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Jason X<\/strong>\u00a0 (2002)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Line\/Horror-Sci-Fi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 93 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (language, graphic violence and gore, nudity, sexual content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: James Isaac\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Todd Farmer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Harry Manfredini\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Derick V. Underschultz\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Release date: April 26, 2002 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade,\u00a0 Melody Johnson, Phillip Williams, Derwin Jordan, Dov Tiefenbach, Amanda Brugel, Kristi Angus, Yani Gellman, Todd Farmer, Boyd Banks, David Cronenberg, Barna Moricz, Dylan Bierk, Robert A. Silverman, Steve Lucescu, Thomas Seniuk.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $16.9 million (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Body Count: 25<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0It\u2019s an unwritten rule of the horror\/mad slasher genre that when a franchise sends its boogeyman into outer space, they\u2019ve officially run out of ideas. I present as evidence Leprechaun 4: In Space and Hellraiser: Bloodline. They both suck! As such, I wasn\u2019t thrilled with the idea of Jason Voorhees continuing his killing spree in deep space. In space, no one can hear the victims scream.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Location wasn\u2019t my only concern about Jason X<\/strong>, the tenth chapter in the never-ending saga of Crystal Lake\u2019s most famous resident. The constant shifting of release dates didn\u2019t instill a lot of confidence in me either. New Line kept bumping it until finally launching it into multiplexes in late April \u201902, the week before the big summer releases started to roll into theaters. For the record, its initial release was scheduled for Halloween \u201900.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I had strong reservations about Jason X<\/strong> as I took my seat in a near-empty theater on a Saturday night. Consider that for a moment. It\u2019s a horror flick, it\u2019s opening weekend, it\u2019s Saturday night and the joint is practically empty. What\u2019s wrong with this picture? Everything, pretty much! Imagine my surprise when Jason X<\/strong> didn\u2019t turn out to be the stink bomb I thought it would be based on the evidence before me. It\u2019s every bit an F13 flick except that Jason\u2019s hunting ground is a spaceship instead of the woods. His victims-to-be aren\u2019t horny campers either. This time, his targets are crew members, gung-ho soldiers and students on a field trip. However, they\u2019re equally as horny and low on IQ points. It\u2019s nice to see some things remain the same.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0As our story begins, Jason (Hodder) is being held by the US government at Crystal Lake Research Facility. After several unsuccessful attempts to execute him for his crimes, it\u2019s been decided that he\u2019s to be cryogenically frozen until they figure out what to do. However, an arrogant doctor (horror auteur Cronenberg) has other ideas. He wants to keep Jason alive and well so he can conduct research on his miraculous abilities to regenerate cellular matter. Naturally, Jason makes quick work of the doctor and a small group of soldiers. Rowan (Doig), the scientist in charge of Jason, lures him into a chamber and activates it. Unfortunate for her, she gets seriously wounded when the killer ruptures the chamber with his machete and stabs her in the abdomen. It triggers an alarm that seals the room and freezes them both.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0There they stay for 455 years until Professor Lowe (Potts) brings a group of students into the long-abandoned facility on a field trip to Earth. You see, our planet has become uninhabitable in the 25th<\/sup> century and everybody now lives on a new planet called Earth II. Upon discovering the two bodies, they bring them back to their ship where they successfully revive Rowan. Jason is pronounced dead and sent to the morgue. If only they knew. If only they heeded Rowan\u2019s warnings. Yes, if only. But then Jason X<\/strong> wouldn\u2019t be much of a slasher flick, would it? True to form, Jason comes back to life and resumes his murderous activities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0It may be the future (the year 2455 to be exact), but murder is still murder. Jason X<\/strong> delivers where it counts, the kill scenes. The highlights are as follows: Jason sticks a woman\u2019s face in liquid nitrogen, freezing it instantly, then smashes it to pieces on a counter (that\u2019s the best one!), a man is impaled on a giant drill bit and spins slowly down it (second best!), a guy gets cut in half, a woman is sucked out a hole in the ship, a man gets hacked up by a machete and another burns up as he plummets towards Earth II.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In keeping with audiences\u2019 notions of the future, one the crew members is actually an android. Her name is KM-14 (Ryder) and she\u2019s hot. In one scene, her creator Tsunaron (Campbell) gives her an upgrade and turns her into a real bad ass. She proceeds to blow Jason to pieces. Unfortunately, this happens in the medical center right by a machine that regenerates lost tissue and reanimates the dead (yes, that too is possible in the 25th<\/sup> century). Consequently, Jason also gets an upgrade and becomes a powerful, unstoppable cyborg. I love this kind of stuff!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0As you can see, Jason X<\/strong> is an F13 flick by way of Alien. It\u2019s so silly and campy that you just have to shake your head and enjoy the ride. The dialogue is idiotic, but that comes standard in slasher flicks. The special effects are surprisingly good as are the gore effects. I still prefer good old fashioned stage blood and the masterful skills of Tom Savini, but what the hell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The girls in Jason X<\/strong> are seriously hot. In addition to Doig and Ryder, I\u2019m also particularly fond of Melyssa Ade who plays Janessa. A girl with a hot bod and a quick wit, I\u2019m loving it! People in the future aren\u2019t much smarter than they are now about how to survive in these situations. They still go off by themselves, walking through darkened corridors and calling each other\u2019s names. They still have casual sex, a great big F13 no-no.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In short, Jason X<\/strong> is a great big piece of space junk. It\u2019s complete and utter rubbish, but still enjoyable. It also stands as the exception to the rule regarding horror movie icons in outer space, the key word being exception. I sincerely hope that some genius doesn\u2019t attempt to send Leatherface, Chucky, Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger into the dark recesses of space.<\/p>\r\n Jason X\u00a0 (2002)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Line\/Horror-Sci-Fi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 93 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (language, graphic violence and gore, nudity, sexual content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: James Isaac\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Todd Farmer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Harry Manfredini\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Derick V. Underschultz\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Release date: April 26, 2002 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade,\u00a0 Melody Johnson, Phillip […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,20,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horror","category-sci-fi-fantasy","category-sequels-remakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jason-X-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jason-X-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C920&ssl=1\")
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