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Jason X (2002)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:2

Rotten:17

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: Jason goes to the future, but the story is still stuck in the past.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong horror violence, language, and some sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Apr 26, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $12,610,731

Synopsis: The time is the near future. A team of government scientists working at the Crystal Lake Research Facility have finally captured the notorious and seemingly indestructible killer Jason Voorhees... The time is the near future. A team of government scientists working at the Crystal Lake Research Facility have finally captured the notorious and seemingly indestructible killer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder). In order to at least contain Jason, the plan is to freeze him in cryogenic suspension; but, as usual, things go horribly wrong and he breaks free to resume his murderous ways. The sole survivor of this latest rampage, Rowan (Lexa Doig), manages to lure Jason into the cryogenic chamber, but before she can complete the process and escape, she is mortally wounded and frozen in time along with Jason.

Flash forward over four hundred years to 2455…

The place is Old Earth, now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries, a world of violent storms, toxic land masses and poisoned seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place they once fled – not to live, but to research the artifacts of the lost civilizations that caused this enormous environmental disaster. Little does the most recent landing party of interplanetary explorers realize the fate that awaits them when they stumble upon an unusual find from a primitive technological age.

The student explorers, led by Archaeology Professor Lowe (Jonathan Potts) and their tech-droid KAY-EM 14 (Lisa Ryder) enter the ancient underground remains of the Crystal Lake Research Facility. There, they make a major archaeological discovery: two frozen ancestors – a beautiful young woman and a large man wearing a strange mask. There’s only one problem: the auto-regeneration procedure has somehow been triggered. The frozen cryo-jell is melting like a block of ice and soon the two bodies will thaw and deteriorate! With time running out, the young explorers return to their starship and blast-off for Earth II, where they are surprisingly able to revive Rowan, the young woman. But very soon, these students will come face-to-face with a shocking, totally new form of evil as Jason comes back to life as well and begins to silently stalk them through the corridors of the spacecraft.

From executive producer Sean S. Cunningham, Jason X is the tenth film in the classic Friday The 13th film series, one of the most prolific, enduring and successful series in the history of motion pictures. An extraordinary motion picture using revolutionary new technologies, Jason X is directed by Jim Isaac, written by Todd Farmer and produced by Noel Cunningham.

The film stars Kane Hodder in the infamous role of Jason Voorhees (marking the 4th consecutive time he has portrayed the character) and co-stars Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade, Melody Johnson, Philip Williams, Derwin Jordan and Dov Tiefenbach.

New Line Cinema releases Jason X (rated “R” by the M.P.A.A. for “strong horror violence, language and some sexuality “) nationwide on April 26th, 2002. [More]

Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell

Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade, Melody Johnson, Derwin Jordan, Dov Tiefenbach, Robert A. Silverman, Kristi Angus, David Cronenberg

Director: Jim Isaac

Director: Jim Isaac
Screenwriter: Todd Farmer
Producer: Noel J. Cunningham, James Isaac
Composer: Harry Manfredini
Studio: New Line Cinema

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08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Jason X conjures up more giggles than scares, assuming you make it through the first 15 minutes.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/20/02
Robert K. Elder
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06/13/02
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Everything else Jason X tries to do has been done too, and generally a lot better.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
05/04/02
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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The supposedly new, improved, futuristic Jason is just the same guy with a hipper hockey mask. Thumbs down.

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04/29/02
Richard Roeper
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A protracted and only sporadically imaginative menu of ways to be murdered.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/26/02
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Jason gets a futuristic makeover and annihilates someone using a giant screwing tool. After sitting through Jason's latest exploits, the audience may find itself identifying with that victim in particular.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/26/02
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Truly terrible.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/26/02
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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The premise of Jason X is silly but strangely believable.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/26/02
Jonathan Curiel
Jonathan Curiel
San Francisco Chronicle
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A low-rent retread of the Alien pictures.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 4 Comments
04/26/02
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn, and the nicest thing I can say is that I can't remember a single name responsible for it.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/26/02
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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As we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit.' The filmmakers might want to look it up.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment 2 Comments
04/26/02
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Even the imaginative gore can't hide the musty scent of Todd Farmer's screenplay, which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien, with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/26/02
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Very little suspense.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/26/02
Megan Turner
Megan Turner
New York Post
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If you're a fan of the Friday the 13th series, its 10th and latest entry, Jason X, should not disappoint.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
04/25/02
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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A long way from high art. Or even high schlock.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
04/25/02
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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May offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
04/25/02
David Hunter
David Hunter
Hollywood Reporter
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Expect the same-old, lame-old slasher nonsense, just with different scenery.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
04/25/02
John Monaghan
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