Smoreni Zmaj
In the previous, the eighth film of the "Friday the 13th" franchise, they finally departed from a long-ago shabby template and created something new, but in this desperate attempt to save the franchise they went too far and made a movie so unconvincing that it's even duller than its predecessors. In the ninth, "Jason Goes to Hell", they managed to find the right balance. The story returns to the Crystal Lake, but instead of the continuous streaming of pointless massacre that does not lead anywhere, this time the film actually has a complete meaningful plot. There is a prologue, there are an introduction and familiarization with the characters (the previous films completely left out the characterization, because characters were mostly dying after only a few minutes on the screen), complication, culmination, dissolution and epilogue. Although the story is fairly straightforward and linear, this movie has many elements of a thriller, and Jason is becoming a much more complex supernatural being than the gigantic zombie we are used to, which makes "The Final Friday" much more interesting than the empty slashers that precede it. There's, unfortunately, less nudity than before, although the girls are top-class, the killings are more in the style of action movies than horror, and the film introduces some new interesting details. The movie somewhat reminded me of the series "Supernatural", mostly because of Jason's demonic nature, magic dagger, blood magic, and for a brief moment you will also see the legendary "Necronomicon". They have gone so far as to depart from the template that they even gave the movie kind of happy-end, although, of course, in the last scene, they left the door ajar for a possible sequel. This made me confused a little, because the next film is "Jason X", not "Freddy vs Jason". Well, I guess it will clear up to me tomorrow. The strongest impression on me has left the prologue, the scene before the opening credits, partly because of well-made unexpected twist and partly because of the beautiful nudity of Julie Michaels.6,5/10
falseprophet616
So I rewatched the uncut version of this as a comedy and actually had a good time, pretty funny, and form-wise it isn't as bad as I initially thought.The uncut version is actually worth tracking down imo. There hasn't been an uncut BR release yet, so you'll only be able to find it on DVD or some streaming platforms. The runtimes are listed on imdb for those interested in doing so. There's also a helpful movie-censorship dot com comparison.Perhaps much of my dismay to it on first-watch, was the fact that I had just watched Part VIII, so getting another turd would have been frustrating after the abomination of Jason Takes Manhattan.The Crystal Lake Memories docu gave it some more context too.Anyway, this is definitely a guilty pleasure/good-bad for me now.
D Rahul Raj Jsd
My second feature on this night of Friday the 13th (May 2016) was this ninth installment, directed by Adam Marcus. It is Kane Hodder's third time playing and doing stunts for the iconic Slasher, and stars Kari Keegan, John D. Lemay, Steven Culp, Steven Williams and others. This chapter is fully packed with Gore, Sex, Fun and Everything a Jason Voorhees Fan Would Love. Spectacular special effects from Masters Robert Kurtzman, Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger. Without these three guys, we wouldn't have tons of films with remarkable special effects, and this movie is on that list. I respect all of the guys who played Jason, but Kane Hodder will always be the No. 1 Guy for this character. He's the breathing and walking Jason. He was born for the role. A few surprises in this, especially the ending, a real shocker when I saw it the first time. Best ending ever!!!
OneEightNine Media
It was literally Friday the 13th and I never seen this one before, so I figured why not? The film is about Jason body-hopping and trying to reach a body with the same DNA as his original body so he can be whole again. I like the concept behind the film, the design of Jason and the Easter Eggs peppered throughout the film like the Book of the Dead from Evil Dead and Freddy's glove. However this film fails in execution, not because "Jason isn't in most of the film", like so many fans like to complain about. The film is poorly directed, it is as simple as that. And some of the acting is outright awful and made even more noticeable by the directing. Regardless, the film has its moments. Like the ending with the semi-Freddy cameo and some of the scenes with "businessman Jason." So in conclusion, it is not one of the top 5 Jason movies but it isn't the worst... maybe? I haven't seen them all but from what I'm told, they should have stopped at part 4. But if they did that we would have never got Freddy vs Jason, which is pretty darn awesome entertainment.
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