Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Freddy vs. Jason: Directed by Ronny Yu. With Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter. Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they’re out to get each other, too.

“Itu0026#39;s A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 8 served with a side of Jason Voorhees. So unless the audience suffers from delusions as to the quality of the franchises this movie spawns from, youu0026#39;ll be pretty happy. It is not a masterpiece of cinema; it is not a masterpiece of horror . . . look at all the F13 and NOES. You have 17 examples of what this movie is going to be like.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTake your typical crappy Elm Street plot and cast your typical crappy Friday the 13th cast, and you have your typical crappy horror movie. Am I criticizing this movie? Not really since that crap-factor is a staple to the F13 franchise and the NOES sequels. Does anyone really care? I hope not. The whole reason anyone should see this movie comes down to the three words in the title u0026quot;Freddy versus Jason.u0026quot; If those three words do not interest you, donu0026#39;t even screw with FvsJ. I mean, I donu0026#39;t think in film history has the title been more descriptive of the point of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile it actually takes awhile to get to the slasher deathmatch, you know itu0026#39;s coming . . . everyone knows thereu0026#39;s going to be a fight to remember, so Ronny Yu opts to prolong it as far as he can and just jam packs the ending with Slasher celebrities ripping into each other . . . because, seriously, 90 minutes of Jason and Freddy hacking at each other would get downright boring. At least thereu0026#39;s some variety and nods to old school F13 and NOES, some typical nods to the stereotyped horror formula which isnu0026#39;t scary but seems to be a requirement. Boobs, booze, blood . . . you know the routine. A high point of the film – Iu0026#39;ve been dying to see Voorhees crash a party and just cut through teens ala Krueger style in Elm Street 2, and I finally got to see it . . . just enough u0026quot;other elementsu0026quot; to keep entertaining unless youu0026#39;re an oldschool fan and tired of hearing the mythology over and over again in every sequel.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCut through the u0026quot;good guysu0026quot; whom nobody really cares about since Freddy and Jason have been the stars since forever now, get through the humanu0026#39;s boring backstory which will be forgotten in the FvsJ2 and wait for the inevitable moment when our u0026quot;heroesu0026quot; run from Voorhees where Freddy turns to the nearest kid and says, u0026quot;Let me handle this, bitch.u0026quot; Now, ladies and gentlemen, it has begun . . . now itu0026#39;s on. Now we rumble . . . now we see why horny teens had such a hard time killing these bad boys. Freddy makes more fatal blows against Voorhees than he did to the cast of all 8 Freddy films combined . .. and Voorhees keeps getting up. For the first time we see Freddy treated like a rag doll and tossed around/cut up like another camp crystal lake sex-addict–Voorhees makes no distinction.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo who wins? Everyone . . . unless, of course, youu0026#39;re under the false impression that youu0026#39;re going to see Welles quality cinema, in which case why are you even reading about FvsJ?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI could go through and detail the plot, characters, acting, etc like other amateur and pro critics alike, but quite frankly, I donu0026#39;t see the point. I mean, this is still Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street. I will say that itu0026#39;s a better Elm Street sequel, and it is the best film featuring Jason.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI enjoyed the hell out of this movie, and Iu0026#39;m barely an Elm Street fan and am definitely not a fan of F13 . . . take that for what itu0026#39;s worth.”