The rest of the tests are hardly squirm inducing. The opening to the film has no place in the scope of the film it is for, other than to provide the nastiest set up. Sadly, the tests of character, to teach lessons on humanity (and enthrall us gore-hounds), have gone so extreme that they're no longer effective. Kramer are again lightly twisted in this film (lets face it: neither Amanda (Shawnee Smith) or Hoffman can live up to the master), with the climax of the "game" (as in, "I want to play a game.") providing a nice thinking man's twist (rather than one involving killer trees.) to a non-thinking man's series. The cruel sensibilities and teachings of Mr. It also helps the series go full circle (which is the tag line for this entry), considering the fact that the first film was based around hospital care for the sickly John Kramer, and his vengeance against those in the health field who didn't care about the lives of individuals other than themselves. Health insurance, the big "to do" in the government, that has both sides of the argument making extreme claims (death panels?), being the focus of a 'Saw' film? It is so perfectly fitting, and so perfectly timed, it just works. I shouldn't laugh at horror, particularly that involving the torture of human beings, but really, I can't help it. All the while, the mysterious box Jigsaw bequeathed his wife (Betsy Russell) has some of its contents revealed, and Hoffman must cover up more of his mistakes, as the feds draw closer to his identity. A corrupt health insurance agent (Peter Outerbridge) is forced to play God with the lives of his employees, just as he did with the lives of those seeking coverage, and those seeking payments for medical care if they passed his cruel gauntlet. His predecessor (the newest one, at least), Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor), has just completed a "game" of his own, eliminating some of the evidence pointing to his takeover of the murderous role, when the new set of victims are kidnapped and forced to come to new conclusions about the meaning and value of life. But that doesn't stop him from showing up, as the past is fleshed out, explaining what made the man become a terrible twist on the term serial killer. The Jigsaw killer (Tobin Bell) is still dead. What can I say? I guess bones popping through flesh, gaping flaws in logic, and horrific, borderline nightmarish acting exemplifies the kind of horror I was wanting at the moment: hard, fast, and bloody, utterly malicious and cruel, with zero scare factor.įor 'Saw VI,' there is no miracle resurrection. In sitting down to 'Saw V,' though, I realized I made a terrible mistake: as bad as the film was (and it was pretty damn bad), it was still enjoyable. Honestly, I was so disappointed with 'Saw IV' that I waited to buy the fifth chapter until it was dirt cheap, and even then I let it sit on my shelf for more than a few months. In order to review the sixth installment in the yearly 'Saw' franchise, I had some homework to do, as I had slipped in my own personal following of the series.
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