Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
This 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th is a largely by-the-numbers slasher remake that offers little new to the genre or the franchise. The plot is thin and formulaic, following the standard template of young adults being picked off one by one at Crystal Lake with minimal character development. Acting is serviceable at best, with the cast filling archetypal slasher roles without distinction. Cinematography is competent for the genre, with some decent tension-building shots and effective use of the woods setting. Novelty is very low — as a reboot/remake of an iconic franchise, it recycles familiar kills and tropes without reinventing or meaningfully reinterpreting the source material. The ending is predictable and unsatisfying, leaning on a tired jump scare conclusion common to the genre.