> I don't think he's out there.
> Why don't you just stick your head out and have a peek?

This is painfully bad. Guess it manages to be worse than Jason Takes Manhattan and that is something that takes a lot of effort to do.

The argument of the story is really absurd, but I accepted it. As long as the filmmakers were about to do something at least decent I wouldn’t care.

Some killings are cool I got to say. The one where Jason kills a girl in a sleeping bag by hitting some other girl also in a sleeping bag is probably the best. And that’s pretty much it.
Everything else is terrible: the characters, the dialog, the CGI. How this script was approved is beyond my comprehension. The actors must have been paid with a soda and a hot dog. What the fuck was that fetiche scene by Professor Lowe?

Jason’s futuristic look is not that good, the way his transformation happens is ridiculous. Also, how the hell didn’t anyone check if he was really dead and nothing could bring him back to life. Jesus Christ.

While the previous film had a good pacing, this one is opposite. It simply never ends. I don’t wanna watch this thing ever again.

Easily the fifth or sixth time Friday the 13th has jumped the shark, this time pulling a double corkscrew backflip along the way. Following in the hallowed footsteps of Leprechaun 4, Hellraiser: Bloodline and Critters 4, this installment finds Jason cryogenically frozen for four hundred years and defrosted aboard a lightly-staffed spacecraft. No explanation is offered for his abrupt return from the depths of the nether, where he was unceremoniously dumped at the end of Jason Goes to Hell, though I'm not sure that really would've made a difference.

This is a willfully stupid playground for half-baked science fiction ideas, terrible wardrobe choices and budget special effects; a cut-rate production that would feel right at home on the Sci-Fi Channel at 3am. Predictable to the end, it touches all the bases with gratuitous nudity, shallow characters, mysterious returns from certain doom and a truckload of dismemberments / decapitations / deaths. The only thing we're missing is the trademarked screeching cat fake-out, presumably because no self-respecting animal would be seen in such a production.

Apart from one fleeting moment of self-deprecating parody near the end - which is totally out of place, but admittedly had me howling - there's no reason for this to exist. It's the kind of thing that would've thrived on the bootleg circuit, akin to Roger Corman's unreleased Fantastic Four, but by actually sending it to theaters, New Line took the wind out of those sails. The best thing I can say here is, hey, at least it's better than the last one.

_Jason X_ holds the lofty title of maybe being the cheesiest movie in the incredibly cheesy Friday the 13th franchise, and while that's not exactly a compliment, it still, somehow, works. _Jason X_ is about as feelgood as a slasher movie can get, the catharsis is real, and so are the laughs.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

***Like "Alien" but with Jason and a sense of humor***

Released in 2001, "Jason X" starts in the year 2010 where the government decides to finally stop Jason by putting him into frozen stasis. He and another person are revived in the year 2455 by a professor and his students who are on a field trip from Earth Two to Earth One. Jason is unleashed on their spaceship and havoc ensues.

This entry is like 1979's "Alien" except with Jason as the monster and a sense of humor. You'll also notice that it's a great departure for the series putting Jason in space in the future. Most Friday fans look down on 1993's "Jason Goes to Hell" and "Jason X" because the producers tried something new. It's obvious that they felt the series had become stale and formulaic with an incredible eight-installment run from 1980-1989. I felt "Jason Goes to Hell" had a refreshing concept (ripped off from 1987's "The Hidden") and a great intro & opening act, but the tone was distasteful and the flick eventually spiraled out of control with its cartoony quasi-horror gobbledygook; still, it featured a couple of the best women in the series (Agent Marcus and Deborah), which should be commended.

I heard negative comments about "Jason X" over the years, but the first half is sci-fi at its best with some amusing elements thrown in for good measure. It’s stunning how well the filmmakers handle the sci-fi aspects of the plot and F/X. The second half, unfortunately, becomes too cartoonish as Jason systematically annihilates most of the crew, particularly when he gets his new futuristic look, basically morphing into SuperJason (rolling my eyes).

As usual, this installment features an impressive assortment of women, but it's only Kinsa (Melody Johnson) that I find appealing, except for the cameo of the campfire teen #1 at the end, played by the stunning Mika Ward. They should have included her in the main cast.

To be expected in light of the spaceship plot, the film was shot mostly on sets (in Toronto) with a couple of outside sequences in Ontario.

The film runs 91 minutes.

GRADE: B-

I'm not even sure how to rate this. I mean, it was absolutely ludicrous, but was it **supposed** to be? Was it deliberately campy, or was this just someone's brainstorm gone horribly horribly wrong? I've seen movies that were "campy" but you could tell they were _intended_ to be; this one actually came across like someone's idea of a sci-fi/horror but it lost EVERYTHING in translation. Sure, there were incredibly stupid lines throughout and incredibly idiotic scenes, but there were some pretty gruesome kill scenes here, as well...which is why I kept wondering if it was intended to be cheesy. It just didn't win on ANY scale, it was that bad. I will give it ONE high mark for the "cryo-kill" scene; that was great. Others on here have commented on the "sleeping bag scene" but honestly that was just another example of one of the terribly poor ideas; I wasn't impressed with that scene AT ALL. I will say I'm glad I got this one over and done with, so I can mark yet another one off my _Friday the 13th_ list. Hopefully I can get through the remaining handful and triumph over my OCD yet again. This particular installment, though not as awful as some of the earlier ones, just came across as someone's attempt to simulate _Alien_ with an extra-wicked villain (the Alien creature wasn't scary enough, right? And little tentacled things that leapt across the room to lay eggs on your face while you slowly suffocated?). Even that stupid "Kay-Em" thing was garbage. No, it wasn't as awful as some of the earlier installments, but I would still caution anyone with an ounce of mental stability to avoid this one like the plague. This blew big heavy steamy stinky chunks and should be avoided at all costs.