Saw V Film Review

Out of all of the horror franchises out there the Saw franchise has to be the most divisive one there with some either loving it or hating it. There is one thing however that can't be denied that being the fact that these films made a boat load of money so much so that the franchise is STILL going on to this very day with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today however being one of the most forgettable ones in the franchise and so then join me I review the film that is the first Saw film in a while to take place after the events of the Saw III with the film in question being called simply just "Saw V" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Agent Strahm finds himself in the middle of another Jigsaw case and has to find out who this new Jigsaw killer is before it's to late all the while another deadly Jigsaw game has begun. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot yes being the typical Saw plot at this point with the film not really deviating away from that which is something that does make this films plot seem forgettable at best as all it does is blend in with all of the other Saw films be they good or bad but in all fairness to this film it is something that does still work really well as the set up to all of the Saw films will always work no matter how many times that set up is repeated and watered down however tho when your five films in and you don't do anything new with the plot then that does mean that your not being creative and that is something that does ring true for this film as the plot of this film is just so forgettable and unimaginative that it could be the plot of quite literally any other Saw movie and you wouldn't need to change a thing about it's plot when the makers of this film could have added anything to the plot to help this film stand out from a plot point of view with this films plot not really being the strongest plot in the franchise but given that this film is just copying the plots of all of the other Saw films that is something that could also be said for those films as well and it's not something that's unique to this film with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  

Starring in this film is Tobin Bell as Jigsaw / John Kramer , Costas Mandylor as Mark Hoffman and Scott Patterson as Agent Strahm. Also starring in this film is Betsy Russell as Jill , Julie Benz as Brit , Meagan Good as Luba , Mark Rolston as Dan Erickson , Carlo Rota as Charles , Greg Bryk as Mallick , Laura Gordon as Ashley , Joris Jarsky as Seth , Mike Butters as Paul , Al Sapienza as The Chief Of Police , Mike Realba as Detective Fisk , Jeff Pustil as Bernie , Dana Sorman as A Law Office Receptionist , Sheila Shah as Special Agent Cowan , Samantha Lemole as Pamela Jenkins , Lyriq Bent as Rigg , Athena Karkanis as Agent Perez , Justin Louis as Art , Bahar Soomekh as Lynn , Niamh Wilson as Corbett , Angus Macfadyen as Jeff , Tony Nappo as Gus , Tim Burd as Obi and Sarah Power as Angelina.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which is something that is to be expected from these Saw films as they are films that don't really require good acting in them to make them work as the stars of these films are never the actors there always the traps with the films acting taking a backseat to them but with that said those that you do expect a good performance like Tobin Bell and Costas Mandylor really are good in this film with them delivering the exact same performance that you'd expect from them and while that is a good thing as they are a pair of wonderful actors in there own right it's also a negative thing as well as it's the exact performance that you do expect from both of these actors with there being nothing new or interesting thrown into the mix with this being a result of the fact that these Saw films were produced very quickly and so the films actors would most likely have not have had enough time for a take to with this meaning that alot of this films acting does feel like the kind of acting that you'd see in a first take with the best actor in this film being Tobin Bell as even tho he's not really in the film all that much you can tell that he's having fun with the role and does love playing the character of John Kramer with him delivering a performance that can be seen as being really creepy with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Much like alot of the aspects of these films the films characters really do play second fiddle to the films traps. With all of this film newer characters being painfully bland and boring characters which is something that does make alot sense as they just there to die and don't really need to be all that interesting as characters but at the same time tho there should have been some effort from the makers of this film into making this films newer characters likable as then we the audience would have a reason to want to see them survive this films traps and to make it to the end of the film and yet the film doesn't really give us a reason to care for any of these characters when all of the best saw films do make an effort into giving us good characters that we want to see more off with the only interesting characters in this film being the returning characters from the previous films and that's really it and even that's more due to the fact that there helping push along the story of Saw's four through seven and that's really it where as the new characters in this film or the characters that are excusive to this film are left being less then one dimensional characters when it would have helped the film be less of a bore to watch if the films characters were likable and if we were given a reason to care for them outside of the fact that Jigsaw is the villain and there the good guys look the Saw films very rarely if ever give us good characters especially when there the ones that are going through the traps but even so there still needed to be effort put into them as otherwise all we have is death scenes that we don't really care about because of the fact that we don't care about the characters in them.

