Jason X is a 2002 science fiction/slasher film, and the tenth in the Friday the 13th film series, starring Kane Hodder as the undead mass murderer Jason Voorhees. The film made $16,951,798 worldwide with a $14,000,000 budget.
The film was conceived during a staff meeting when a writer suggested sending Jason into space as means of moving the franchise ahead while Freddy vs. Jason was still stuck in development hell. Jason X is set in the future (...
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Jason X is a 2002 science fiction/slasher film, and the tenth in the Friday the 13th film series, starring Kane Hodder as the undead mass murderer Jason Voorhees. The film made $16,951,798 worldwide with a $14,000,000 budget.
The film was conceived during a staff meeting when a writer suggested sending Jason into space as means of moving the franchise ahead while Freddy vs. Jason was still stuck in development hell. Jason X is set in the future (the opening scene being set in at least 2010, and Jason revealed as having been held captive since 2008) so as not to confuse the continuity of the series.
In 2008, Jason Voorhees is captured by the U.S. government and is being held at Crystal Lake Research Facility. Rowan, a government reseacher, leads several unsuccessful attempts to execute him. In 2010, she decides to place him in cryogenic suspension to neutralize him. Unfortunately, the government has other plans, hoping to profit from research into Jason's rapid cellular regeneration....
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