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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
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Reviews Counted:143
Fresh:58
Rotten:85
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it's the same old slice and dice.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive strong horror violence/gore, gruesome images, sexuality, drug use and language
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $82,163,317
Synopsis: Veteran slashers Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees join forces in this combination sequel to the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and FRIDAY THE 13TH series. The film begins with a quick recap of both... Veteran slashers Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees join forces in this combination sequel to the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and FRIDAY THE 13TH series. The film begins with a quick recap of both Freddy and Jason's "lives," underscoring their respective motivations to kill and their distinct weaknesses. Freddy (Robert Englund) explains that the present children of Elm St. (including Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Katherine Isabelle, and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child) have no memory of him, and if they don't know he exists, he can't enter their dreams to kill them. Ingeniously, he reaches out to Jason (Ken Kirzinger), the brutish death machine from Camp Crystal Lake, to go on an Elm Street killing spree, hoping a lot of gory murder will jog the town's memory. Jason is up to the task, quickly dispensing with teenager after teenager in suburban homes, cornfields, medical labs and, of course, the forest. Freddy grows jealous over Jason's body count, and so must intervene, setting off a battle royale between the two highly adored slasher heroes across dreamworlds and realities. In another post-modern twist, a character seemingly modeled after Jay from Kevin Smith's films appears in the movie, adding both a comedic element and another level of reality vs. fiction. FREDDY VS. JASON employs a variety of special effects to update these undying series, not the least of which is uniting their once disparate stories. [More]
Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter
Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Katherine Isabelle, Kelly Rowland, Christopher George Marquette, Lochlyn Munro, Gary Chalk, Brendan Fletcher
Director: Ronny Yu
Director: Ronny Yu
Screenwriter: Mark Swift, Damian Shannon
Producer: Sean S. Cunningham
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: New Line Cinema
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Release:
Oct 6, 2009
Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Region [unknown]
- NTSC
- Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- DTS HD Master Audio - English
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Music Video: "How Can I Live" - Ill Nino
- Audio Commentary: Director Ronny Yu, Robert Englund And Ken Kirzinger
Trailers:
- 1. Theatrical Trailer
- 2. Tv Spots
Reviews for Freddy vs. Jason
"Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" fans... you are going to LOVE this one...
Played for laughs, the two horror icons have been castrated. No longer scary, they're like a Las Vegas lounge act, sandwiched somewhere between Celine Dion and Debbie Reynolds on the strip.
Misses the chance of actually being a good movie, but it feels energetic and colourful.
Anyone at a fan convention will tell you that Freddy vs. Jason had the potential to be a horror classic; unfortunately it's ended up as just another slasher flick.
...[a] chintzy chill session...what you’re gaining are front row seats to a couple of carousing combatants whose streaky cynicism are too watered down for us to care
With two unkillable foes, this battle feels superfluous. There are a few clever moves, but this fight is simple slice-and-dice.
A little less Cliffs notes in the first half, a few more inventive battle scenes between our two heroes, and it might have been something really memorable.
At the rowdy preview I attended, Jason emerged as the crowd favorite. Apparently, moviegoers identify more closely with a mute overgrown child-brute than with a smart-alecky child-killer.
No Guts, No Gory: A Conversation with Freddy Vs. Jason's Robert Englund
Freddy Vs. Jason is a horror film for people who don't necessarily hate the genre in general but find themselves frustrated and disappointed by it more often than not.
The biggest surprise about Freddy vs. Jason is that it's just plain boring.
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