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Popular bogeymen Jason Voorhees terrorizes a group of nubile astronauts five centuries into the future in this sci-fi update of the Friday the 13th franchise. Early in the 21st century, Jason (actor/s... read more read more...tunt man Kane Hoddar, filling the role for a fourth time) is experimented upon by army technocrats who hope to turn his supernatural invulnerability into a military application. Most of them meet a swift and bloody end -- except Rowan (Lexa Doig), a beautiful functionary, who traps the killer in a cryogenic stasis chamber. Unfortunately, she takes a machete blow in the process, gets frozen herself, and wakes up on a spaceship in the year 2455. The earth has long since been rendered uninhabitable, but the survivors include a group of archaeological students headed by Professor Lowe (Jonathan Potts), who hopes to make a quick buck by selling the corpse of the historical serial killer. The kids re-animate Rowan with the help of nanotechnology. Little do they know that a mere thaw job is enough to resuscitate Jason and reawaken his bloodthirst. Soon, the comely students and their space-marine protectors are being dispatched one by one. Help arrives in the form of a holographic chamber and an android named Kay-Em 14 (Lisa Ryder). Soon, though, Jason himself gets an upgrade -- just as the spaceship is getting ready to self-destruct. The tenth installment in the long-running horror series, Jason X was the first new entry to appear in almost a decade. In fact, the previous film, 1993's Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, was one of two installments whose titles erroneously contained the word "final." ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: James Isaac

Release Date: April 26, 2002

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • FilmFanatik
    January 15, 2012
    FilmFanatik
    Most people would contend that the idea of putting Jason in space would be the worst idea that the filmmakers ever came up with in the history of the Friday the 13th series. Well, they would be both right and wrong at the same time. Let me put it this way: it is an awful idea, bu... read moret the resulting movie, Jason X, is just so much fun that it's hard to overlook. It's bad, yes, but in an enjoyable way. It actually has a strange charm to it, even in the worst of scenes. It definitely has a hell of a lot more charm than the worst films in the series (such as the previous one). The story is that Jason and a woman, who he is in the middle of murdering, are cryogenically frozen and unthawed almost five centuries later on a ship in outer space, whereupon Jason runs amuck and kills everything in his path. Later in the film, he is reborn, yet again, and is basically a super-cyborg killing machine. Insane right? Well, it IS over-the-top (and I'm sure I'm gonna be accused of having double standards here), but for some reason, this whole concept and the way it's executed just works for me. It's not perfect by any means, but it is fun, and a good way for the original series to go out on, particulary with the ending that it has. Jason goes to space, kills everybody and lands on a new planet to kill everything again. So the original series of films ends on not a high note, but a mid-range note. I can't even begin to defend it any real way, but most people tend to think of it as the worst of the series. However, I don't, as it contains too much unintentional entertainment value.
  • blkbomb
    September 10, 2011
    blkbomb
    Professor Lowe: Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back! 

    "Evil Gets An Upgrade"

    You know what the funniest thing is about how bad this movie is? It's still, in my opinion, not the worst in the Friday The 13th series. That's saying a lot because this movie blows. If th... read moreere's one thing I don't understand; it's  Friday The 13th fans. All of the movies suck. There are 3 or 4 movies, I consider watchable; that's not to say they are likable. The whole series is shit. All of them are, for the most part, the exact same movie. There's nothing on the level of suspense because we've seen the movie before, the first 9 times it was done and guess what it sucked then too. I love how the makers of these movies think anyone gives a flying fuck about Jason. There's nothing scary about a retard who won't die.

    Jason X is definitely the worst idea in the franchise, but the sum total is a little more watchable then Jason Goes to Hell and Jason Takes Manhattan. I'd probably rank this as the third worst in the series. But it did give the viewers some valuable information for the future. One is that hockey is going to be outlawed in about 30 years. So everyone in North Dakota better get their hockey on hard for the next few decades. Another is that the future intergalactic researchers are going to be stupid, hot chicks with nice perky breasts, which means, we're fucked.

    There's nothing about this movie that can be considered entertaining. The special effects were some of the worst you'll ever see. The acting and dialogue was right down there with the rest of the series. No scares and no suspense kind of sums up this movie pretty well, and for that matter the entire franchise.
  • fb100000040220993
    February 19, 2011
    fb100000040220993
    This is horrible. You know most of these movies are crap, but at least sometimes they're entertaining crap. This is a bad setting for piss poor writing, it's an even worse setting for Jason. Accidentally, watching this movie is the equivalent to stepping in fresh dog shit. If... read more you like walking around smelling feces all over your shoe, view this and enjoy. I suspect most of you don't, so avoid.
  • CreedsDelight
    January 30, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    It's so bad it's hilarious. All the deaths are hilarious.

