Despite the last SAW movie being called "The Final Chapter" 2017 brought us yet another addition to the franchise and it's a real mixed bag.
I think the SAW series started off very well, they showed real promise were clever well constructed movies but alas alike so many other horror franchises it got milked into mediocrity.
The movies gradually got worse and worse and they felt desperate, blatant cash ins and it was such a shame that such a franchise had become tarnished. These things need to know when to call it a day and SAW didn't.
So here we have another game, another spate of killings in gruesome fashion but this time it looks like Jigsaw is really back from the grave!
Sprinkled with good ideas Jigsaw is certainly an improvement on other recent efforts and delivers a few twists along the way. It doesn't however come close to the dizzying heights of the first few films.
I'd advise fans of the franchise give this a go but truly believe that this should be the last. Let SAW die before it becomes another franchise whose credibility is gone because it's creators didn't know when to stop.
The Good:
Passable twist
Tobin Bell
The Bad:
Still not coming close to its origins
Essentially more of the same
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I still love Jigsaws style and struggle to see him as an antagonist
I think the SAW series started off very well, they showed real promise were clever well constructed movies but alas alike so many other horror franchises it got milked into mediocrity.
The movies gradually got worse and worse and they felt desperate, blatant cash ins and it was such a shame that such a franchise had become tarnished. These things need to know when to call it a day and SAW didn't.
So here we have another game, another spate of killings in gruesome fashion but this time it looks like Jigsaw is really back from the grave!
Sprinkled with good ideas Jigsaw is certainly an improvement on other recent efforts and delivers a few twists along the way. It doesn't however come close to the dizzying heights of the first few films.
I'd advise fans of the franchise give this a go but truly believe that this should be the last. Let SAW die before it becomes another franchise whose credibility is gone because it's creators didn't know when to stop.
The Good:
Passable twist
Tobin Bell
The Bad:
Still not coming close to its origins
Essentially more of the same
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I still love Jigsaws style and struggle to see him as an antagonist