The 8th installment of the Friday the 13th series sees serial killer Jason Vorhees (Kane Hodder) attack the streets of Manhattan... kinda. The title is total clickbait, he only "takes Manhattan" in like the last 30 minutes and until then its a pretty standard, lame thriller. Is it so bad it's funny? Yes. But not bad enough to stand with greats in terms of "guilty pleasures." If you're looking for a fun, crappy slasher to snort at, this movie's got you covered but even then you can do better, er worse.

MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD but who cares

Like I said, Jason doesn't actually reach Manhattan until the third act and until then it's your standard fare slasher film. The majority of the movie takes place on a yacht instead of a campsite, which sounds cool but you don't get that many creative set pieces with it. The characters are all mostly bland or unlikeable. The special effects mostly suck with some truly awful looking prosthetics. Trust me, it has some funny parts or deliveries and some decently brutal kills, but the movie doesn't reach that campy goodness until Jason reaches New York.

Once the plot reaches Manhattan, we see some truly silly shenanigans, but before I get into that I must say: these writers really must hate New York. It's depicted as being full of stereotypical ethnic criminals, apathetic bystanders, and vats of toxic waste just laid throughout the city. Okay, maybe the apathetic bystanders are accurate but c'mon to everything else.

Anyway I'm just gonna point out to some of my favorite stupid things throughout the movie here.

• the nerd character, Wayne (Martin Cummins) who is just the worst throughout the movie. He ditches the rocker girl who's into him to film some weird sex tape blackmail, then shoots his friend and dies.
• The kid with the prosthetic drooping eyeball who cartoonishly appears like a ghost throughout.
• Rennie (Jensen Dagham) immediately getting mugged, drugged, and SA'd by Latino thugs as soon as she steps in New York because, I guess that's what happens in Manhattan
• The only character I like, Julius (Vincent Craig Dupree), gets a decently badass fist fight with Jason. Wish he didn't die.
• The stupid Uncle character (Mark Richman) who is a dick to everyone including traumatizing his niece for no goddamn reason.
• None of the New Yorkers giving a single, collective crap about Jason on the subway.
• Finally, the piece de resistance. The movie ends with them throwing some random toxic waste on Jason, transforming him back to a kid. A kid whom they just leave in his underwear in the sewers. Absolute cinema!

If you want a bad movie to make fun of, you can certainly do better and worse. But, if you want a standard-faire slasher with some goofiness, there's nothing wrong with giving Jason Takes Manhattan a go. This movie is like fast food, and sometimes that's exactly what hits the spot.

If you enjoy:	some cool slasher kills funny-bad movies New York slander	you can get some kicks out of it

If you dislike:	ambitionless storytelling nonsensical plot most of the movie taking place on a freakin' boat	there are better bad movies out there