Jason Voorhees is captured and held in a government research facility where he is studied in hopes of finding the secret to his regenerative abilities. Once Rowan, the leader of the project, proposes cryogenically freezing Jason in order to ensure that he can not strike again. But a greedy scientist, bent on profiting from discovering Jason's secrets, goes over her head and tries to have him moved for further testing. Naturally he escapes and goes on another of his signature killing sprees. Once tries to stop him, but they both end up in a a state of cryogenic suspension.
Over 400 years later, they are discovered by a team of students who descent on Earth, which is no longer inhabited, on a training mission. They thaw Once and Jason. They believe Jason to be dead, and ignore Once's warnings. Sure enough, he wakes up again and hacks his way through the entire ships security personnel, and most of the crew.
Finally he faces off with the ships android, who does a pretty convincing number on him, but he is accidentally regenerated even stronger than before. It's not looking good for the remaining survivors as they desperately scramble to stay alive and to find help before the damage inflicted by Jason destroys the ship, and those on board.
Jason X attempts to put a new twist on the Friday the 13th series in a way that is even more daring than what was done with Jason Goes to Hell. It's just a shame it failed so badly. Star Trek meets Friday the 13th just doesn't come out particularly convincingly. In the end, Jason X is more of a sci-fi action flick than a horror. Obviously it is full of Jason slashing, stabbing, and dismembering everyone in sight. But other than that it really doesn't feel like a Friday the 13th movie and may actually be not only the worst Jason movie to be made by New Line Cinema, but possibly even the worst one to be made to date.
Furthermore, Jason X completely disregards the events of its immediate predecessor, Jason Goes to Hell, in which Jason was sent to hell and met Freddy Krueger. This plot line isn't picked back up until the next movie, Freddy vs. Jason. At the same time, Jason X leaves the door open for another sequel which could take place on Earth 2, where humans had relocated to after destroying the original Earth. But at this point the probability of such a sequel seems slight considering the franchise has already gone the way of the shitty remake.
1.5 robo Jason's out of 5
Rated 18A for strong horror violence, language and some sexuality.
Watch the Jason X trailer.
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