Cinema Zone-Jason X(2001) 2/2 Video

The Second And Final Part Of My Review Of Jason X Starring Boyd Banks, Derwin Jordan, Phillip Williams, Melody Johnson, Chuck Campbell, Melyssa Ade, Lexa Doig, David Cronenberg, Dov Tiefenbach, Peter Mensah, And Kane Hodder. Directed By James Issac.

Trivia

# The space debris floating in space has "Cunningham Reality" written on the side. This is a reference to the name of producer Noel Cunningham, the son of executive producer and maker of the original Friday the 13th (1980), Sean S. Cunningham.

# Screenwriter Todd Farmer based much of the film on Alien (1979), even naming one of the characters (whom he also played) Dallas, after Tom Skerritt's character in the Ridley Scott film.

# Several of the characters in the film are named after screenwriter Todd Farmer's online friends in the PC game EverQuest (1999) (VG).

# It had four different U.S. release dates before it was finally released.

# The name "Tiamat" comes from Babylonian mythology. She is a dragon/goddess of the sea, who was slain by the god Marduk who then formed the land from her carcass.

# Brodski mentioned a gun while the soldiers were suiting up called the "BFG". This sci-fi gun is well known to players of the PC games Doom (1993) (VG) and Quake II (1998) (VG) as the most powerful weapon. "BFG" is an acronym for "Bio Force Gun" or "Big Fucking Gun", as some called it.

# Jason Voorhees' eyes never blink when they are shown.

# The music played during Jason's first look at the virtual reality Camp Crystal Lake is the same musical score as the one in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981).

# The name of the primary ship in the film is the "Grendel" which is the name of a monster in the Old English poem "Beowulf". Grendel was a direct descendant of Cain from the Book of Genesis, a monster described as half-troll, half-ogre. Like Jason, Grendel rose from a lake in search of victims and seemingly could not be killed. Also, in their fight, Beowulf rips Grendel's arm off, and in the movie, when Kay-Em shoots up Jason, the first thing he loses is his arm.

# In the scene where Dallas is smashed against the wall by Jason, the stuntman who did this actually broke his nose.

# When Stony opens the door and gets stabbed and his blood sprays in Kinsa's face, she screams. According to the audio commentary, the effects guys weren't supposed to spray the blood into her face. She was screaming not because she just saw her boyfriend die, but because the fake blood was burning her eyes

# The "virtual '80s" scene was originally meant to be much more detailed, including a number of topless women playing volleyball. One idea even included the appearance of Pamela Voorhees, Jason's mother, and even went so far as to have Jason attack her, showing the extent of just how evil he had become. The latter idea was dropped.

# The "sleeping bag death" scene was first done in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), and was actually ad-libbed by Kane Hodder in that film out of frustration at re-shooting the same scene over and over.

# The character Janessa was originally named Jessica, after producer Sean Cunningham's sister.

# The first film in the Friday the 13th series to rely on digital effects for death and gore shots.

# Jason murders 28 people, more than any of the other Friday the 13th movies.

# The film only suffered a couple seconds of cuts/alterations to earn an "R" rating, making it the least censored entry in the entire Friday the 13th series.

# The character Adrienne is a reference to Adrienne King, who played Alice Hardy in Friday the 13th (1980) and Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981).