    Grade: F
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    January 14, 2011
    LoughnerWasLucid
    approximately twenty million dollars spent on a metallic chrome hockey mask.
  • ythelastman89
    November 1, 2010
    ythelastman89
    While I can't say it's the greatest movie ever, this is a masterpiece among the stars. Jason not only causes havoc in his normal look, he turns into Uber Jason and completely destroys his adversaries. This movie's premise and execution is completely over the top and utterly ridic... read moreulous, but you have the most fun time watching it. The death scenes are overly violent and creative, just like they're supposed to be. Kane Hodder goes out with a bang and proves again how awesome he is as Jason Voorhees.
  • creepfreak
    August 13, 2010
    creepfreak
    Jason X sucks. Why the fu*k would you make Jason a Goddamn space cadet? Cheeeeeeeesy. Ultra Jason stars in this ultra stupid movie ruined by lots of HORRIBLE CGI. Bad, bad choice. Go back to Crystal Lake where you belong. Jeeze.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    June 8, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Jason X is the worst in the series. The concept seemed pretty decent, Jason in space. But really, the film falls flat. This is actually the best looking Friday film because of the sets, but even nice looking sets don't redeem the film. Jason is a joke. During the film, Jason is r... read moreeborn into Cyborg Jason, an armored plated Jason, which was the funniest part of the film, I mean the guy is really indestructible (not that he wasn't in the past) But the fact that he's become a bullet proof cyborg, adds a lot more comic relief to the film in my opinion. Jason X is a silly ride and is a film that asks the question, have the film makers finally run out of good ideas? My answer? Yes they have, they should've skipped and made Freddy Vs Jason instead of the film.
  • SirPant
    September 28, 2009
    SirPant
    I guess the only way is up! ..and into the future. It?s one way of continuing the franchise anyway. Not a bad film but I didn't like the cyborg Jason at the end much. Still, they can always do prequels to this film before he was frozen. How about a film about how they tried to ki... read morell him? A bit more original than the upcoming remake by Marcus 'I haven't an original bone in my body' Nispel!
  • sononothing
    February 13, 2009
    sononothing
    I went into Jason X thinking that this movie is going to be crap. It's Jason in space, of course it's going to be crap. And it is crap. Yet I'm still satisfied with it. It exceeded my expectations. Yeah, he was captured, frozen, found four hundred years later, taken on a ship, th... read moreawed, starts killing, blown to hell, regenerated, kills some more, but I was actually entertained because I knew I was going to have to think. It's like watching a Joe DeRita Three Stooges movie. You know it sucks, but it's still a good time. And he kills David Cronenberg. THE David Cronenberg!

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Robert K. Elder
July 20, 2002
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

Jason X conjures up more giggles than scares, assuming you make it through the first 15 minutes. Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir
May 4, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

Everything else Jason X tries to do has been done too, and generally a lot better. Full Review

Richard Roeper
April 29, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

The supposedly new, improved, futuristic Jason is just the same guy with a hipper hockey mask. Thumbs down. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
April 26, 2002
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

A protracted and only sporadically imaginative menu of ways to be murdered. Full Review

Claudia Puig
April 26, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Jason gets a futuristic makeover and annihilates someone using a giant screwing tool. After sitting through Jason's latest exploits, the audience may find itself identifying with that victim in partic... Full Review

Geoff Pevere
April 26, 2002
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

Truly terrible. Full Review

Jonathan Curiel
April 26, 2002
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

The premise of Jason X is silly but strangely believable. Full Review

Roger Ebert
April 26, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A low-rent retread of the Alien pictures. Full Review

Wesley Morris
April 26, 2002
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn, and the nicest thing I can say is that I can't remember a single name responsible for it. Full Review

Liam Lacey
April 26, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

As we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit.' The filmmakers might want to look it up. Full Review

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    • Professor Lowe: Oh, you want your machete! Shit, it's yours! Take it! Just remember who got it back for ya... Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!
    • Professor Lowe: [calling out] Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!
    • Sgt. Brodski: What's going on?
    • Rowan: Jason-fu*king-Voorhees, that's what's going on!
    • Tsunaron: Are you ready?
    • KAY-EM 14: I was built ready, baby.
    • Sgt. Brodski: How long has she been dead?
    • KAY-EM 14: 4.55 Centuries.
    • Sgt. Brodski: That's one hell of a wake-up call.
    • Waylander: Now what?
    • Janessa: Now basically we, we die.
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