“Jason X” is the tenth instalment in the always underwhelming “Friday The 13th” franchise. The big difference between “Jason X” and the other films in the series is that it has all the slicing and dicing takes place in outer space.

After years of slaying people at Crystal Lake camp, Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) finds himself cryogenically preserved along with a scientist (Lexa Doig) and the two are revived whilst on a spaceship in the 25th century. Almost immediately after gaining consciousness, Jason is back to hacking and slashing everybody. Can the crew of the spaceship survive against a foe that has apparently survived everything from being electrocuted to being hanged?

Jason Voorhees has always been one of the dullest slasher villains but at least in this film, he has a nice aesthetic change in the final act when he gets sort-of ‘upgraded’. He certainly looks the part in the finale of this sci-fi slasher. I think his best means of disposal is when he freezes one character’s face and then proceeds to slam it against a hard surface but that’s his first kill and after that, he stops getting creative. The other characters are really goofy and come out with ridiculous lines as they’re being wiped out.

I think “Jason X” is a little more tolerable than some of the earlier films in the series but it is in no way unique with its outer space setting as many other horror series such as “Hellraiser” had already beat “Friday The 13th” in the slasher space race. “Jason X” has a very good opening title sequences, a few funny moments here and there and it’s quite amusing to see the desperation of the filmmakers in that they’ll now resort to sending Jason into space in order to make another film. Apparently fans of the series generally don’t care much for this one… I don’t care much for any of them.