Friday the 13th (2009)
Directed by Marcus Nispel
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.
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The writers of Baywatch, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, have been responsible for such slasher-film retreads as the 2009 Friday the 13th and Freddy vs. Jason .
Screenwriters Mark Swift and Damian Shannon cranked out the "Friday the 13th" reboot and "Freddy vs. Jason."
That sting lingers, and Baywatch has just enough going for it to make its ultimate failure feel like a botched attempt at C.P.R. Coming from a plethora of writers, including screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the two minds behind Freddy vs. Jason and the 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th , this film has no idea what it is, the tone it would like to strike or who it has even been made for.
Director Seth Gordon (2013's " Identity Thief ") and writers Damian Shannon & Mark Swift (2009's " Friday the 13th ") check these boxes, then proceed to make the project their own.
A tactic previously employed skillfully in 2009’s underrated Friday the 13th reboot works wonders here to establish the stakes in a major way.
Gory remakes of marginal quality are something of a specialty for German-born director Marcus Nispel who counts the 2003 redo of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and 2009's "Friday the 13th" among his artier achievements.
Marcus Nispel has found cinematic success not through an original artist's point-of-view, but via his continual mounting of money-in-the-bank remakes such as 2003's " The Texas Chainsaw Massacre " and 2009's " Friday the 13th ."
There’s the horror remake god, a man responsible for giving The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th a cruel, contemporary spin.
This new movie, while not a direct remake, has a similar feel, though Nispel, whose career has taken him from directing commercials and music videos to remakes for the big screen ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," 2003, "Friday the 13th," 2009), ramps up the violence.
As he has shown in his new takes on the cult movies, “The Texas Chain Masscare” and “Friday the 13th,” Marcus Nispul is a craftsman, but not a director who pays much attention to narrative logic or characterization.
Director Nispel has built quite a reputation as the "Remake King" with previous efforts Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Platinum Dunes, but with Conan he proves that it is possible to maintain a respectful balance between homage and reinvention, and perhaps the missteps in his previous reimagingings may have had more to do with Platinum Dunes than his efforts at the helm.
Aaron Yoo as the goofy token Asian character is probably the most familiar face ( 21 , Disturbia , Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist , etc.).
I especially liked the antics of a perverted redneck who lives/works near Camp Crystal Lake, and Aaron Yoo (from 21) generates some giggles as a pot-happy dweeb.