Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

It has it's flaws but I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoyed the hell out of it.Freddy vs Jason as the title suggests pits the two legends of horror against each other. And they do have a showdown. This is not like Batman vs Superman where they chicken out in the end. This one stays lean and mean throughout. Not really the face-off we needed but i'm glad now that we've got it.More than the showdown I am happy to report that the movie's a little different. It shakes up the formula. It's a little more ambitious than your average slasher. At one point my friend (with whom I was watching ) commented "It's like inception !". I thought for a minute and agreed. A second rate one but at least they tried.It's also very funny at same time. The dialogues are cheesy, the violence is slapstick and the characters are trying really hard to act. It's pure trash in other words but I loved it. The first 30 mins of the movie are pretty standard slasher stuff. But it really picks up after that.It's probably one of the best movies in the Friday the 13th series and an alright one in the Nightmare series.Never thought I'd be rooting for Jason, ever !

Freddy vs. Jason is a movie that in theory seems an intriguing idea, but one that led me to have the immediate reaction of, "That's going to be a complete disaster!" As it turned out, my initial reaction was wrong. Freddy vs. Jason is certainly not going to be winning any awards or make it into many people's lists of favourite horrors, but it delivers exactly what it says on the tin and does it adequately well. It has everything you'd expect from a horror involving Freddy and Jason - gore, knives, teen murder, dark humour and a face off between two of the most infamous murderers in horror history. The story itself feels a lot more Nightmare on Elm Street than Friday the 13th, and Freddy definitely feels like the central focus. It does well at refreshing the audience's memory of Freddy and Jason's back stories which many may have forgotten over the years. It also brings Freddy and Jason together in a way that makes sense, which is something I questioned from the beginning - how were they going to bring Freddy and Jason into the same universe? It's actually handled pretty well with Freddy essentially exploiting Jason's murderous skills in order to gain back his own power and be remembered once again amongst the teens of Elm Street. Though the plot is rather predictable and nothing stand-out from a majority of films in the horror genre, it's entertaining enough and the combination of Jason and Freddy is interesting. Robert Englund as Freddy delivers as always. He fully embodies the character of Freddy and the amazing job he does at playing him is one of the reasons Freddy has always stood out to me as being one of my favourite horror antagonists of all time. Ken Kirzinger as Jason is good and although he's not the original Jason we all know and love, in my opinion, you cannot be bad at playing the part of a mute murderer that's devoid of any character or personality. The cast that plays the group of teens is mediocre. Jason Ritter (Will) and Brendan Fletcher (Mark) stood out to be as being the strongest of the young actors, whilst Kelly Rowland (Kia) stuck out like a sore thumb as being the worst. Monica Keena (Lori), as the main heroine was adequate but at times grating and in comparison to the original heorine of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) wasn't as likeable or interesting. Overall, despite the average cast and predictable plot, Freddy vs. Jason is entertaining and enjoyable, and the creation of a movie that includes two of the world's most lethal killers means that it's a must-see for horror fans.

With the later entries into the 'Friday the 13th' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street' franchises proving hit and miss, it would have been easy for "Freddy vs Jason" to have flopped massively not just at the box office but also critically and narratively, however, this movie does quite the opposite and instead provides a satisfying end to Robert Englund's reign as Freddy Krueger and pays respectful homages to the franchises from which it is birthed.The primary focal point of attention for the majority of mainstream reviewers regarding horror movies, especially 'slasher' movies, is that they lack a real narrative or reason and rely on kill after kill to string the story together and, while this is true for many of its predescors in the Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises, the plot of this movie feels clear and cohesive with a distinct narrative that perfectly brings together the worlds of both Freddy and Jason by utilising iconographic locations and imagery we had seen previously. The contrast between Freddy's deviousity and Jason's brute strength is something horror fans have wanted to see since Freddy's debut on screen in 1984's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and the interest in the two horror icons meeting peaking during the cliffhanger ending of "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" in which Jason's iconic mask is pulled into hell by Freddy's equally epochal glove; this film does not fail to meet these colossal expectations and delivers everything any horror fan would ever want to see in a clash of these titans.Characterisation in terms of the titular antagonists remains consistent to their over two-decade-long history in cinema: Jason is an unstoppable force of evil unparalleled in the fright he causes by remaining so silent and moving so montorously - this film continues the tradition of having Jason kill teens in outrageous and gruesome ways, of course - while Freddy is a one-liner-spewing immense terror-creating monster who will remain a pop culture icon even after these movies are long forgotten. Positively, the characterisation of the convention and rudimental teens in "Freddy vs Jason" is actually one of the best in the genre with primary protagonist Lori (Monica Keena) and her friend Kia (Kelly Rowland) being particularly memorable.Ultimately, "Freddy vs Jason" is an amazing watch for any long-term fan of either franchise or Horror fans as a whole and can be enjoyed just as any other slasher while also supplying a freshness to the industry by introducing the idea of horror legend crossover movies which will, hopefully, lead to further movies in the same vein being produced. With great characters and a fufilling answer to the time old question of "Who would win in a fight, Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees?" this film is definitely worth an 8/10 rating and your watch.

What an absolute mess of a movie. Editing all over the place. Horrible use of CGI. Cringe worthy dialogue – characters feel the need to reiterate the plot of the movie every twenty minutes. Bad acting – I'm looking at you, Kelly Rowland. An overall embarrassing entry for both franchises. The only redeeming feature is an entertaining brawl between the two antagonists near the end. The fight choreography is pretty good.