This if the first film since Saw III to take place after the events of that film as both that film and Saw IV take place at the exact same time as each other. With Saw IV only very briefly taking place after the events of Saw III with this being an interesting thing to do as now we get to see what a post John Kramer world looks like and while it doesn't really look any different from the previous movies as the only thing of note being the fact that the police hold a meeting to declare that the Jigsaw murders are no more and that's really it which is kind of interesting as the police side of things doesn't really effect the main game in this film where as it would have done in the previous films with this being due to the fact that they do believe that Jigsaw is dead and while the film really doesn't take as full advantage of the fact that the police don't really know that there's a new Jigsaw killer in town it really doesn't need to as to help to make this film work the police do have to fully believe that Jigsaw is dead and while we do have Agent Strahm still working the case for them it doesn't play in the main plot of the film until the third act with him mainly being concerned with trying to find out who Jigsaw's secret apprentice is and that's it but in saying this tho it would have been nice to see how alot of the other characters reacted to news of John's death as we know that he's always five steps ahead of everyone else and so it would have been interesting to see how characters from the other films felt about this man who had tortured them basically being killed of as it does beg the question would he be hailed as a hero by the public or would he hailed as the villain with this being something that no Saw film has dared to tackle which is a shame as it is an interesting take on the series mythology.

The biggest sin that this film could ever commit was the fact that it's forgettable as there's nothing all that memorable about this film. With this being odd as all of the other Saw films including the bad ones have at the very least one thing about them that makes you remember that film and yet here there's just nothing as the film is instead more focused on giving us some admittedly decent traps then it is in giving things that make it memorable heck even now it's hard to remember anything that happens in this film as it all just feels very samey like the film is more focused on being the typical Saw film that it's forgotten what it was that made the Saw films memorable in the first place with this now doubt being due to the fact that the director of this film David Hackl was making his directorial debut with the film after serving as production designer in Saw's two through four and second unit director on Saw IV and while him having been the production designer on the previous films does help to make the sets look good as he gets to film the traps in new and interesting ways it's that inexperience in making a film that really does let the film down as this is a film that would have benefitted from having a more experienced hand directing it as then whomever they got to direct the film would know how best to film this script and how best to make this film stand out from a visual standpoint and that's not something that David Hackle can do and while that's not his fault as he was making his directorial debut with the film it is something that should have been taken into account when the makers of this film were looking for someone to direct the film in the first place.

The one thing that this film does have going for it is the fact that we get to see just how far that Mark Hoffman is willing to go. Be it getting revenge for the death of his wife or for keeping secret the fact that he's the new Jigsaw killer which is something that is really interesting as it makes him look like someone who is always two steps ahead of everyone around him as he knows that Strahm would never have listen to the full tape to begin with as he's more concerned with catching Hoffman then he is is own safety with Hoffman playing into that aspect of his character with him making it look like that Strahm is new Jigsaw so regardless of if Strahm lived or died he was always going to get the blame for these new set of killings whilst Hoffman would have been recognized as being a hero and someone to admire but in saying this tho it makes no sense that John Kramer would have to secret apprentices at the same time as he is a character that would only work with one person at a time with both Amanda and Hoffman being the kind of characters that really wouldn't get along with each other regardless of who there common alley and friend is in the first place let alone the fact that it would mean that there would have been apprentices helping him at all times when it makes more sense for him to just be having the one apprentice with this being something that could have been fixed by showing John openly reject Hoffman's help with Hoffman becoming obsessed with copying John so much so that when John does infact die he doesn't become the new Jigsaw killer he becomes a copycat killer who believes that he's smarter then John because of the fact that he knows how the police work.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty five minuets and three seconds. Which to be fair to this film is pretty much the bogstandard running time for these Saw films to have and again to fair to this film this film really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time even if it doesn't use it's running time all that wisely in the first place as the plot of this film isn't all that well developed with this films plot being at best paper thin as the film doesn't really focus on it's plot all that much with the police side of things feeling like an afterthought when compared to the films traps and so the makers of the film don't really take the time that they really could have done to fully develop the plot of the film as this is something that would then make the big twist at the end  but because of the fact that the makers of this film cared more about the traps then they did about anything else with this even being true for the films characters as well as even the films returning characters get nothing in the way of character development with us knowing as much about the films characters coming out of the film then we did coming into the film and yet if the film bothered to give the characters some kind of character development then it would have the film alot more better because of it and while the characters in other films would get alot more better the ones in this film come across as being really undercooked with this being true for the films returning characters as well as the film doesn't bother to add anything to them that makes feel more developed as characters but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror fil that really does mean that I have to talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films traps being the best aspect of the film with this being something that really does make alot of sense as by this point in the films the traps were the main reason to be going to a Saw film in the first place and while the traps in this film aren't as good as the traps in the other films there some decent traps in this film that are really effective in their own right with the best example of this film being The Bow Tie trap where the victims have to work together to get keys from a box to unlock the devices from around there necks and yet because they don't it ends up with one of them getting there head chopped off with the films best kill not even being in it's best trap as the best kill is when Luba gets electrocuted as the other victims have to cause enough voltage from one person to unlock a door with the visual of her hacking whilst this electricity is coming out of her being a very effective death however the best trap is ironically the one that comes right after where the remaining two victims have to put there hands in a container whilst a saws the hand in half as they have to produce enough blood to stop the trap itself something which they very easily could have done if they all worked together all throughout the game but because they didn't it know means that they two victims left now have to produce twice as much blood with them almost dying in the process with the sight of Mallick's half severed off hand being a really gory visual in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall this film is nothing then the typical Saw film with the film having nothing new added to the setup that makes it feel unique as even the big twist of if Strahm had listened to the tape fully and got in the box he would then be OK feeling like something that's been done before in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very film from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Saw: The Final Chapter Film Review

