Friday the 13th Part 2

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 1981

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 93 Ratings

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TheRussianatorApr 11, 2018

A definite improvement over the original, but it's still the same cheap scares and a pathetic attempt at creating suspense. It does have more creative kills and the decision-making of the protagonist did surprise me at the end.

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Rcavey92212Mar 7, 2020

This is one of the weakest entries of the franchise in my opinion. It also doesn't fit in with the other films. Some things just make no sense. The opening for instance has Jason killing the films first survivor a few months after the firstThis is one of the weakest entries of the franchise in my opinion. It also doesn't fit in with the other films. Some things just make no sense. The opening for instance has Jason killing the films first survivor a few months after the first film. Heres the problem with that he's fully grown, he somehow knows where she lives and travels to her house. Cut to 5 years later and a group of counselors are trying to open up a camp and start being stalking and slashed by a hooded Jason. Amy Steel stars as Ginny one of the franchise's smartest and most bad ass heroines. The movie is fun but it's so by the numbers and the finale leaves one of the biggest questions of the series. What happened to Paul?

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MoviezNPMar 7, 2019

I give this movie one thing. It's not f**king horrible like the second Nightmare on Elm Street movie. But isn't good. .
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Good : Some kills were good. Particularly one with the machete on the face. . . Mixed : It had more jumpscares thanI give this movie one thing. It's not f**king horrible like the second Nightmare on Elm Street movie. But isn't good. .
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Good : Some kills were good. Particularly one with the machete on the face. .
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Mixed : It had more jumpscares than kills. The jumpscares work better than what we get today. But, was it a slasher or a mediocre 2010s supernatural/gothic horror? Why scares? At least give terrifying kills if you don't know what to do with it!! .
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Bad : With the second movie, the franchise didn't become any better. But it's still the same mediocre direction and mediocre script. Consistency? I guess that's what it is. It begins really stupidly. You can fast forward the first six and a half minutes of this movie. It's just the flashbacks from the previous movie. And people, please stop making "Alien³" the target, this movie and Nightmare 4 did the same thing before Alien³. It retains all the negatives of the first movie. Same boring pace, and screenplay and direction issues. The good aspects are lowered down, too. At least Betsy Palmer was there to be someone who performed well. No one does a good job here. The characters are still uninteresting as hell. To make things worse, it has pointless nude and perverted scenes which do not fit in the movie. The opening credits show nothing, it can be skipped easily. Some scenes are just too long, and could've been trimmed. But we can skip that, can't we? Well these are some additional negatives. For my complete thought, you can refer to my review of the first movie. Most of the negatives are retained. I don't want to repeat myself again. .
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Conclusion : Turn your brain off and be entertained by this piece of s**t. .
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Score : 4.5/10
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BestbakesJul 31, 2020

Wasn't as good as the first one. Pacing was a bit better here. Overall it was a pretty average film with not much to talk about.

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KaijukaiAug 3, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Friday the 13th part 2 the movie to put Jason as the slasher king. now if you have not watched the first friday the 13th you may not know but Jason is not the killer his mother is because Jason drowned. how did he live in the woods for 20+ years who knows but anyway lets get in to what I do like. what I do like is how good the continuity is with the First film. camp crystal lake has become a legend and the fact that Alice hardy is back (andreinne king) now sadly that's the only things I really do like this movie has a lot more flaws with me then it has things I like. one thing I did not like was Jason's design...really your going to have your main killers mask just be a potato sack now I love sackhead Jason but com on man that's the best you could think of? another thing is the rushed production of the film it just fells rushed the first ten minutes is just Alice rolling around in her bed dreaming of what happened in the fist movie... for twelve minutes and the movie is only 86 minutes long!so the entire meat of the story is only 70 minutes! another thing I did not like about this movie is how little Jason is in this movie in the entire 86 minute runtime I estimate that Jason is in the movie for about 10 minutes.now you might be saying what about in the first friday the 13th movie the killer was only in that film for 10 minutes well at least it was creative the killers are done in the same manner as the fist movie! anyway that was the review thanks for reading and overall I give this film a 4/10 2/5… Expand

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