| Posted by: PackBacker at May 17, 2005, 7:38 pm | | Topic: Friday the 13th part 8 jason takes manhattan (0/10) Forum: JoBlo | | "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" 2/10 Plot: A power cable at the bottom of Crystal Lake brings our psycho goalie back to life. He hitches a ride on a cruise ship filled with high school grads bound for NYC. Included in the lot is a chick with some unexplained psychic link to Jason's young boy persona. Review: They say TV shows need to be put to pasture when they start relocating all their episodes....I think the same could be said for movie franchises. At some point give the series a dignified death rather than a drawn out, painful, agonizing dignity loss of a death. The plot, as usual, is thin. There is yet another unexplained and distracting psychic subplot. I'm confused as to why the young Jason has hair, appears in mirrors, and basically looks like he belongs in a "Nightmare on Elm Street" film. Then there is our protagonist himself. Jason looks good as the hulking killer but he now has mystical powers, too. Apparently years of aquatic life have given him the awesome power of teleportation. Yeaah, we're stretching it here. Paging Dr. Kevorkian, the franchise needs a little injection. The kills are disappointing...low on blood and high on stupidity. The whole boxing on the rooftop scene was ridiculous. I just wanted to cry. The film's two points come from the small bit of humor it did have- the goalie billboard scene, unmasking Jason to the street punks, and the "Welcome to NY" line. Overall a forgettable addition to the series. It's sort of sad seeing a horror icon stalking an electric guitar playing freak in the bowels of a boat or re-enacting "Rocky". Sigh. Paging Dr. Kevorkian, paging Dr. Kevorkian. |
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