Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (characters) and
Victor Miller (characters) ...

Release Date:

15 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The "Slicer"...The "Dicer"...And This Time, They're Not Any "Nicer"!

Plot:

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. Except this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Plot Keywords:

Freddy Krueger | Jason Voorhees | Crystal Lake | Lake | Children

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger
Ken Kirzinger	...	Jason Voorhees
Monica Keena	...	Lori Campbell
Jason Ritter	...	Will Rollins
Kelly Rowland	...	Kia Waterson
Chris Marquette	...	Charlie Linderman (as Christopher George Marquette)
Brendan Fletcher	...	Mark Davis
Katharine Isabelle	...	Gibb
Lochlyn Munro	...	Deputy Scott Stubbs
Kyle Labine	...	Bill Freeburg
Tom Butler	...	Dr. Campbell
David Kopp	...	Blake
Paula Shaw	...	Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (Jason's Mother)
Jesse Hutch	...	Trey
Zack Ward	...	Bobby Davis (Mark's Brother)

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 8 (USA) (working title)
A Nightmare on Friday the 13th (USA) (working title)
Freddy contre Jason (Canada: French title)
Friday the 13th Part XI (USA) (working title)
FvJ (USA) (informal short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong horror violence/gore, gruesome images, sexuality, drug use and language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Canada | USA | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:18 | Singapore:R(A) | Portugal:M/18 | Japan:PG-12 | Japan:R-15 (DVD rating) | Brazil:18 | USA:R (No. 40045) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Italy:VM14 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Buntzen Lake, Anmore, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Filming lasted 53 days.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jason is on fire in the cornfield and the fire in the cabins at the end you can see the actor's safety goggles behind the Hockey mask

Quotes:

[first lines]
Freddy Krueger: [narrating] My children... from the very beginning, it was the children who gave me my power. The Springwood Slasher, that's what they called me. My reign of terror was legendary. Dozens of children would fall by my blades. Then the parents of Springwood came for me...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Night Terrors (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Forward

For a mute murderer, Jason Voorhees sure felt like the hero of this piece

Freddy's dead and he can't get the old killing spree going again, so he wakes up Jason Voorhees to scare the kids into wetting their pants so Freddy can feed off of their fear. But like the sorcerer's apprentice, Jason, once turned on cannot be turned off, so Freddy faces off with Jason for the right to be the #1 serial killer while a bunch of busty idiot girls look on. And as we all know, after the endless line of sequels, by this entry the killers' are our friends so really you're rooting for them and not the idiot teenagers.

Of the teens, Jason Ritter is the only one who seems to know how to act (shame about his dad, John Ritter). Monica Keena is cute but she needs to lose the implants. What is Kelly Rowland doing in here? Robert Englund's as funny as ever, and Ken Kirzinger is a capable Jason. I still don't see why New Line Cinema didn't want to bring back Kane Hodder though. They say they wanted to take Jason in a new direction, but they DID NOT take Jason in a new direction. Jason's still the same hulking mute murderer he's always been, just a tad taller and bigger than before (and somehow he's got both of his eyes back). I don't see a big difference between Kane, Ken and all the rest, but Kane has professed great fondness and dedication to role of Jason, so I feel that if Kane was willing to play the part again (and it's hard to find people who are willing to be all painted up in gory make up mind you) then New Line should have accepted his services. It did feel that they were trying to make Jason out to be the more sympathetic of the two killers, but that doesn't change the fact that Jason killed the bulk of the film's teens.

Well, anyway, you get the usual dose of sex, drugs, violence, rock & roll and below par acting. So truly turn off your brain and enjoy the mayhem.