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| Friday the 13th (2009) "The Killer Cut" Review |
| Posted by Erik Luers on 07.27.2009 |
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Just finished watching the Killer Cut of the Friday the 13th remake. It's about ten minutes longer than what was shown in theaters. It isn't very different from the theatrical cut, save for a sequence where Whitney escapes from Jason's lair only to get recaught when she reaches Trent's house. The sequence proves pretty pointless as she is set back to square one (thus, the discarding of this scene did nothing to affect the theatrical version's continuity).
I also noticed some more needless snipets of that Clay character running through the woods, flashlight swishing and swirling through the air. Enough already! It felt like Nispel was just desperate to pad out the running time. Towards the end, Clay also discovers some of the dead bodies that Jason dealt with earlier, but it's much ado about nothing really.
Did anyone realize that in the final moments, when Jason is thrown off the dock into the lake, his mask is thrown off separately? And if you did, isn't it strange that Jason pops up a couple of seconds later with the mask ON? There's a shot that shows the mask hitting the bottom of the lake. Did Jason retrieve it that quickly? And if so, why bother putting it back on anyway?
The DVD features two interesting deleted scenes that should have been included in the original version. The first is an alternate way of how Jason obtained his hockey mask. It works a lot better than what we in the theater audience got stuck with. The second scene features the cop that Clay comes in contact with earlier deciding to check on the terrorized kids. It's a quick moment, but it adds a layer of sincerity to the Crystal Lake police officer. He believes in Clay's "preposterous" claims. I guess Nispel thought, "characterization? Not in MY Friday the 13th film!"
Final Rating: 4/10 |
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