Jason X (2001)

Jason Voorhees returns with a new look, a new machete, and his same murderous attitude as he is awakened on a spaceship in the 25th century.

Director:

James Isaac

Writers:

Victor Miller (characters), Todd Farmer

Stars:

Kane Hodder, Jeff Geddis, Lexa Doig

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kane Hodder	...	Jason Voorhees / Uber-Jason
Jeff Geddis	...	Johnson (Soldier #1)
Lexa Doig	...	Rowan
David Cronenberg	...	Dr. Wimmer
Markus Parilo	...	Sgt. Marcus (as Marcus Parilo)
Jonathan Potts	...	Professor Lowe
Lisa Ryder	...	Kay-Em 14
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Azrael
Chuck Campbell	...	Tsunaron
Melyssa Ade	...	Janessa
Boyd Banks	...	Fat Lou
Barna Moricz	...	Kicker
Dylan Bierk	...	Briggs
Todd Farmer	...	Dallas
Peter Mensah	...	Sgt. Brodski

Storyline

Set way in the future, Earth is no longer inhabitable, so humans have colonized in outer space. One colony receives two cryogenically frozen bodies, and when they defrost them, one of the bodies turns out to be.....who else? Jason Voorhees. No longer in the forest or Camp Crystal Lake, Jason stalks the colonists in a whole new environment.

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Plot Keywords:

jason voorhees | slasher | cryogenics | machete | mask | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to the Future of Horror.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence, language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

e-Pipoca [br] (Portuguese)- synopsis, wallpaper, trailer New Line (prod co.) (distributor)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part 10

Filming Locations:

Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$42,201 (Hong Kong) (13 September 2002)

Gross:

$42,201 (Hong Kong) (13 September 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Crystal Lake Entertainment, Friday X Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 85 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Dallas is smashed against the wall by Jason, the stuntman who did this actually broke his nose.

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Goofs

When the ship crashes into Solaris station, it looses its port pontoon. Later, when Kimsa attempts to launch the shuttle, both pontoons appear intact.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pvt. Johnson: [to Jason] Why don't you stare at this for a while, you ugly bastard?
[he covers Jason with a rag]

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Connections

Referenced in Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

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Soundtracks

"X Is the Loneliest Number"
Written and Performed by Ethan Wiley and Jon Sholle
Courtesy of Mean Bunny Music

User Reviews

Jason Goes Cheese

In the tenth Friday the 13th franchise film, all bets are off: Any remaining fright factor left in the series is eschewed in favor of outright horror camp, and anyone expecting otherwise will be almost completely disappointed. The days of Jason's formulaic killing sprees on Camp Crystal Lake are long over, replaced instead with a "Jason Goes To Space" gimmick that cries out with pure cheese.

But, if you're willing to accept this fact, and are properly prepared to take a dive into the "So bad it's good" movie genre, you may actually like what you get.

Regardless of the fan-base's opinion, the writing team of Victor Miller and Todd Farmer seem to have sensed the fact that Jason's schtick was getting old, especially with the two less than stellar films that came before it in the series, "Jason Takes New York" and "Jason Goes To Hell," both of which suffered from the fact that bargain-basement production value had finally begun to work against the series. In response, they have Jason take his third field trip, this time into outer space, as well as centuries into the future.

At face value this seems to be little more than just another desperate gimmick to keep the low-budget yet profitable series alive. But Jason X easily stakes its claim as the corniest of all the movies, and the only one able to laugh at itself, at least to any effective degree (disregarding the disastrously bad Jason Takes New York), allowing characters to utter Schwarzenegger-like one-liners for the first time in the series, while also adding in tongue-in-cheek subplots that make no pretense of being anything other than goofy. Be advised: Friday the 13th does not take itself seriously any more, though the script-writers may be the last people on earth that did to begin with.

Meanwhile, the movie continues deliver on the standard that its predecessors set--a porn movie plot with gruesome murders instead of gratuitous sex. It is, after all, the painstakingly crafted death scenes that keep audiences coming back. Jason continues to alternate between murderous acts of machine-like efficiency, intermixed with more inventive gorefests of impalement, dismemberment, and other terrible fates for the film's C-list actors. The violence remains top-notch, even if the formula has been subtly altered.