Rio Grande Herald Movie Critic:
Gerald Salinas

Call your friends and make plans to go out to your fathers cabin in the woods and have a good time. After all there's nothing to fear. Wait... yes there is, Jason (Derek Mears) is back, yet again, in another series of horrible killing sprees.

Make no mistakes about it, this is probably the best Friday the 13th (I'm just gonna say Jason) movie, and it does stands apart from the rest; that's not saying much. Why do young, naive, groups of friends still go up to Crystal Lake? I guess they haven't seen the past Jason movies and recognize that's his home. This new series of the Jason movies is not a sequel but more of a remake of the 1980 original movie. Well, some what of a remake, in the original movie Jason doesn't do all the killing in fact he doesn't do any. Mrs. Voorhees, his mother is the lunatic, and she commits all the killing, in anger or should I say revenge on the counselors who let her beloved son drown in Crystal Lake.

She later is decapitated at the end of the original movie and at the beginning of this movie. 20 years now gone by, guess what happens next,... yup a group of naive kids decide to go to Crystal Lake, in which I'm sure you know, so I won't ruin anything here, end up being brutally killed. Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) who sister Whitney (Amanda Righetti) was involve in that killing fest by Jason, is out to find his sister when even the police have given up. Clay runs into Jason next victims in where do you think, yes Crystal Lake, and there begins the chase. Why does Jason chase them and kill them? Cause he just wants to be left alone, and these naive kids are trespassing in his territory.

Jason does handle the beginning of the movie dirty. The opening scene is a bit terrifying and extremely gruesome and sets the tone for the movie. Well not exactly, see we know the story to these movies and what or why we go see this movies is for our date and for disturbing scenes. This not so much, just simpling slashing and chasing. And your forced to sit in your seat for about an hour and 35 minutes, well if you want that is. Jason is clever on some parts, with traps and alarms, and the use of a bow and arrow. Guess Jason's been watching discovery channel. Other than that it's just tries to hard on gore and brutally.

Not a whole lot of acting was experienced in this movie, (except Jare Padalecki) most of the acting was one dimensional, but who's trying to win an Oscar in this movie anyway. I will give credit to the director Marcus Nispel, who does revive Jason himself not the movie but the character Jason. Jason, finally has a presence, this Jason is a very huge guy, does look like he has been living there for 20 plus years and no more walking Jason and I actually saw him run, yes run.

The movie doesn't bring much to the table, yes this is an entertaining movie with no plot, or story, and no acting, not a good choice for the weekend unless your really a huge Jason fan, or just want your girlfriend holding your arm while she screams. Either of the two that's the only way I recommend this movie.