Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

Posted April 18th, 2004 by Doghead
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A few years have passed. The young boy Tommy, whom "killed" Jason in part 4, has grown into a trouble minded young man. He suffers from nightmarish memories from his meeting with Crystal Lake infamous murderer. I guess Tommy been institutionalized in different Nut-houses, without getting well. Again he is transferred. This time to a farm. On this farm lives already a bunch of other retarded teenagers. The thing with the farm is that the youngster will get well by chopping wood and doing other farming things. An argument between two guys ends in an axe -murder. And after that someone else starts to kill the kids one by one. Is HE back again?

The first time I saw F13 Part 5, I thought it was a real good horror movie and a good represent ant of the series. Even if it not take place in Crystal Lake, and even if it not contain so much humour, as usual in a F13 flick. I like it a lot. All the way up to the end, when it is revealed that Jason is not Jason, but a stupid, fat "Roy - The Paramedic". What a scandal! I'm sure that director Danny Steinmann thought it would make a fun twist to the plot. But he had forgotten that I, and every other F13 heads, want to see Jason. NOT a copycat. After this horrible discover, the judgment of this movie falls a lot. Danny Steinmann should be ashamed. There are some unwritten rules that you not suppose to break. Having a Fake-Jason is one of those rules.

With this some questions appears in my head. How comes "Roy" have original-Jason superpowers of never-dying? Why is he wearing the mask? After all, if he was determent to kill all of the teenagers, why would it give him pleasure, to make the victims think that they are killed by a dude in a Hockey mask? The explanation is very weak in the end.

The actor that plays the role of "Tommy" have zero on the charisma scale.

But this is not such a very terrible horror movie after all. It contains the usual stuff, some pot, some sex and a bloody massacre. Worth checking out.

But it is the worst F13.