Friday The 13th - Part 5 - A New Beginning Reviews

If you've seen any other Jason film, then you probably know the "plot" - hockey masked killer slashes teens too stupid to see it coming (or run away). If you're into slasher films there are certainly better, try a modern one if you like more gore, or Friday 13th Parts 1-4.

another classic but poor

I like all the Friday 13th movies but was a little dissapointed by this one pretty basic story and unlike the other did not feature much of Jason but it was ok and if you have seen all the others this is a must.

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Oh dear

Danny Steinmann's film is an attempt to do something different with the never-ending slasher series and, as such, deserves a modicum of applause. However, that's the only praise deserved because this is a pretty feeble excuse for a horror film. It's not surprising that it lacks even the remotest hint of terror but it didn't have to be quite so tedious. There is an unexpected killing early on which is well done but its downhill all the way after that into unintentional comedy - the two leather boys are particularly hilarious.John Shepherd is a blank in the leading role , the supporting cast isn't up to much and the denouement is simply ludicrious.

Teens.....

'Kill Teens' should be the titles for this series. Nothing new, and the effects seem to be getting worse. Stay clear and never get it out for a friday night in with mates as you will be very unpopular.

this was a good film bit more gore and action than the first one but i worked out who the killer was before the halfway point of the film

Friday the 13th Part 5, like Halloween 3, has a bad reputation for the most mindless of reasons ? the fact that it doesn?t feature the same star of the previous films in the bogeyman role. Despite being Jason Voorhees free however, this is actually a decent script, one that pushes the series on while firmly sticking to the continuity of the previous films. The basic premise is that Tommy - the young boy who finally managed to kill Jason at the end of Part 4 - has grown up mentally disturbed, and when bodies start pilling up again it?s not obvious if there?s a new copycat killer out there or if Tommy is doing the killings himself. For the first time since Friday the 13th Part 2 the script is attempting to add a new spin onto the increasingly formulaic teen campers/stalk n? slash routine, something which is to be applauded. Unfortunate then that this turns out to be another disappointing sequel.

Firstly the acting is pretty dire (the lead character excepted) with half of the cast attempting to play their roles as comedy: the bungling policemen are bad enough, but the comedy ?good ol? boy? and his mother are possibly the most noxious couple to ever appear in ANY film (how I cheered when they died). The film has also dated very badly thanks to it?s 80?s fashions, the scenes of a Michael Jackson wanabee singing to his girlfriend and a mini-Madonna doing an extended robotic dance in her bedroom are two particularly cringe worthy moments. The action scenes are reasonable, but it?s very hard to care about any of this collection of the soon-to-be-dead, and the moment when one is saved by a 12-year old driving a mechanical digger explosively through the door of a barn is pure cheese.

Friday the 13th Part 5 has some nice ideas, and the twist ending is great, but the execution is incredibly sloppy. After this bungled re-birth the series would look toward re-animating it?s main man to get back on track?

this is one of the poorer films in the franchise. Some nice twists, but ultimatley weak, also most of the kills are off screen. for fans only

oh no jason would turn in his grave

having seen the first three films i was not too hopeful that this would be obviousl;y tired and weak plot, too prodictable and easy to solve way before the film ends which i couldnt wait for, sadly

Awful

if you are a jason fan i would not suggest watching this one. the bad acting, bad directing, bad edditing, bad everything could put you off for life! how and why i managed to sit through it all is totaly beyond me!

good

my son has given this film 5 stars, as im getting these films for him to watch. i couldn't watch them back in the 80's, but he has become a massive fan and hasn't been dissapointed by any of these films that he has already watched.