The latest reincarnation of the decades-old saga of Jason Voorhees leaves behind a single word: ennui. Jason, played by Kane Hodder, fails to convey the terror of the early films in the series, instead seeming like he must walk gingerly because his pants are filled with diarrhea.
While there is certainly worse acting to be found on the big screen, it seems the female characters were chosen for their measurements, not their on-screen personas. In fact, one might refer to this film as Jason and the Breasts. The story unfolds as Jason is thawed out approximately 400 years after being cryogenically frozen. He is on a space vessel and (surprise!) he begins killing the crew one by one. Due to the advertising campaign on this film, everyone is aware that Jason somehow becomes half cyborg. This destroyed the one moment of the film that could have brought a nice twist to the long-dead story, when Jason, after supposedly being destroyed, reappears in his new metallic guise.Just when you think it cannot get any worse, the end of the story seems hurried. Suddenly, that which seems implausible within the implausible happens again and again. I heard several epithets from the audience as the film drew to a close, and it took enormous resolve to prevent me from using foul language.I was worried from the beginning when a Carrot Top-like character appeared on screen. As annoying as the Jar-Jar character from the most recent Star Wars film, it seemed a bad omen for the rest of the film. Fortunately, Rowan, played by Lexa Doig of Tek War fame, provides a good balance for the other annoyances of the film. She is saved from the cheap dialogue that plagues the other characters. One of the most interesting characters was Kay-Em 14, played by Lisa Ryder. Though comparisons will be drawn with Leonard Nimoy