Roger Ebert’s target was Jason X, the 2002 tenth instalment in the Friday the 13th series, which moves masked killer Jason Voorhees into space in the year 2455. The article highlights Ebert’s exceptionally hostile review, in which he used one of the film’s own lines to argue that it was unintentionally self-critical, illustrating the film’s poor critical reputation.

Ebert awarded the film half a star out of four and criticised its storytelling, characters, suspense, special effects and originality. In the plot, Jason and researcher Rowan are found frozen at Camp Crystal Lake and revived aboard a spacecraft centuries later; the critic also noted the film’s delayed release, after several postponements.