Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
by Ronny Yu
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Actor: Jason Ritter, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Robert EnglundDirector: Ronny Yu
Brand: NLV
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
Movie Review: Lives Up To Its Potential - A Phenomenal Instant Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Freddy...Vs....Jason - just the name should be enough to give anybody a pretty good idea whether they're going to love or hate this one, and for those of us who've been fans of both the Friday and Nightmare series for years, wondering if it was ever going to get off the ground, wondering if it even Should given the potential to misfire bigtime on something so monumental, and dreaming of what possible paths it could take, this movie finally coming in 2003 was one of the most anticipated debuts of a lifetime.
In the late 90s, after years of no new F13s or Elm Streets, I'd more or less resigned myself to the idea it was never going to happen and I'd just have to keep the concept turning in my own head (I'm one of those fans who, when I see a movie I love, am always wondering - preferrably while walking the woods or the hills - about possible sequels, about backstory, replaying different scenes in my mind and speculating what it would have been like it it had veered this way instead of that, etc.) and hoping against the odds for even one more single installment of either series (although "Jason X" turned out to be not exactly what I was hoping for). When it did finally come , it did the hardest thing a movie long-anticipated so heartily can do: it lived up to its hopes. (If you're wondering why, if I was so enthused and then so impressed by FVJ but I'm just now getting around to singing its praises, all I can say is there are hundreds of other favorites I still haven't written anything about - in movies and other categories - and I more or less just end up doing a writeup on whatever the words strike me for; sometimes it takes a while to think of what exactly to say other than "Wow! This movie(/book/CD/etc.) is AWESOME! Get it!" [which I suppose is an appropriate reaction in many cases but it deprives one of the chance to drone on to one's fellow fans] and you can only write so many at once anyway. Some of my alltime favorites have been patiently waiting for ages for me to rant and rave about their greatness)
With that probably gratuitous prologue out of the way, I'll get onto the show itself - Absolutely Terrific, one of the best in either series. In some ways it follows the general directions I'd imagined it to take and in others it's completely different. Following "Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare" ("Wes Craven's New Nightmare" is a whole different continuity, but one that it actually made sense to branch out into) Freddy is indeed dead, forgotten and powerless. Unable to generate the fear in his victims that gives him his power (remember how in the early films he'd appear as a haunting nightmare before he actually began to power up enough that he could strike more quickly later on?), he's a non-entity unable to make the residents of Springfield afraid of or even remember him (all evidence of his existance has been systematically destroyed) and unable to 'recharge' until he really gets the fear flowing in town again. Finally, after years in 'exile' (though only moments into the film) he's found the perfect pawn to wreak terror for him in the dormant undead corpse of Jason Voorhees, who, perhaps because of his existance between life and death, is still open to Freddy's manipulations, manipulations similar to the ones he used to attempt to control the new kid in the famous Elm Street house in "Part 2 - Freddy's Revenge".
Except, of course, Jason is not controllable on any extended basis, and in keeping with the previous movies, with each 'rejuvenation' he returns stronger, more invulnerable, more misshapen, and generally larger than before. Though Freddy is fully in character here, there are times Jason behaves somewhat differently than one would expect; it could be speculated that Krueger's manipulations are starting to 'wake up' parts of Jason's mind (as I've stated in my individual F13 writeups, I think of Jason as a creature of emotion and instinct but virtually no 'thought processes' except on the rarest of occasions; but not as a completely 'blank-state' force of nature that feels nothing) This could explain away such apparant inconsistencies as the plot point of Freddy discovering a weakness of Jason in a certain phobia - of something he's shown absolutely no fear of in previous entries.
Well acted with some really exceptional performances, including one by Katherine Isabelle (the "Ginger Snaps" series; the "Carrie" remake; etc.) who's one of a pack of a half-dozen or so younger actresses rapidly becoming the new goddesses of horror; and of course Robert Englund - there is one scene near the end (you'll definately Know it when you see it) where the expression on Krueger's face alone should have earned him an Oscar nomination. Tremendous special effects - some of the best ever - and great overall production values. One of horror's most essential movies, with everything that's so right about it making it pretty well impervious to any diminishment from a couple of minor flaws in logic that you can just explain away with a bit of imagination, one that has gone over deservedly excellently with longtime fans and which, if watched by a newcomer, might even entice them into going back and watching the run of both source series from Chapter One.
The only question is where to go now? It's generally assumed following FVJ's worldwide success there'll be an FVJ 2, but personally I'd like to see both "Friday The 13th" and "Nightmare On Elm Street" branch back out on their own for an entry or two each before heading back into crossover territory, possibly -IF they can make the match work as well as it did here- with one or more other legends added in. Whatever path they go, the road of possibilities is actually open wider than it's been in a long time
Summary of Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
Synopsis: 0Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 05/01/07
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
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