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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As the 80s came to an end, Jason Vorhees continued to wreak bloody mayhem; this time the director wastes no time with preamble, and the laughable ruse of a boat (inhabited by two amourous teens of course) weighing anchor, and the anchor rupturing a power cable that resuscitates the dormant horror that is Jason, is used to bring him back once more.
For some reason, Jason's first victim always has a hockey mask handily lying around, and of course the monster soon claims it in order for that iconic look to be reinstated. After despatching the shagging couple; Jason stows away on a ship that is taking more big-haired teens to the Big Apple for a graduation reward; cue further nubile teenage girls getting their kits off; more obnoxious nerds; a teacher who soon loses control of his students; and a girl who is afraid of the water and keeps having visions of a young Jason drowning in Crystal Lake and begging her for help. Naturally, the majority of the above are quickly dispatched; using various imaginative weapons from an electric guitar to a harpoon gun. Why Jason continues to hide between kills is a mystery to me; it's not like there's anyone to come to the kids' rescue!
Along with a creepy deckhand whose constant claims that "You're all gonna die!" hark back to the third instalment in the franchise; this is pretty risible stuff; once the surviving five make it to New York City on a lifeboat, Jason also appears, tracks them down and slaughters them. A spark of life comes when a gang of street punks attempt to confront Jason and he lifts up his mask, causing them to apologize and flee from the nightmarish sight; this is one of two moments of black humour in the film, that save it from being a total waste of 90 minutes.
For some reason, Jason's first victim always has a hockey mask handily lying around, and of course the monster soon claims it in order for that iconic look to be reinstated. After despatching the shagging couple; Jason stows away on a ship that is taking more big-haired teens to the Big Apple for a graduation reward; cue further nubile teenage girls getting their kits off; more obnoxious nerds; a teacher who soon loses control of his students; and a girl who is afraid of the water and keeps having visions of a young Jason drowning in Crystal Lake and begging her for help. Naturally, the majority of the above are quickly dispatched; using various imaginative weapons from an electric guitar to a harpoon gun. Why Jason continues to hide between kills is a mystery to me; it's not like there's anyone to come to the kids' rescue!
Along with a creepy deckhand whose constant claims that "You're all gonna die!" hark back to the third instalment in the franchise; this is pretty risible stuff; once the surviving five make it to New York City on a lifeboat, Jason also appears, tracks them down and slaughters them. A spark of life comes when a gang of street punks attempt to confront Jason and he lifts up his mask, causing them to apologize and flee from the nightmarish sight; this is one of two moments of black humour in the film, that save it from being a total waste of 90 minutes.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When I got this film I thought that it would be Jason Vorhees ripping through the steets of New York killing Wallsreet trader in high rise buildings and slaughtering the odd cabbie. What I actually got didnt really have much to do with New York at all, the film mainly takes place on a boat full of high school (or is it college) students, Jason is awakened from the depths of the sea and he rampages through the boat killing most of the passangers and crew.
When the boat does eventually make it to New York it could be any American city, the only sign that it is in New York is a very small scene in Time Square (they probably spent all their budget getting permission to film their so lost out on th rest of the film).
This is definatly not a defining film in the slasher genre, the plot is uninspired the locations are awful and the death scenes are frankly poor. Unless your a friday the 13th completist and want the whole set I wound't bother with this film in the slightest.
When the boat does eventually make it to New York it could be any American city, the only sign that it is in New York is a very small scene in Time Square (they probably spent all their budget getting permission to film their so lost out on th rest of the film).
This is definatly not a defining film in the slasher genre, the plot is uninspired the locations are awful and the death scenes are frankly poor. Unless your a friday the 13th completist and want the whole set I wound't bother with this film in the slightest.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is not my favourite chapter ,but is definetely worth a watch.Having yet again been resurrected,part time butcher and hockey enthusiast Jason Voorhees embarks on a voyage of the damned with a love boat of ,youve guessed it mindless teens.In this chapter we find our friend Jason in totally new surroundings which i thought seem pretty good, also Jason has a new look which i feel is his best to date, however the title is a little misleading, 3 quarters of the film is spent on the boat, and maybe the last 15 minutes is on location in New York.
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