Just like how all things must start they also must eventually all end as well but horror films just because the main villain is dead for good doesn't mean that producers won't somehow find a way to make more movies out of it. Case in point the film that i'm going to be revieing for you all today as despite it being touted , marketed and in some cases even titled as such this film is now not the final chapter of the Saw films and so then join me as I review the film that depending on either the cover of the DVD or the actual movie itself is either called Saw 3D or Saw: The Final Chapter with the film in question being called simply just "Saw: The Final Chapter" enjoy.

The plot of this film is after being found out as the Jigsaw killer at the end of the last film Detective Mark Hoffman has to avoid the police all the while a so called survivor of one of Jigsaw's traps now has to undergo one of the killers infamous games. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us un this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect from these films at this point in time but that's also the problem as the Saw films were becoming pretty formulaic at this point in time and that is something that does show in the plots to each film as they really could be swapped around and nobody would notice with the only thing that sets this films plot apart from the rest of the Saw plots is that the police are only trying to find Hoffman so that they can arrest him and put an end to his killing spree which is something that none of the other films have done before now and it's that aspect of the films plot that does make it feel like a true finale as all of the recurring characters that are still alive in the film have all of there personal characters arcs wrapped up in a nice little bow with the main Bobby plot not really being the best plot as it's just that interesting when compared the police's plot of the film with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw and Costas Mandylor as Detective Mark Hoffman. Also starring in this film is Betsy Russell as Jill , Sean Patrick Flanery as Bobby , Chad Donella as Gibson , Gina Holden as Joyce , Laurence Anthony as Rogers , Dean Armstrong as Cale , Naomi Snieckus as Nina , Rebecca Marshall as Suzanne , James Van Patten as Dr. Heffner , Sebastian Pigott as Brad , Jon Cor as Ryan , Anne Greene as Dina , Chester Bennington as Evan , Dru Viergever as Dan , Gabby West as Kara , Benjamin Clost as Jake , Kevin McGarry as Charlie , Kim Schraner as Palmer , Oluniké Adeliyi as Sidney , Ish Morris as Alex , Carlos Díaz as A Coroner Worker , Elizabeth Rowin as Sara , Christine Simpson as Donna Evans , Rachel Wilson as A Mother , Tanedra Howard as Simone , Shauna MacDonald as Tara , Joanna Douglas as Joan , Janelle Hutchison as Addy , Greg Bryk as Mallick , Larissa Gomes as Emily , Kevin Rushton as Trevor and Cary Elwes as Dr. Gordon.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of this films actors doing the absolute best that they could have done with the material that was given to them and while the likes of both Tobin Bell and Costas Mandylor do indeed turn in some really good performances in this film which is to be expected as they both a pair of really good actors in there right where the film starts to fall apart from an acting point of view is in the acting from the actors that are just joining the franchise with this film as there acting whilst it's not bad by any means it's clearly not all that good either with alot of this coming down to the fact that these Saw films where made pretty quickly and so nine times out of ten they couldn't go and do a take two and as a result of that is the fact that we the audience are left with performances that if they did get the chance to do a take two would really have been a whole lot more better then what they actually were and yet because they couldn't do a take two alot of this films acting really just at best feels wooded and stilted with the acting in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

