Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Imagine que você está tendo um pesadelo tão real e angustiante que a morte seria um alívio... É assim que os jovens de Elm Street e Crystal Lake sentem-se desde que Freddy Krueger ressuscitou Jason Vorhees. Um medo que tudo assusta, um nervosismo que faz rir. Na rua Elm, tudo está tranquilo. As vítimas potenciais de Freddy, há mais de 10 anos foram isoladas e inibidas de sonhar através do uso de drogas. Assim, a lembrança do maníaco está se apagando e enfraquecendo-o cada vez mais. Desesperado, Freddy decide utilizar-se de outro demônio para reacender sua apavorante memória entre os vivos. Surge então entre os dois uma crescente tensão cujo ápice será um verdadeiro Duelo de Titãs!
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Overview
Imagine que você está tendo um pesadelo tão real e angustiante que a morte seria um alívio... É assim que os jovens de Elm Street e Crystal Lake sentem-se desde que Freddy Krueger ressuscitou Jason Vorhees. Um medo que tudo assusta, um nervosismo que faz rir. Na rua Elm, tudo está tranquilo. As vítimas potenciais de Freddy, há mais de 10 anos foram isoladas e inibidas de sonhar através do uso de drogas. Assim, a lembrança do maníaco está se apagando e enfraquecendo-o cada vez mais. Desesperado, Freddy decide utilizar-se de outro demônio para reacender sua apavorante memória entre os vivos. Surge então entre os dois uma crescente tensão cujo ápice será um verdadeiro Duelo de Titãs!
Cast
- Jesse Hutch as Trey Cooper
- Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
- Ken Kirzinger as Jason Voorhees
- Monica Keena as Lori Campbell
- Jason Ritter as Will Rollins
- Lochlyn Munro as Deputy Scott Stubbs
- Kelly Rowland as Kia Waterson
- David Kopp as Blake
- Katharine Isabelle as Gibb
- Christopher Rodriguez Marquette as Charlie Linderman
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Reviews
Crappy acting, unbelievable SFX, hack script, completely disrespectful to the canon of both parents, yet eminently re-watchable for any occasion.
_Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._
Crappy acting, unbelievable SFX, hack script, completely disrespectful to the canon of both parents, yet eminently re-watchable for any occasion.
_Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._
To be expected, 2003's "Freddy vs. Jason" mixes together elements of the "Nightmare" and "Friday" franchises. Both franchises had essentially ran out of gas in the early 90s -- the last conventional "Friday" movie, before 2001's "Jason X," came out a decade earlier and the last "Nightmare" movie almost as long. So mixing up the formats was a great way to introduce these modern monsters to a new generation as well as re-introduce them to the old.
THE PLOT: Freddy Krueger, the wicked spirit of a child molester/serial killer, is trapped in hell and unable to wreak havoc on the youths of Springwood, Ohio, because they have forgotten him and therefore no longer believe. Krueger's diabolical plan is to lure Jason from Crystal Lake, NJ, to Springwood and inspire him to go on a killing spree, which would naturally be blamed on Kruger, thus giving him the power to return.
Some say "Freddy vs. Jason" is more of a "Nightmare" film than a "Friday" film, and I can see why, but it's really an equal parts crossover. Once Jason is led to Springwood it essentially becomes a "Nightmare" movie with Jason as the antagonist until Freddy gains enough power; by that time the story switches to Crystal Lake for the finale and even provides an insightful flashback (via a dream sequence) of Jason's youth and abuse.
One of the highlights takes place early in the second act: Jason's flaming attack at a teen party in a cornfield; it's a dynamic sequence and features great opticals.
As with all the Friday films, "FvJ" features a nice assortment of women, beginning with the cameo of Heather (Odessa Munroe) in the opening reel. She's pretty much on par with the cameo of Agent Marcus (Julie Michaels) at the beginning of "Jason Goes to Hell." From there we have cutie Katharine Isabelle as a secondary protagonist and Monica Keena as the heroine. It took me about half the movie to warm up to Monica but she ultimately won me over.
"Freddy vs. Jason" is a noticeably more technically sophisticated than the first nine "Friday" movies. Don't get me wrong, it's very cartoony and hardly scary (except for jump scares and gore), but it LOOKS so much better and has more oomph. The story’s also way more involved than the first eight entries and “Jason X,” which makes the film play better on repeat viewings.
The fight between the two monsters in the closing act is a cinematic tradition going back earlier than 1945's "The Wolf Man vs. Dracula" (aka "House of Dracula"), but it's the weak point of the movie for me because it's just too cartoony. The film works as horror with either Jason or Freddy attacking the youths, but when they finally clash in the action-packed climax it's just too comic booky.
The film runs 97 minutes and was shot mostly in British Columbia, Canada (e.g. Buntzen Lake, Anmore), but also Toronto.
GRADE: B