Review of Jason X (2001) by Foreverfinalgir — 20 Dec 2021

Would you say a franchise is jumping the shark when they send their main bad guy into space? Normally I would say yes, but I think Jason jumped the shark when he went to hell. But that could just be me. Jason X is the final movie before the remake and when he faces off against Freddy.

PLOT.

Current year, they finally capture Jason but don’t know how to contain him. He’s cryogenically frozen along with a young woman. Over 400 years later a scientist and his students find the bodies and take them aboard their ship. Both wake up and Jason goes on another rampage. This is when Jason becomes Uber Jason.

MY THOUGHTS.

Oh, this sucks on so many levels!–Janeesa.

While Jason kills 28 people, they are not overly graphic or too interesting in my opinion. I did like Adrienne’s (Kristi Angus) death by her head being dunk into liquid nitrogen and being smashed to pieces. Great death. And Janeesa’s (Melyssa Ade) death, being sucked through the grate (even though you only see the after effect), was more chilling than graphic. Being pulled through the gate like that is horrible. I think one of the flaws with this movie is the deaths and gore are all CGI and I’m more of a practical effects kind of girl.

It’s sad to see this is Kane Hodder’s last time playing Jason in a Friday the 13th movie. They hired other actors for Freddy vs Jason and Friday the 13th 2009. Brodksy (Peter Mensah), is the only other male, besides Tommy, who kills Jason. I did like Rowan (Lexa Doig) as the final girl. She wasn’t weak and she did try to talk sense to people, even though they didn’t listen. I did actually like a few of the characters. So it was sad to see some of them die.

I like UberJason. I like the combination human(?) and cybernetics. Imagine going up against this? But, unfortunately, most of the kills are before he gets upgraded. I also liked the VR/Simulation of 80’s campground with the two dumb girls. The sleeping bag scene was a nice throwback. That was funny. Nice to know you can distract Jason for a short time with this. LOL.

I like the sleekness of this movie but it lacked substance. I think this movie would have been so much better with practical effects instead of digital effects. Overall it’s better than Leprechaun in Space but it is definitely in the bottom few movies of the series. Unfortunately, it’s basically the end of the franchise. All we have left is Freddy vs Jason and the remake.

The film was a critical and financial failure in its initial release in theaters, it made more than triple the cost of production in DVD and post-theater sales. Statistically, It is one of the most successful ‘Friday the 13th’ films.

The film only had to make a couple seconds of cuts/alterations to earn an “R” rating, making it the least censored entry in the series.

The film is included on Roger Ebert’s “Most Hated” list.

Features considerably less nudity than the previous Friday the 13th/Jason movies.

If you want to see my other Friday the 13th reviews, click here: Friday the 13th Franchise.

Let’s get into the rankings:

Kills/Blood/Gore: 2.5/5.

Sex/Nudity: 1/5.

Scare factor: 2/5.

Enjoyment factor: 3/5.

My Rank: 2.12/5.

IMDB: 4.4/10.

Rotten Tomatoes: critics: 1.9/10 audience: 2.5/10.

Letterboxd: 2.