Post by slayrrr666 on Dec 14, 2005 14:00:37 GMT -5
"Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning" is an interesting edition to the series.
**SPOILERS**
Tommy Jarvis (John Shepard) is having nightmares about Jason still being alive, even after he is sure to have killed him. He is forced into a sanitarium for the mentally ill. Arriving at the institute, the head of the facility, Dr. Matthew Leonard (Richard Young) takes an immediate shine to him, which the staff and residents don't take to him as swiftly. Things go smoothly until the handyman(Mark Venturini) slaughters one of the patients (Dominick Brascia). This sets off a chain-reaction of murders around the sanitarium. the authorities have no idea who. Tommy begins to have dreams and visions that it was Jason who killed everybody, but he doesn't tell anybody about it. The murders continue, as do Tommy's visions of Jason. The murders finally happen to the patients of the institute, and Matt and his assistant Pam(Melanie Kinnaman) become nervous about what's going on around them. When Tommy goes ballistic and nearly kills someone, everyone starts to die or go off looking for everyone else. They finally learn that it was Jason behind the killing the whole time, and begins slaughtering everybody left at the house. Pam returns in time to confront Jason and finally puts an end to his killing spree with Tommy's help.
The Good News: Even though this isn't a Jason film, the killer certainly knows his way around a tool shed. We have a flare in the mouth, three machete impaling, a slit throat, a cleaver to the head, head-clippers in the eyes, and a great decapitation. This is a great variety over the usual machete kills over Part 4, which was mainly known for the highest body count in the series, as well as the most nudity. This one also contains a lot of nudity, almost as much as the last one. The violence is also offset by the fact that it does merely introduce people only to slaughter them off only minutes later. We meet at least five or six people in the film and ten kill them off after only a few moments. This is what a Friday film is all about, random kills that have no purpose in the film, as long as they are gory, which the film certainly provides. The other good thing about this movie is that it has a bit more humor in it than one would expect. The woman who lives next door to the insane asylum is a pretty funny character, and her retard of a son is also the owner of some good lines. There is also one of the greatest realizations of "Jason." After discovering the dead bodies, Pam and Reggie walk out of the house but trip over a piece of furniture. At that moment, "Jason" comes crashing through the front door of the house wielding his machete. Part 2 had a great realization as well, but I prefer this one better. This was the best jump in the film, and it wasn't the only one. The repeated ways of killing "Jason" provide many great small little jumps. This film is never really that boring of a film.
The Bad News: Despite the hockey mask and the near invincibility, this isn't a Jason movie. Jason isn't in the movie one iota. He only serves as the inspiration for the killer in the film, which is a series fault for the filmmakers. This is like "Halloween III" not featuring Michael Myers: it isn't the best idea in the world to have a series about an established character and then to have an entry that ignores what the film series is about. This is a major foul on the film, and as far as I'm concerned the only one.
The Final Verdict: If you can forgive the fact that this isn't a "Jason" film, it can be pretty enjoyable. It does have a good premise and some great kills, and is at least worthy of a rental recommendation for fans of the series.
Rated R: Nudity, Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and a sex scene
