Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter
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Movie Review: Fady Ghaly's reviews
Summary: 5 Stars

My remarks toward this picture
This one certainly takes a much more serious approach than the last installment in the, as the synopsis on the back of the cover gladly admits, wildly successful Friday the 13th series. And for once it didnt rely on some whinny, annoying female to defeat the villain, but rather a male, a young boy by the name of Tommy Jarvis, played by what I think is one of the only actors in the entire series to really have a successful movie career subsequent to his appearance in it, being Corey Feldman. The leading characters performance, being Feldmans of course, was something that for once can be noticed for its genius, rather than the amusement of its debility. Crispin Glover, who co-starred, also does a good job as a sex-crazed geek whose insecurities are the one factor which dominate his fine looks and peculiarly enchanting personality.

Fans have said that this is the most compelling installment of all, and although Id have to disagreefor the third continues to beI still very much enjoyed it. (I gave it a top rating at five out of five, didnt I?) It also had a likeable cast of characters. It had some great suspenseful elements. Great special effects. Graphical and highly disturbing death sequences for all those who crave for the extreme and the repugnant. (That surgical hacksaw to the throat and the breaking of the night for Jasons first victim was really something, shown in heartless detail that would have topped the rest of the deaths out of the four installments that were yet made if it wasnt for Andys in the third, where he is cut in half with a machete while walking on his hands. After he buries that hacksaw to Axels throat, he just twists off his head, just like that! Goddamn!) And, overall, an actor who knew just how to portray, as the synopsis on the back of the cover also says, Crystal Lakes least popular citizen. (In its day, anyway.)

The only major gap in the film is near its conclusion.
Struggling to save her life, Tommys sister does all she can to get away from the madman who at this time subverted virtually all other existence of humanity within the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake, while Tommy, in hopes of saving both their lives, is busy shaving his head in aim to somehow appear as if he was the madmans mother despite of the fact that Mrs. Voorhees always had a full head of hair. (And didnt wear little kids cloth. And obviously wasnt a male!) Anyhow, having done so, Tommy ultimately comes face-to-face with his opponent and acts as if he was his own flesh and blood by giving orders, an action that actually came to a success and prevented the death of his sister and rather was the basis for the death of her tormenter. This not only ridicules Jason but the film itself, and ruins the tension that was felt prior to such imbecility. But then again, despite of such weak writing, you should always have at least one good laugh before the end of each Friday the 13th film. Its good to have one with friends. It somehow wouldnt feel right otherwise. So its all-good. I would strongly suggest any fan of the series, or a fan of the genre itself even, to go out and purchase this one, because, after all, most of them chose this one as being their favorite.

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