FREDDY
vs
JASON
With
Robert
Englund,
Ken
Kirzinger,
Jason
Ritter,
Monica
Keena,
Kelly
Rowland
Directed
by
Ronny
Yu
For
those
of
us
who
grew
up
in
the
'80s
with
classic
slasher
anti-heroes
like
Freddy
Krueger
(Nightmare
On
Elm
Street),
Jason
Voorhees
(Friday
The
13th)
and
Michael
Myers
(Halloween),
this
film
will
bring
back
some
great
grisly
memories
that
we'd
relive
in
the
blood
drenched
pages
of
Fangoria
Magazine.
Fans
have
been
screaming
for
this
match-up
for
ages.
Freddy
is
the
thinking
psycho
and
plots
a
plan
to
get
back
into
the
physical
world
by
resurrecting
Jason
with
a
cunning
trick
(impersonating
his
nuts
mama,
Mrs
Voorhees).
Jason
has
to
instill
fear
into
the
kids
of
Elm
Street
who
has
no
recollection
of
Freddy's
reign
of
terror
-
their
parents
drugging
them
with
a
chemical
to
prevent
dreams
(the
world
of
nightmare's
being
Freddy's
playground).
The
ultimate
villain
match-up,
maybe,
but
when
their
prey
is
annoying
stereotype
teens,
it's
hard
to
feel
sympathy
when
they
get
nailed
in
a
variety
of
creative
ways.
But,
the
kids
are
just
fodder
-
we
want
the
final
big
bout
between
the
two
maniacs
to
see
who
is
the
baddest
of
them
all!
Those
who
grew
up
in
the
'90s
and
got
exposed
to
the
likes
of
Scream
(and
loved
it),
will
be
happy
with
this
hoot,
while
the
rest
of
us
will
only
enjoy
the
idea
of
these
two
bad-asses
sharing
some
gory
screen-time,
the
final
product
ultimately
quite
disappointing.
Director
Yu
apparently
claimed
not
having
seen
any
of
the
Elm
Street
or
Friday
films
-
perhaps
he
ought
to
have
head
down
to
his
video
store
for
an
all-weekend
marathon
of
cramming
to
see
what
to
retain
and
where
to
improve.
At
least
it
is
produced
by
Friday
The
13th
originator
Sean
S.
Cunningham.
DVD
includes
filmmakers'
commentary.
2
/
C
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PB
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
-
B
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C