Friday the 13Th was one of my favorite horror franchises besides Halloween. The problem with these franchises is that they keep making sequels and sometimes the sequels are enjoyable, but be honest their not great. Then in this century, the new thing was to make remakes of these classics and it all started with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which was a classic movie, but for the blood and guts generation the original wasn't enough. It just so happens that the man that produced that film, also did this one and that man is Michael Bay. After, Rob Zombie did a masterful job re imagining Halloween, I believe Bay failed at this one. I enjoyed the kill scenes and thought Derek Mears did a terrific job playing Jason Voorhees, but they changed Jason and turned him into a completely different animal. He was another Michael Myers, and the fact he had a hide out under his sleeping quarters is completely absurd. This is not what Jason was supposed to be. Like I said before, I thought the movie was good and the acting was well done , but the new elements bothered me. The other stars of this film were Jared Padalecki (Cry Wolf, House Of Wax)as clay, a man looking for his missing sister, Danielle Panabaker (Mr. Brooks, Sky High)as Jenna, Amanda Righetti (Role Models, Return To House On Haunted Hill) as Clays missing sister, and Travis Van Winkle (Meet The Spartans, Transformers) as the jerk Trent. Other notables in the movie are Willa Ford and Ryan Hansen as they play a group of college students looking to get away for the weekend until they meet their maker, whose name happens to be Jason. So go out and judge this one for yourself. Michael Bay is in the works as we speak remaking A Nightmare On Elm Street with Jakie Earle Haley as Freddy Kreuger. Hopefully that is better than this. Two and the Half Stars out of Five.
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