When in doubt, go to space! After 9 films with Jason Voorhees (or his mother), the studio was just plain out of ideas. 'Screw it,' they said, 'Just shoot him into outer space!' Thus the final, pre-remake Friday the 13th film was made (not counting tomorrow's film, obviously), was made. The film takes some liberties with the franchise and, depending on who you ask, establishes the end of the character's timeline. That gets screwed with a bit by Freddy vs. Jason and the 'Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash' comics, but whatever. This film takes the character onto a spaceship, where more people are waiting to be led to the slaughter. The film has a cult following among a lot of people, while a bigger majority just kind of ignores it. Where do I stand? To find out, read on...
Sometime in the near future, a government group prepares to freeze-dry Jason Voorhees since he can't die. Hi, David Cronenberg!
By the way, how was he un-melted from Part 8 and un-in Hell from Part 9?!?
Having escaped from his restraints...somehow, he kills everyone save for a lady scientist. She manages to get him into Deep Freeze, but he stabs her...through the metal door and they are both frozen.
Hundreds of years later, Earth is unlivable and salvage crews take stuff from there- including Voorhees and the lady. Hey, that ship front looks like Jason's mask- subtle!
Now on the ship, the woman is revived, as is Jason. Will he break out and kill people? Gee- I wonder.
Hey look- he does just that. I would never have guessed.
Among the victims are two of the crew members, who get interrupted during their V.R. session. I hope you like, indiscriminate death and murder.
Finally, someone- without psychic powers- stands up to Jason. This time, it's the robot chick, packing some serious heat!
The invincible, relentless killer needs an upgrade, so he conveniently falls into a machine that mixes humans with robots, creating Jason 4.0!
As our desperate heroes try to escape, the killer nearly takes them out. Thankfully, Heroic Black Guy pulls Jason away, causing him to fall to some planet to kill again...or not. See you in Jason XI! The End.
In space, nobody can hear this series tread water. The plot of this movie takes some unique steps, but never strays too far from the path. Hell, they still have a stoner character- in the future! Other than a lot of window dressing- the ship for the lake area, the Security Officer for a Cop- the movie is pretty much the same. Granted, the climax involving the ship crashing towards a planet is not in the other films. The Producers did make sure to give the film a more humorous tone, which certainly either works or it doesn't. On one hand, the dark humor has its moments. On the other hand, it is puns based around people being killed violently! Unlike the darker, more serious tone, this film plays it light, assuming that anyone that would see Jason X is probably not interested in a serious movie. They may actually be right there. Either way, this film is certainly interesting. Suck on that, Friday the 13th, Part 5! Take us away, random trip to Hell...
Up next, the crossover film that everyone was waiting for. It can't be worse than Alien vs. Predator, can it? Stay tuned...
By the way, how was he un-melted from Part 8 and un-in Hell from Part 9?!?
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