What was not to be expected in this film ws the fact that Jill who played a major role in alot of the Saw films from Saw 4 onwards. Here takes on the role of a minor character with her not even doing all that much in the film outside of giving the police enough evident to convict Mark of his crimes and that's really it and while it would have been impossible for the writers of this film to write her character out of the film entirely given that she does so little that effects the police plot line for this film she might as well as not even be in the film and while she does get a send off that is not only worthy of her character but also of the films as well it's something that did feel like more of an afterthought and that might be because of the fact that this film was originally meant to be two films and so maybe Jill was meant to take on a bigger role in this film but a smaller role in the eighth film but because of the fact that Saw VI underperformed at the box office Lionsgate ordered that instead of making a two film finale they instead just make this film the finale and because of that Jill has a smaller role in this film which in the context of the film does make some sense but at the same time tho given just how pivotal that she was to alot of the Saw films it is something that feels like a disservice to the character where as if the makers of this film had the chance to stick to there plan of a two film finale then she might have been given not only more screen time and thus more to do in the film but also be given a more worthy ending to her characters as well.

If there's a few things that the Saw films are famous two of them is seeing how the current film connects to the other films and the other is seeing past characters return in new ways. With this film giving us the very long awaited return of Cary Elwes as Dr. Gordon with it being reveled that he's actually been helping John Kramer out since pretty much the beginning with it being revealed that he was the one who recommended Lynn Denlon and as well as setting up several traps from all of the other movies with his end goal only to look after Jill and to take action should she die which thanks to this film he does right away with him being quite swift and effective in doing so and while it could be argued that Jigsaw having another secret apprentice is an over done cliche at this point and that would be a very fair point to make here it is something that does make sense as they do it in a way that not only makes sense for his character as even John put him through hell on that first movie he also gave him advice on how to survive as well and with him being a doctor he would of course have files to alot of the characters that we've seen in the films but at the same time tho it would have been nice to see him taking a more active role in having him help the police out instead of working in the shadows and only appearing in a few scenes in this film as afterall how better to help catch Hoffman then someone who has worked with John Kramer himself but seeing him follow through on John's order to protect Jill does work as well even if it something that's not really all that well built up in the film as the character only appears in a few scenes in this movie and even then one of them is just to confirm that he's alive and the over is just to confirm that he visits a Jigsaw survival group and that's it with the rest of his his appearances until the end being in flashback form and that's really it.

If there's one thing that would have made this film a bit more better it would have been if they revealed that they main plot of the film actually already happened. As that would have been alot more interesting that having the plot with the police and the main plot be barely connected to each other at all as you can very easily remove the part where the police raid the building where the main trap is taking place and nothing would be lost but if you did something interesting with that take like oddly enough what they do in Jigsaw and reveal that the plot with the police is happening in the present and that main plot with Bobby is something that's already happened as then you could connect it back to the plot line with the police trying to track down Hoffman in some creative way and yet by not having the two connect in any meaningful way it means that the plot with the traps in it could takes place in literally any other Saw film and nothing that's actually important to the plot of this film would be missed when the Saw films did usually try to connect both the main plot of the film with the whatever the police plot for the film was at that time in ways that oddly felt creative and that showed that the makers of this film were actually smart as those revelations did more often then not have us the audience gasping as it was something that did usually catch us off guard and yet here by doing nothing with them it makes them feel disconnected from each other and yet all they'd have to do is have either John , Mark or Jill show up at the end of the main plot with the traps and have a conversation about something that we've seen in a prior film that still connects to the plot of this film and that's really all there is to it.

