One more movie to go and that is
Friday the 13th (2009)
SPOILER ALERT!!
I want to start this off by saying that i didn't know there was a whole other Elm Street franchise, I watched the First movie that was bought out in 1984 and the newest one in 2010 so i might have to do an whole franchise review from start to finish like i did this one. But anyway, The intro tells us Freddy's story of how he died, what he became when he died and how he is now powerless because all the people of Elm Street forgot him. He then goes on to tell us that he found someone who can make them remember and on screen we see Jason's hockey mask, so i guess you can say they start the film as allies. (This is set after Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday) and so Jason goes on his killing spree and it scares everyone which gives Freddy the power to come back, i don;t think the deaths in between are overly important but now both Freddy and Jason are on a killing rampage. Knowing that there are two killers after them the team of Teens make a plan to pull Freddy out of one of their dreams so Jason and Freddy will fight (Some how i didn't pick this up while watching the movie, maybe i was texting someone back at this point but apparently it's said that in hell Freddy disguised himself as Mrs. Voorhees to make Jason go out and kill again. I would've thought when Jason when to hell his mother would've already been there but okay, let's roll with this). They successfully pull Freddy out of the dream and as hoped the begin fighting. It's typical but i do love the binary opposites element in this. Obviously they're both evil but the whole Freddy's weakness is fire and Jason's weakness is water. I just really enjoy that aspect of it. but yeah, fight scene. They do a lot of fighting and end up on the dock. Just as it looks like Freddy has the upper hand after slicing Jason's fingers off and stealing his machete, beating him up with it then sticking his craws in Jason's eyes the surviving two teens blow up the dock. Just as this is happening Jason fists Freddy.... Of course i mean punching him through the stomach and clenching his insides (You thought i was going all fan fiction on you) while Freddy stabs Jason with his own Machete then Jason rips Freddy's arm off before they both go flying into the lake. The two teens also jump into the lake to avoid the explosion. The couple crawl out of the water onto the dock which is (Mostly) still there for some reason but see Freddy walking towards them with Jason's Machete. Just as he is about to make one last attempt at killing the teenagers we see Freddy's claw impale him from behind. It's Jason using Freddy's own arm as a weapon against him then he falls in the lake.Shocked by the attack Freddy falls to his knees and drops the Machete so the girl picks it up and slices Freddy's head off setting off an attractive water fountain of blood as his head flies into the lake and his body follows. Thinking it's over the couple high-tail it out of there... BUT!!!.. Are you ready for this?.. In another shot we see Jason emerge from the water holding Freddy's head which looks dead but then he winks and we hear his laughter. CREDITS!
(I don't know if it's intentional or not but letting the audience know both are alive does open up a gateway for new movies in each franchise. For Jason this is in 2009 and Freddy 2010)
I enjoyed this movie because you had the typical elements of both movies (I should have watched all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies before reviewing this really)and they don't really combine until the last battle although the are aware of each other and i think that's what keeps you excited throughout the movie because you;re looking forward to seeing the two evils battle in a fight where there's no predictable out come because there is no good or bad and i imagine it drew in quite a large audience because they bought two franchises together and each fanbase would want their franchise to win. I wanted Jason to win. as much as the movies have been getting on my nerves a bit he is still my favorite out of the two. I really did love this movie though (and this is just me being picky) in the final scene there's a bit of a continuity error. Jason is standing above Freddy and Freddy is on the floor trying to drag himself away but then the angle changed and suddenly Freddy is stood up and fighting. It bothered me.
****
4/5 stars for this
FANTASTIC movie!
Tomorrow we end this with: Friday the 13th (2009)
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