We've reached the end, my friends. As I type this, chest heavy with emotions and various fluids, I look back on this weird journey we've had together. The Glover's dancing, the Savini's makeup, and the Hodder's ripping dumbass teens apart.
So why not a reboot?
We open June 13, 1980. A young woman (Stephanie Rhodes) is chased by Mrs. Voorhees (Nana Visitor) through the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake. Mrs. Voorhees is rather annoyed with the young lady, claiming that her son Jason drowned because the counselors weren't watching him. She stalks down the girl with a knife when the counselor picks up a machete of ridiculous size and easily cuts off the enraged mother's head.
As the counselor runs off, a figure emerges from the underbrush. He picks up Mrs. Voorhees's head, a locket, and the blade.
29 years later we now follow a groups of young guys and gals as they hike into the interior of Crystal Lake. Seems there's a marijuana field of legendary size somewhere by the lake and teens intend to plunder it. The only one who seems to think this is a bad idea is Whitney (Amanda Righetti). She's right to think this, as it seems little Jason (Derek Mears) has grown up and become a weed farmer.
He's also armed and loves hunting himself some trespassers. Everyone of the group save for Whitney dies and dies bad. Whitney he spares as she looks like his mother.
Six weeks later, we find another group of youths. Trent (Travis Van Winkle) is taking his friends up to his parent's summer cabin for a weekend of debauchery. He's also a jackass of the highest order, as proved when he tries to pick a fight with Clay (Jared Padalecki) who had the audacity to make him wait in line at the local gas station. The reason for the wait?
Seems Clay's sister went missing with her friends six weeks ago. This isn't Trent's problem and he hauls his girlfriend Jenna (Danielle Panabaker) back to the cabin. Remember Jason?
Yeah, seems he likes vacationers even less than hikers. After taking out a stoned farmhand (Kyle Davis), Jason decides to upgrade his sack head covering to a sporty looking hockey mask. Now properly attired, Jason decides to go after the group.
Will Clay rescue his sister? Will Trent stop be a d-bag every time he's on screen?
For the highest grossing entry in the series, I'm rather surprised this hasn't produced a sequel yet. The overall approach the film takes to the series is rather interesting and I might even add, respectful. There are nods to almost every previous entry and not a jokey/direct reshoot way either.
The Jason here is probably closer to being an actual character than he was in the previous 11 films. They even give him a series of tunnels running around the lake to account for him popping up everywhere.
Better than it had any right to be, yet the makers still focus on retreading the 'dead teens in the woods' bit. They had a real chance to make a different take on the character, yet they didn't.
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