Even tho there have been a further three films in the Saw franchise since the release of this film this film really does feel like a finale. As everything that was set up in not only the first three films but from Saw IV onwards gets resolved in this film with even the fact that the film has Mark acting an effective killer outside of his more deadly games it's something that does get payed off in this film as we now know that when Jill does get put into the beartrap near the end of the film that she's not getting out of it because of the fact that in Saw V they set up the fact that he really is a dark sadistic killer who can if he wants to make sure then you never get out of one his traps and while that is something that does work for his film what doesn't work is that they go the slasher villain route with Hoffman by having be an effective killer when he's killing of nobodies but when it comes to the main character he suddenly doesn't know what he's doing and that is something that not only wasn't set up in the previous films but is also something that does make him seem like a less effective killer as well but when the films do set something up in one of the other movies it is something that you have to remember as odds are it was payed off in this film which helped to make sure that everything was tied up in a little bow and it also meant that it really did look like that the makers of the film film really did have an end game in mind and weren't just making it up as they went along which is something that does work for these new Saw films there more spread out over the timeline but for these films that are set one after the other having an endgame really did make these films so much more fun to watch.

Now then this film really does have an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time that alot of these latter Saw film sequels had and to this films credit it really does have lore then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time given the fact that this film was meant to be the final Saw film ever made it really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as none of the characters have much in the way personality as none of them are given the time that they really did need to display what there personality was in the first place and the reveal that Dr. Gordon was secretly working with John Kramer the whole time really does come out of nowhere with both issues mostly being the result of the fact that this film was meant to be two different films with the Dr. Gordon stuff being something that was meant to explored further in Saw 8 which would have made alot more sense as here he's big reveal does feel like something that would be a great cliffhanger to end the film on and then in the eighth film you can then go into way he was working with John something which this film doesn't really take the time to full do and as for the new characters not being given any personality this is sadly something that is present in alot of the latter Saw sequels but it is something that very easily could have been fixed by giving this film a slightly longer running time as that would then allow for these newer character to get across what it is that there personality is meant to be like and that in turn would help us the audience not only care for them or hate them but also feel either sad or happy that they've been killed but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a Saw film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As we do get some really creative and really effective looking traps in this film which is something that does make alot of sense as it's the traps that these films are most well known and that people keep on coming back to these films to see regardless of if the films are any good or not and it's the same thing with this films traps as well as the makers of this film really did go all out when it came to creating to some of this franchises best looking traps with the best example of this being the pig trap at the end of the film as it just looks so cool and seeing that there really is no way that anyone could have gotten out of it makes it look all the more impressive and when you in the fact that it's technically attached to the much more simpler muscle trap as well which is great in how simple it is then it makes the whole thing a really effective looking trap that does also make you squirm but none of them are the best trap in the film as that honor goes to the reverse beartrap not only because of the fact that it's a legendary trap in it's own right but also because of the fact that it does play a big part in the police plot of the film which is something that makes it a really good trap in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if this film was to be the final Saw film ever made then it would have made a really great ending as all of the plot lines that the film does indeed set up get payed off and while right now Saw 11 is struggling to get of the ground given that the alternative would mean getting a lesser quality Saw film it's better to wait and a get one good one every few years then getting lesser films every year in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the  i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad rings that are in this very film in this very review and as such  that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , the official Saw fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Saw X Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

 

It's been so long since we last a Saw movie in the traditional sense and even longer since we last had a good Saw movie in the traditional sense of the word. Well now we've just got a new Saw movie that is not only actually pretty good but is also getting alt of praise from the critics as well and well as i'm huge mega Saw fan you all just knew that I had to check this film out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that is the first Saw film to be a prequel with the film in question being called simply just "Saw X " enjoy.

The plot of this film is a desperate John Kramer goes to Mexico to seek some radical treatment for his cancer only to discover his doctors are scammers and so sets about getting his form of deadly revenge. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured  presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honest personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty with this films plot being really refreshing but for the most part also being pretty predictable as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is franchise star Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw and Shawnee Smith as Amanda Young. Also starring in this film is Synnøve Macody Lund as Cecilia Pederson , Steven Brand as Parker Sears , Renata Vaca as Gabriela , Joshua Okamoto as Diego / Dr. Cortez , Octavio Hinojosa as Mateo , Paulette Hernandez as Valentina , Sons Of Anarchy star Michael Beach as Henry Kessler and Jorge Briseño as Carlos.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with Tobin Bell of course killing it as John Kramer / Jigsaw. How this man can still turn in a bone chilling performance in all of these films and not be bored with the character is beyond me with this film perhaps being his personal best performance as the character with the rest of the cast also turning some really solid performances as well.

