Yesterday was Friday the 13th. So, let's talk about what may be my least favorite of the
Friday the 13th franchise,
A New Beginning. In the fifth film, Tommy Jarvis has grown up into a twenty-something teenager. He's being sent to a half-way house because he has spent the better part of his childhood institutionalized after killing Jason Voorhees. Before too long, bodies start dropping. This movie has a pretty mixed bag when it comes to kills. It's clear that most of them were neutered, even if a couple of them are still fairly effective. It also doesn't entirely help that the nudity is increased. Yes, nudity is important to the
Friday legacy, but the gore and the kills are the reason fans keep coming back. The worst thing about this movie is that it's just inconsequential. The movie's whole purpose to pass the torch of serial killer from Jason Voorhees to Tommy Jarvis. That isn't what ends up happening with the franchise, which just renders this film utterly pointless. I could point to mediocre acting, but that's already kind of pointless. The characters mostly uninteresting, as well. A lot of them are killed off almost as quickly as they are introduced, The killer reveal at the end is pretty awful too. There are plenty of red herrings that actually work better than the character they actually chose for Jason's interim replacement. It should also be noted that his motivations don't actually make sense in the context of the story. Just in case someone reading this hasn't seen
Friday the 13th Part V, I won't give away the film's killer reveal. I just think it's important to note that very little about
Part V works for me. In a marathon of this franchise, Part V really sticks out as the one you can easily skip and lose absolutely nothing.
3 / 10
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