If you thought that a bigger budget and an A-list producer (Michael Bay) would go to Jason's head, well, forget it. The indestructible villain of so many bottom-of-the-barrel shocker not to change his shtick, and the 2009 Friday the 13th proves it. This is yet another sequel (nope, it's not a remake of the origin story) to the original 1980 film, gives us a clever prologue that runs past a Jason Voorhees killing spree in a vivid and bloody 20 minutes. Jumping next six weeks, the film is a carload of teenagers Clue Less line for a weekend at a Lakeside cabin, plus a lone biker (Jared Padalecki) in search of his missing sister (Amanda Righetti). When the "Lakeside" happens to refer to Crystal Lake, of course, there can be only one result. Cue the hockey mask, and let the machete. Bay and director Marcus Nispel, who participated in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, are surprisingly indifferent to change the formula this time, but there is more care in building a number of characters, and for once the comic relief (usually supplied by Aaron Yoo and Arlen Escarpeta) is pretty funny. You might even deplore the slaughter of some of these young folk, this is an unusual feeling in Friday look. The film is Jason, the athletic fellow, and he has assembled an extensive underground cave to hide in the vicinity of Crystal Lake. How has he been able to live there for 30 years (as the film itself timeline is suspected) and had enough unconsciously campers along to amuse themselves, everyone recommended. But if they continue to come, he will continue to chop.
- Actors: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle
- Directors: Marcus Nispel
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Studio: Warner
- DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009
- Run Time: 106 minutes
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