It's no surprise that Amanda is back in this film as not only the trailers but also the official X account for Saw spoiled her return. Which is weird as the film treats her return as this shocking moment and yet all you have to do is watch any of the films trailers or go to the official Saw X account and you'll find that her return was already spoiled by the films marketing team which is such a shame as this could have been a really cool reveal as it would have been something that we wouldn't have seen coming and yet because of the fact that it was spoiled ahead of time it now just becomes something that we were waiting to see.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!

There is one return that wasn't spoiled in the films marketing and that's the fact that we get to see Costas Mandylor as Mark Hoffman. With this return taking place during the films post credits scene and that's a return that was genuinely shocking as it's something that we never see coming but given the films timeline this films post credits scene might not necessarily work with the rest of the franchise but it's still cool to see a character from the post John Kramer era make his grand return in this film with the post credits scene possibly setting up future installments.

This films does give us a couple of other firsts for this franchise as this is the first film in the franchise to take place outside of America and it's also the first film to basically be a prequel. Which is something that I hate as it now makes this film feel pointless as we already know that the new characters will all die and we know that John and Amanda will survive thank to them being in the first three movies which means that any and all suspense that this film could have built up is now gone because of the fact that John and Amanda are main characters in the original three films but I will admit that the idea of doing a prequel to Saw 2 is a pretty good idea tho.

We have to talk about the victims in this film as this film did something that while interesting is something that I hated. That being the fact that it made all of the victims really unlikable and it made John and Amanda likable this is something that really should have been the over way around as John and Amanda while they don't for the most part actively kill one are still basically killers with John also being very manipulative where as the victims whilst not always perfect usually have something that makes them likable people and yet flipping that for this film is just something that doesn't work when you take into account all of the other Saw films.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty two minuets and fifty eight seconds. Which was a bit of a long time for this film to last but at the same time you really couldn't cut out anything from this film as alot of the first thirty or so minuets is just spent with John and giving story information that will become important later on in the film but at the same time having a Saw film that's this long makes the film a bit much to sit through and it wouldn't surprise me if people chose not to watch this film because of the fact that it is one off not the longest film in then Saw franchise but I will admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it.

So now then as this is a Saw film that means that I have to talk about the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some pretty inventive looking traps and while the best trap of the film will always be the trap seen in the films poster that doesn't mean that there aren't alot of a really good and really gory traps in this film as alot of this films traps are just really cool to look at in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall this film is a return to form for this franchise altho there are some things in this film that the most die hard of Saw fans like myself just won't like as they don't really add up or make sense for that matter in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boy and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Saw fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being the official Sleepy Hollow fandom wiki page simply because Google Images actually has images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Saw IV AKA Saw 4 Film Review

 

The Saw franchise is perhaps one of the longest horror franchises apart from the Chucky franchise that is. With each three Saw films telling one story and the overall Saw films telling one complete story and as such I thought that it was about right to take a look at the first film in a new Saw trilogy and so then join me as I review the film that introduces us to a new Jigsaw killer with the film in question being called simply just "Saw IV" enjoy.

The plot of this film is a Police officer who is obsessed with stopping the Jigsaw killer for good suddenly finds himself in a Jigsaw game. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot just being the stereotypical Saw film plot and nothing more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this film is Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw and Costas Mandylor as Detective Mark Hoffman. Also starring in this film is Scott Patterson as Agent Peter Strahm , Betsy Russell as Jill Tuck , Lyriq Bent as Officer Daniel Rigg , Athena Karkanis as Agent Lindsey Perez , Justin Louis as Art Blank , Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Eric Matthews , Angus Macfadyen as Jeff Denlon , Shawnee Smith as Amanda Young , Bahar Soomekh as Lynn Denlon , Mike Realba as Detective Fisk and Dina Meyer as Detective Allison Kerry.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this films cast doing their best to make what little this films script gives them to work with work well enough for them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

