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Did Jason win? Did Freddy lose? That's the question. Frankly speaking, we don't know whether there was a win and lose situation when speaking about 'Freddy Vs Jason' (2003), directed by Ronny Yu and starring Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger as Freddy and Jason respectively.
After nearly ten years in exile from the cinema, Freddy is revitalized in this slasher flick, which provides chills and plenty of bloodletting action!! Robert Englund, who has played the razor-fingered antihero in all the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' movies since 1984, as usual brings the one-liners and humor with his portrayal in this film in a fresh spirit that has made the character of Freddy Kruger fascinating!
Jason Voorhees, in more ways than one, is far more scary and dangerous than what Freddy can be! In Freddy's case, you can see what he looks like directly and with his constant one-liners, you lose the sense of fear for him but rather some amusement! In Jason's case, it's the opposite. We cannot see what Jason really looks like, since he hides it behind a hockey mask, so naturally we are more afraid of him because we have no idea what he looks like! Kane Hodder was a impressively frightening Jason in the four 'Friday the 13ths' leading up to 'Jason X' in 2002, and there's not a shadow of doubt that he would have done the same in 'Freddy Vs Jason', but he was unfortunately replaced by Ken Kirzinger, who seemed more apt for the role of the silent machete-wielding monster on the basis of his great stature. Nevertheless Ken gave a really spine chilling edge to the character of Jason Voorhees, and there stands no distinction between him and Kane's Jason.
In this movie, Freddy is desperate at terrorizing teenagers in their dreams, since the kids of Elm Street have been made to forget him completely with dream suppressants. Freddy then resurrects Jason to terrorize the kids at Elm Street in order for him to unleash his worst in teenagers' dreams. However, Jason goes overboard with the killing, and when Jason kills the girl that Freddy was about to kill himself, the seed of hatred is planted between the ultra-tyrants! The fighting between Freddy and Jason in Freddy's dream world and then subsequently at Camp Crystal Lake is exciting and thrilling, for you want to know who's going to win in this terrible fight. Of course at the end it is Jason who has more or less won, since you see him carrying Freddy's head like some trophy at the end of the film, but did he really win on his own is not the case for he was helped by the Elm Street kids who were trying to get the big, silent fiend against their arch nemesis, Freddy, which shows that Freddy could have defeated Jason in his dream world, but who was unfortunately dragged to the real world by Lori (Monica Keena) where Jason had some chance of defeating him in the ultimate fight. So overall, the fight was a draw! I wonder whether Freddy will win when the sequel to 'Freddy Vs Jason' comes this year or in 2006?
After nearly ten years in exile from the cinema, Freddy is revitalized in this slasher flick, which provides chills and plenty of bloodletting action!! Robert Englund, who has played the razor-fingered antihero in all the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' movies since 1984, as usual brings the one-liners and humor with his portrayal in this film in a fresh spirit that has made the character of Freddy Kruger fascinating!
Jason Voorhees, in more ways than one, is far more scary and dangerous than what Freddy can be! In Freddy's case, you can see what he looks like directly and with his constant one-liners, you lose the sense of fear for him but rather some amusement! In Jason's case, it's the opposite. We cannot see what Jason really looks like, since he hides it behind a hockey mask, so naturally we are more afraid of him because we have no idea what he looks like! Kane Hodder was a impressively frightening Jason in the four 'Friday the 13ths' leading up to 'Jason X' in 2002, and there's not a shadow of doubt that he would have done the same in 'Freddy Vs Jason', but he was unfortunately replaced by Ken Kirzinger, who seemed more apt for the role of the silent machete-wielding monster on the basis of his great stature. Nevertheless Ken gave a really spine chilling edge to the character of Jason Voorhees, and there stands no distinction between him and Kane's Jason.
In this movie, Freddy is desperate at terrorizing teenagers in their dreams, since the kids of Elm Street have been made to forget him completely with dream suppressants. Freddy then resurrects Jason to terrorize the kids at Elm Street in order for him to unleash his worst in teenagers' dreams. However, Jason goes overboard with the killing, and when Jason kills the girl that Freddy was about to kill himself, the seed of hatred is planted between the ultra-tyrants! The fighting between Freddy and Jason in Freddy's dream world and then subsequently at Camp Crystal Lake is exciting and thrilling, for you want to know who's going to win in this terrible fight. Of course at the end it is Jason who has more or less won, since you see him carrying Freddy's head like some trophy at the end of the film, but did he really win on his own is not the case for he was helped by the Elm Street kids who were trying to get the big, silent fiend against their arch nemesis, Freddy, which shows that Freddy could have defeated Jason in his dream world, but who was unfortunately dragged to the real world by Lori (Monica Keena) where Jason had some chance of defeating him in the ultimate fight. So overall, the fight was a draw! I wonder whether Freddy will win when the sequel to 'Freddy Vs Jason' comes this year or in 2006?
If there's any movie of Madhavan that is absolutely a flop, it has to be 'Jay Jay' which is a remake of the Hollywood film, 'Serendipity' starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. Madhavan displays nothing of his remarkable acting abilities and he literally sleepwalks in the film. The film suffers mainly due to Madhavan's lack of performance and evident lack of interest in the film in which he's acting.
I must admit there are good song sequences and some good action which shows Madhavan as a splendid fighter, but otherwise on the whole there's no real romance, no great plot, and no great acting. It's a very poor film and hardly worthwhile to watch!!
I must admit there are good song sequences and some good action which shows Madhavan as a splendid fighter, but otherwise on the whole there's no real romance, no great plot, and no great acting. It's a very poor film and hardly worthwhile to watch!!