Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)

Starring:Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Kelly Rowland, Chris Marquette, Brendan Fletcher, Katharine Isabelle, Lochlyn Munro, Kyle Labine, Tom Butler, David Kopp, Paula Shaw (II), Zack Ward, Jesse Hutch, Gary Chalk, Brent Chapman, Spencer Stump, JoÃ«lle Antonissen, Alistair Abell
Director: Ronny Yu
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
After 11 years in development hell and screenplay drafts by 13 different writers, the long-awaited smackdown of Freddy vs. Jason finally arrives. After making their respective debuts in Friday the 13th (1980) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, replacing long-time Jason performer Kane Hodder) and razor-gloved Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) square off in a slasher-franchise combo-deal that only their most devoted fans will appreciate; turns out this is a lightweight match in which nobody wins. It's an average entry in the histories of these horror icons, comparable to half of their previous sequels, and Bride of Chucky director Ronny Yu satisfies purists with plenty of gushing blood and mayhem when Freddy recruits Jason to slice 'n' dice the ill-fated teens who've forgotten Freddy's once-formidable reign of terror. While it logically connects the gruesome legacies of Nightmare's Elm Street and Friday's Camp Crystal Lake, this horror hybrid is shockingly uninspired. It briefly peaks when Freddy gives the unconscious Jason a dream-world pummeling, but their ultimate showdown's a draw. In the immortal words of Peggy Lee, is that all there is? --Jeff Shannon
Description
It's the battle everyone's been DYING to see! Teenagers find themselves caught in the middle of a battle between two legendary boogeymen: Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Who will win in the bloodiest and goriest showdown in history?

DVD Features:
3D Animated Menus
Alternate endings:Alternate opening and Ending
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Director Ronny Yu, Actors Robert Englund (FREDDY) & Ken Kirzinger (JASON)
Comparison Scenes
DVD ROM Features
Deleted Scenes:18 Deleted Scenes with optional commentary from Director Ronnie Yu and Executive Producer Douglas Curtis
Documentaries:--Behind the scenes coverage of the films development - including screenwriting, set design, make up, stunts and principle photography --Visual effects exploration
Featurette
Full Screen Version:Both fullscreen and Widescreen on one disc
Interviews
Music Video:Ill Nino "How Can I Live"
Storyboards
TV Spot:Lots of TV spots
Theatrical Trailer

Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)

Average customer rating:

Missed Opportunity
NOT VERY FUNNY, NOT VERY SCARY,
JASON'S THE REAL MAN!FREDDY ISN'T!
Couldve been better...
JASON AND FREDDY

Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Robert Englund , Ken Kirzinger , Monica Keena , Jason Ritter , and Kelly Rowland
Director: Ronny Yu
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000VCZMK
Release Date: 2004-01-13

Amazon.com

After 11 years in development hell and screenplay drafts by 13 different writers, the long-awaited smackdown of Freddy vs. Jason finally arrives. After making their respective debuts in Friday the 13th (1980) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, replacing long-time Jason performer Kane Hodder) and razor-gloved Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) square off in a slasher-franchise combo-deal that only their most devoted fans will appreciate; turns out this is a lightweight match in which nobody wins. It's an average entry in the histories of these horror icons, comparable to half of their previous sequels, and Bride of Chucky director Ronny Yu satisfies purists with plenty of gushing blood and mayhem when Freddy recruits Jason to slice 'n' dice the ill-fated teens who've forgotten Freddy's once-formidable reign of terror. While it logically connects the gruesome legacies of Nightmare's Elm Street and Friday's Camp Crystal Lake, this horror hybrid is shockingly uninspired. It briefly peaks when Freddy gives the unconscious Jason a dream-world pummeling, but their ultimate showdown's a draw. In the immortal words of Peggy Lee, is that all there is? --Jeff Shannon

Description

It's the battle everyone's been DYING to see! Teenagers find themselves caught in the middle of a battle between two legendary boogeymen: Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Who will win in the bloodiest and goriest showdown in history?

Customer Reviews:

Missed Opportunity.......2007-06-27

when you are young enough to be genuinely scared by these movies, you're not allowed to watch them. By the time you're old enough to watch whatever you want, these movies aren't scary any more. Gross, bloody, offensive at times, sure, but when have you ever been scared by a horror movie in your adult life?

I believe the film industry is well aware of this and, despite the R ratings on these films, their target audience is 12 and 13 year olds whose parents either don't know they're watching them, or don't care. (Or did I just state the obvious?)

And there we have "Freddy Versus Jason", which I'm sure would have been a great film if I were 15 years younger. As it was, I just kind of put up with the stupidity of it for a while, and let it kill off a few brain cells while I enjoyed not having to think.

Modern slasher films have been so excessively critiqued, criticized and parodied that now, especially after the "Scream" trilogy and "Scary Movie", even mentioning the clichés of horror movies has become a cliché in itself. The flat teenage characters who exist for the sole purpose of being cut up, illegal drug use and teenage sex, which in the strangely conservative world of slasher films is always a pre-curser for death. Characters doing stupid things like wandering off alone and going into rooms they shouldn't go into. Etc.

And this film follows all of these clichés with a rigidity that makes me think the film makers have jumped onto the "Scream" bandwagon and begun parodying themselves. Consider this: after a stream of killings in a small town, what do the local teenagers decide to do? Have a rave out in a cornfield, and then wander around alone in the rows of corn.

