicks or the bastardized halloween sequels. This movie is entertaining, it's crowd-pleasing (even if that makes it predictable and, even if it dismisses some of the previous films), and it sure as hell is the best slasher film to come out in the last decade. Highly Recommended to anyone who doesn't mind a little gore and a must for slasher aficionados.
Review of Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy vs. Jason
(2003)
as predictable as it is entertaining .... must-see for horror buffs
29 August 2003