Needless to say, I enjoyed the film. My only real criticism is that the actors seem to sleepwalk through the parts where they have to provide some necessary exposition (like "Who's Freddy?" or "Who's Jason?"... and "What are the rules for fighting Freddy?" or "What are the rules for fighting Jason?"). This is standard material for monster movies (like Van Helsing needing to tell his listeners what vampires are and how to fight them), but here there's no energy behind the exposition. The actors play it more like "Ho-hum, gotta do some explaining now."
But aside from that, the movie consists of a lot of action and a number of entertaining set-pieces. I mean, just imagine Jason arriving at a Rave all in flames, or Freddy entering Jason's dreams to take him back to his original drowning (while a group of Elm Street kids drive a heavily tranquilized Jason back to Crystal Lake).
Oh, and as for the big monster battle... yeah, they do deliver. They fight on Freddy's turf (in Jason's dreams). They fight on Jason's turf at Crystal Lake. They slash and bash and mangle each other, and they both go into the water at the end.
But I'll leave it to you to find out who comes out the winner... if there is a winner indeed.
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