The saw franchise is perhaps the best horror franchise when it comes to setting things up and paying things off. Since this film pays off things that were set up in both Saw 2 and Saw 3 respectively with the character of Eric Matthews who of course made his debut appearance in Saw 2 and appeared again in Saw 3 where something happens to him off screen well here we find out that he's been missing for six months while this new game was being set up and of course there's the character of Detective Mark Hoffman somebody who was only a background character in Saw 3 but here it's revelled that he has a much bigger role in the franchise moving forward that's just how good this film is at setting things up and paying them off in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Of course this film takes place at the exact same time as the events of Saw 3 which while that is a pretty cool idea on paper. It's not something that's worked all that well into the final film since we only get one scene with the character from Saw 3 and that's it and as such I would have liked it if we got to see more events from Saw 3 seen through the eyes of the characters from Saw 4 just to show a new prospective on things since that would have been pretty cool to see in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

I'm not really a big fan of this film showing certain events out of chronological order since in this case it doesn't really serve the story all that well. All it does is serve the big reveal at the end which is fine but the main focus of the film should always be the story and not the ending twist of the film but at the same time that autopsy scene is a pretty creepy and a very gory scene to see play out in this movie in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Another thing that I take issue with in this film is the fact that the death of Eric Matthews a character that we've known since Saw 2 just isn't that satisfying. I will admit that his death is kind of cool but at the same time tho the character has no impact on this films plot and the character has been presented as a character who had anger issues in Saw 2 but who was learning from that experience and becoming a better person and as such he didn't really need to die in this film at all at least not in this way in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely live of me remember what ever this films running time even was I do know that for a fact that this film has / had an exact running time of roughly one hour an thirty minuets. Which is kind of the bog-standard running time for these Saw sequels but this film really could have been alot longer since there's quite alot of story there to easily get this film up to at the very least one hour and forty minuets and yet for some reason the makers of this film chose to make this film around one hour and thirty minuets which really does hurt this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  

So now then since this is a Saw film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty pretty good. With alot of this films traps being pretty creepy and having some very gory and scary outcomes which for a Saw film is always want your traps to be like in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film is good start to this new trilogy of Saw films but at the same time it's film that could have been quite alot better since it does have alot of promise to it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com , the official Saw fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because of the fact Google Images actually has alot of images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all fairly high quality and as well as being as fairly high definition and so then horror fans we ends this review as we always freaking do with our one and true freaking goddess Elvira wishing us all some very freaking unpleasant dreams indeed.

Spiral AKA Spiral: From The Book Of Saw SPOILER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review

 

Saw fans the day that we have all been waiting for is now here because there is a new Saw film that's just been released into theaters and you can bet that I was going to not only watch but to also review this movie / film the first chance that I got and well I have very mixed feelings about this film. I will be keeping this review as spoiler free as is humanly possible and so join me as I review the latest entry into the Saw film / media franchise with the film in question being called "Spiral: From The Book Of Saw" or simply just "Spiral" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Detectives William Schenk and Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks are tasked with finding out who is killing of a bunch of cops and that's really all that I can say / summarise about the plot of the film without going into spoilers. I will say that in terms of what I personally thought about the plot of this film I personally found the plot of this film to pretty predictable since I called who the new killer is the second that they appeared on screen and the plot of the film does suffer because of that since if you can work out who the killer is then what's the point in watching this film and the whole film is like that and so you can call out certain plot points minuets or even hours before they even happen and those plot points will happen in the exact same way that you called out / said would happen.

Starring in this film is this film's co-writer and as well as one of this films many executive producers Chris Rock as Det. Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks. Also starring in this film is Max Minghella as Det. William Schenk , Marisol Nichols as Capt. Angie Garza , Ali Johnson as Jeannie Lewis , Zoie Palmer as Kara Boswick , Genelle Williams as Lisa Banks , Richard Zeppieri as Det. Fitch , Dan Petronijevic as Det. Marv Boswick , Morgan David Jones as Officer Barrett , Leonidas Castrounis as Young Boy and Samuel L. Jackson as Marcus Banks.

