Friday the 13th: Part II

Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher film directed and produced by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, written by Ron Kurz and starring Amy Steel and John Furey. The film also features the return of Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, and Walt Gorney, who respectively portrayed Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ralph in the prior installment. It is the second installment in the Friday the 13th film series and a direct sequel to Friday the 13th. The sequel also serves as the official debut of Jason Voorhees as the main antagonist for the remainder of the franchise.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While some of the kills are brutal, most of them are delivered in a way where it ends up looking more slapsticky, such as Jason literally getting kicked in the balls.
 * 2) *Most of them were severely cut down by the MPAA as well, so they're only on screen for less than 2 seconds, besides Mark's death.
 * 3) Alice Hardy, the main character of the previous film and the one that survived it all, is killed by Jason right before the opening credits occur, with no recurring characters left at all, which is a main issue with many of the films, as most of them tend to not contain any recurring characters that you can root for, though it's understandable as she was the one that decapitated Jason's mother in the previous film.
 * 4) * Crazy Ralph also returns, but Jason garrotes him with some barbed wire shortly afterwards.
 * 5) There's too many cliches in the film, some of which are even repeated from the first film.
 * 6) If Jason was able to get the head of his mother as well as the sweater she had in the previous film, where's the rest of her body as well?
 * 7) Some of the special effects didn't exactly age well.
 * 8) Jason's design in this movie is pretty silly, and the potato sack makes him look like a rejected Klansman.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It was the first film in the franchise where Jason is shown as the main antagonist, though he doesn't have his iconic hockey mask yet.
 * 2) The makeshift home that Jason lives in looks very impressive.
 * 3) The rotting head of Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees, is also impressive.
 * 4) Some of the deaths are brutal, especially Mark's.
 * 5) The soundtrack is decent.
 * 6) Some of the characters, like Ginny, Mark, and Vicky, are likable and very interesting.
 * 7) Ginny Field is one of the smartest, bravest, and most compassionate Final Girls in the franchises. Throughout the film, Ginny expresses concern for Jason Voorhees' torment as much as his threat, allowing her to get inside his head and defeat him in the end.

Reception
Friday the 13th Part 2 received negative reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Friday the 13th Part 2 holds an approval rating of 27% based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 4.43/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Friday the 13th Part 2 sets the template for the franchise to follow with more teen victims, more gruesome set pieces, and fewer reasons to keep following along.". On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 26 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."