Of course the big selling point of this film is that it combines both of the horror giants from my childhood, Freddy and Jason. And it is moderately entertaining to watch them face off, although since it is clear that neither of them can really be killed, it is also kind of pointless to watch them cut each other up.

But at the very least, it does save this film from being just an ordinary slasher film. Because you have both the normal storyline of the teenagers trying to survive, and the story of Jason fighting Freddy, there is enough going on to keep the film at least interesting for the 2 hours or so you waste on it. But, like most crossover films, the script is unimaginative, and you can't help but feel what a wasted opportunity the whole thing was.

NOT VERY FUNNY, NOT VERY SCARY, .......2007-05-28

This is the long awaited match up between iconic supernatural killers Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Fans of both films have been awaiting this movie, since "Jason Goes To Hell". Like "Jason Goes To Hell", this movie isn't very good.

The plot behind this movie is that Freddy (who is dead) resurrects Jason so that Jason will resurrect him. Its pretty stupid and overly explained throughout the film ad nauseum. Anyway the movie focuses on a group of hard partying, vapid teenagers living in Springwood who are soon terrorized by both Jason and Freddy (although mostly Jason). After a bunch of them get stabbed, the kids, led by the annoying Lori, somehow figure out what's going on and decide to save themselves by using Jason to kill Freddy....a plan that not suprisingly results in most of them being killed by Jason.

The movie is self-referential and somewhat parodies earlier films from the two series. But this is done without any tact. For example early in the movie Lori's friend Gibb is seen smoking a ciggarette, then as if the movie isn't screaming "SHE'S DOOMED!!!" into your face loud enough already, she throws the cigarette butt out the window and it hits Jason in the face. Things like this should be a bit more subtle. Another example would be how the movie goes out of its way to tell you who is a virgin. Hint: Virgins always make it 'til the end of these movies.

I guess this is to make up for the complete lack of fear in the film. Even the characters seem unfrightened the movie's killers openly mocking them and the silliness of their costumes. This inadvertently serves as a metaphor for how dated, silly and unfrightening '80's monsters like Freddy and Jason are today in the 2000's.

The almost all white cast of this movie is made up of stereotypical stock characters for these types of films. The "end girl", the guy she likes, the stoner, the nerd, the slut, the token black girl, the a--hole, ect. The kids recover pretty quickly from the grief of losing their friends, which I guess is understandable seeing as how vapid their friends were. The acting is pretty horrible and all the characters are super hateable. Also they are way too old to play teenagers.

This movie felt like a Nightmare movie more than a Friday movie, except Jason does all killing. There is no variety with Jason's kills, as New Line apparently believes his only weapon is the machete. Also there are some serious plot holes created from past movies. (Since when was Jason scared of water or Freddy of fire?). The end fight between the two was a bore and a total letdown. This movie has its highlights, but for the most part falls flat on its face. Only hardcore fans should bother checking this out.

JASON'S THE REAL MAN!FREDDY ISN'T!.......2007-05-12

I DIDN'T LIKE THIS MOVIE AT ALL!JASON DIDN'T HAVE ANY GOOD PARTS EXCEPT FOR ONE.THAT WASN'T FAIR TO JASON-THIS IS HIS MOVIE!THIS ISN'T FREDDYS MOVIE!THE ONLY PART I LIKED WAS WHEN JASON PUSHED FREDDY UP AGAINST THE WALL,AND HE SLID HIM ACROSS THE WALL-BREAKING ALL THE BEAMS WHICH CAUSED THE WALL TO FALL.IF YOU'RE A FREDDY FAN-YOU'LL LIKE THIS!GET IT!I'M A JASON FAN!HE'S MY MAN!

Couldve been better..........2007-05-01

I liked the movie and all but i find one major problem with it... Its robert englunds first time playing freddy in about 9 years, and we only see him killing one person (directly)? What a rip off. I was looking forward to more than that. But otherwise i enjoyed it.

JASON AND FREDDY.......2007-04-30

I DIDN'T LIKE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT MADE JASON LOOK LIKE A WIMP.JASON ISN'T A WIMP BY ANY MEANS!I NEVER LIKED FREDDY KRUEGAR OR HIS MOVIES.I ONLY LIKE JASON.I LIKED THE PART WHEN JASON GOT A HOLD OF FREDDY AND HE SLID HIM ACROSS THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE HOUSE,AND ALL THE BEAMS BROKE AND FELL.THAT'S MY JASON!IF YOU LIKE FREDDY - GET THIS DVD.

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Freddy vs Jason (UMD Mini For PSP)
Starring: Jason Bateman , Tom Butler , Gary Chalk , Christopher George , and Jason Ritter
Director: Ronny Yu
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: UMD for PSP

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Release Date: 2005-10-04

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Average customer rating:

Missed Opportunity
NOT VERY FUNNY, NOT VERY SCARY,
JASON'S THE REAL MAN!FREDDY ISN'T!
Couldve been better...
JASON AND FREDDY

Freddy vs. Jason [Region 2]
Starring: Robert Englund , Ken Kirzinger , Monica Keena , Jason Ritter , and Kelly Rowland
Director: Ronny Yu
ProductGroup: DVD
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