In terms of what I personally thought about / of the acting that's featured / presented to us in this film in all honesty the acting that's featured / presented to us in this film is pretty decent. Which given who's starring in this film shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone but at the same time even tho the actors do indeed turn in some really good performances the actors are let down by the script which gives all of the characters including the killer very little to no personality or very little to no characteristics and so the actors can only do so much and sadly the actors good performances in this film aren't enough in my opinion at least to actually save this film.

Now then boys and girls there was a lot of speculation online that this film might be a prequel to the first Saw film and that this film will give us some more backstory on John Kramer. Well I can say that without giving anything away that this film is indeed a sequel to Jigsaw and so John Kramer is sadly no longer with us and I have to say that making this film more of a sequel to Jigsaw does infact oddly make alot of sense since we've already seen alot of John Kramers backstory in literally all of the previous Saw films and so exploring more of his backstory here would just feel like we the audience and the makers of this particular film / the film makers behind this particular film are treading on familiar ground.

Not only does see film see the return of the Saw film franchise but it also sees the return of director Darren Lynn Bousman who of course directed Saw 2 , Saw 3 and Saw 4. I have to say that I personally feel that this film isn't his best entry into the Saw film franchise since this film lacks that creative flair that Darren Lynn Bousman brought / bought to all of his Saw 4 which is a shame because having Darren Lynn Bousman directing a saw film again for the first time in fourteen years would have been more then enough to convince die hard Saw fans to go and see and hopefully even like this particular film.

I will give this film the idea of telling a story thats set in the world of the Saw film franchise from the point of view of solely the police is indeed a good and once again to this films credit this film does the most that you can possibly do with that idea. However with that being said having a good idea isn't enough to make the film good you also need to have a good script and you also need things to make sense and both of those things are where this film falls apart because the script isn't that good at all and alot of the choices made in this films script also don't make any kind of sense whatsoever but that's just what I personally think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

I gave to talk about the disguised voice that the killer in this film uses because not only is so bad that's laughable but also very distracting. Since the disguised voice that the killer of this film uses sounds nothing like the actual person who is the killer which I get is kind of the point but even when John Kramer disguised his voice whenever a tape or a video played you still knew that it was him because the voice that he used was booming and powerful but the killers disguised voice is meek and in my opinion at least the killers disguised voice isn't anywhere even close to being threatening.

Now then boys and girls this film has a grand total running time of simply just one hour and twenty minuets and twenty nine seconds. Which I personally felt was the right amount of time for this film simply because this film doesn't have enough story to cover anything that's even close to two hours or even either one hour and thirty minuets or for that matter even one hour and forty / one hour and forty five minuets and I will fully admit that this film does have some really good pacing and the film honestly felt like it was on for about forty five minuets instead of one hour and twenty minuets and twenty nine seconds.

 

Now then boys and girls as any die hard Saw fan will tell you the true stars of the Saw film franchise or any film that's set in the saw film franchise are the traps and yes there are some traps in this film which means that I have to talk about the traps that are featured / presented to us in the actual film itself and if i'm being honest I have some very mixed feelings about the traps that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular film. Since some of the traps that are in this film do indeed look good are indeed pretty creepy (sadly tho I cannot say which trap I thought was pretty creepy because it's spoiler so your going to have to take my word for it.) however there are also alot of traps in this film that just look bland and in my opinion at least aren't that creepy in the slightest / at all.

Overall I honestly / personally do think that this film is better then the previous film in the Saw film franchise which if you'll all remember was called simply just Jigsaw but that really isn't a high bar to reach and even so this film is only slightly better then Jigsaw. Now then boys and girl since i've talked about both of the good things in this very film and as well as both of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review that that means that I give this film a rating of a solid 5.5 out of 10 from me personally.

As for where I got the images that I used in this very review well then boys and girls I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Saw fandom wiki page , the official Netflix fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personal preferred website to use to get images from this film being either the official Saw fandom wiki page or Google Images just because on the official Saw fandom wiki page there was some high quality and high definition images but there wasn't that many spoiler free images that I could actually use in this spoiler free review but on Google Images there was alot more of a verity of images with most of the images that I personally saw on Google Images being spoiler free so I say whichever website you feel comfortable using if you want any images from either film or just from any film in general and so we end this review as we always do with our one true goddess Elvira wishing us all some very unpleasant dreams indeed.