Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 153
Fresh: 62 | Rotten: 91
Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it's the same old slice and dice.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 26
Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it's the same old slice and dice.
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Rumored and anticipated for years, the two biggest icons of the slasher genre finally meet in Freddy Vs. Jason, the eighth entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street saga and the 11th film in the Friday the 13th series, though with Jason X taking place in the future, it should be noted that the events of this film take place after the ninth film Jason Goes to Hell. And it is hell where Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) and Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, donning the hockey mask for the first time in a
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Cast
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Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger -
Ken Kirzinger
Jason Vorhees -
Monica Keena
Lori -
Jason Ritter
Will -
Kelly Rowland
Kia -
Katharine Isabelle
Gibb -
Christopher George Marque...
Linderman -
Brendan Fletcher
Marquette Mark -
Tom Butler
Dr. Campbell -
James Callahan
Tim -
Lochlyn Munro
Deputy Stubbs -
Kyle Labine
Freeburg -
Gary Chalk
J.D. -
Paula Shaw
Pamela Voorhees -
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Lisa Wilcox
Lisa Johnson -
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Chris Gauthier
Shack -
Jesse Hutch
Trey -
Jake Kaese
Billy -
Odessa Munroe
Heather -
Joshua Mihal
Carlos -
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All Critics (155) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (91) | DVD (38)
Director Ronny Yu loses energy when it shifts to the dumb teen protagonists, and the script faithfully wallows in cliches so ridiculous they border on Scary Movie territory.
It's pretty obvious where director Ronnie Yu's sympathies lie. Still, he can't find a satisfactory resolution to that old teaser about an implacable force vs the immovable object: how to kill off your cash cow and milk her too.
Top CriticIt's bloody, it's loud, it's gratuitous, and it's ridiculous. Sweet.
Will satisfy the hordes who've awaited this heavyweight matchup for a decade.
Though a stickler might ask what's at stake in a fight to the death between two guys who are already dead, the hard-core fans aren't likely to be disappointed.
New Line's smartest move was letting Ronny Yu direct.
Scary, gory, nightmare-inducing slasher.
Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham would be proud!
it's safe to say the best work of these bad boys is decidedly behind them.
[A] true return to form for the slasher genre ...
It's a cleverly wrapped gift to me and every horror fan like me, and I feel nothing but affection for it.
A fine post-scream Freddy romp
With Jason and Freddy at war over the souls of children, this great send-up of the genre is extremely fun and is faithful to the characterizations long-established for these villains.
Freddy vs. Jason is a pretty awful Nightmare film, but only a mediocre F13 film.
Dull blades. Saddles audiences with a buckets-of-blood mentality that deadens the spirit and drowns the film.
Freddy and Jason could use some new blood.
The whole is greater than the sum of Freddy and Jason's crumbled limbs.
There is enough hacking, slashing, blood, and guts for three more Jason movies in this battle.
L'utilisation presque exagérée de la violence rehausse la qualité du film et l'ensemble est tellement mauvais qu'il en devient bon.
Exists in a place beyond criticism. It hasn't got a plot to speak of, or characters; like the recent Rollerball remake, it in many ways verges on the experimental.
The gory money shots and the big brawl are the only real entertainment - although the effective one-liner occasionally pops up to keep you laughing in between decapitations.
Let the great, dumb, pointless debate rage on.
the usual assortment of harried kids, hopeless cops, inadequate parents, creepy dream sequences and highly creative murders
It may not be an all-time classic, but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp blade/finger.
Audience Reviews for Freddy vs. Jason
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- Freddy Krueger: It's time to put this mad dog to sleep, FOR GOOD!
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- Freddy Krueger: My children... from the very beginning, it was the children who gave me my power. The Springwood Slasher, that's what they called me. My reign of terror was legendary. Dozens of children would fall by my blades. Then the parents of Springwood came for me, taking justice into their own hands. When I was alive, I might have been a little naughty, but after they killed me, I became something much, much worse. The stuff nightmares are made of. The children still feared me, and their fear gave me the power to invade their dreams, and that's when the fun REALLY began. Until they figured out a way to forget about me. To erase me completely. Being dead wasn't a problem, but being forgotten, now that's a BITCH. I can't come back if nobody remembers me. I can't come back if nobody's afraid. I had to search the bowels of Hell, but I found someone, someone who'll make 'em remember. He may get the blood, but I'll get the glory, and that fear is my ticket home.
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- Billy: Dude, that goalie was pissed ...
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- Gibb: You're the one that killed Trey!
- Freddy Krueger: Oh, don't worry about my little errand boy. The only thing to fear, is fear himself! [Gibb stumbles and falls over railing]
- Freddy Krueger: Oh.
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- Freddy Krueger: [to Jason] Hey, asshole! Up here!
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- Linderman: You know what, Kia? I used to think you hated me because you thought I wasn't good enough for Lori, but that's not it. You tear me down to make yourself feel better, because you really hate yourself, which is kind of pathetic when you actually stop and think about it. Assuming, of course you can think with all that makeup weighing down your head.
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It's not really that great of a movie if you don't treat it like a genre entry, but it is admittedly a fun little guilty pleasure. Plus, it's great seeing two major horror titans go at it, just like in the monster mash movies of old.
Freddy Kruger is no longer the menace he once was, so he goes through a hair-brained scheme to regain control on Elm Street. He uses Jason Vorhees, tricking poeple into thinking it's really Freddy. Problem is, Jason won't stop, so Freddy has to go in and handle things himself.
The film delivers with the gore, but a lot of the humor is very hit and miss, with plenty of obnoxious groaners and annoying moments. The effects are at least well done, and I liked how they did deliver a good showdown, and, as far as the ending goes, well, that's probably the best possible way they could have done it since it would have been impossible to please everyone.
Bottom line, if you like Freddy or Jason, then give it a watch.