Saw V (2008)

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 1 14:48

Saw V is less of a grueling mindjob than IV, thanks to a relatively straightforward story that ties up the loose ends of the previous four entries even as it sets the course for future installments that won't have to hark back to preceding films. One can't help but wonder, though, how long the filmmakers can keep the series going now that Jigsaw is dead. It remains to be seen how effective a successor Hoffman could be seeing how he lacks Jigsaw's philosophical bent (but not his knack for mechanical engineering not bad for a city cop), which is what helped make Saw and that character unique.

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 27 19:24

After viewing "Saw V" and walking out of the theater, then to my car, I noticed something very peculiar. I wasn't thinking about it. Every "Saw" film before it left me thinking about its ending and the events prior to it. Next to the first, "Saw V" is easily the weakest of the series. Killing off your main villain in a more realistic horror franchise, then attempting to churn out more sequels seriously degrades the quality of the films. At least that's the secret "Saw V" let's us in on. They couldn't really bring Jigsaw back as a zombie-esque slasher maniac, ala Jason Voorhees, and we couldn't find out later that one John Kramer is aligned with some underground cult, carrying a curse that mysteriously gives him invulnerabiliy. Therefore most of the movie is presented in flashbacks in o...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 26 15:27

"You won't believe how it ends" *MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS* I was extremely excited after first watching the trailer for Saw V. I was honestly expecting it to surpass most of the other saw films. It had so much hype coming into the theaters. The truth is, it was a huge disappointment. I mean, the story was basically all there, It was excellent as usual, but nowhere near as good as the previous films (In my opinion the original was the best). I was pretty bored throughout most of this film. They tried too hard to play mind games on us and make the storyline way "too" good. It begins with the investigations of the crimes from Jigsaw, and flashbacks at how they happened. The main character is agent Strahm, who pretty much makes all the investigations and does a great job at discovering w...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 24 19:08

''...I want to play a game. Right now, you are feeling helpless. This is the same helplessness you bestowed onto others. But now, it's unto you. Some would call this karma, I call it justice...'' A detective who seems to be the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy must now work his way to protect his identity before it is revealed. Tobin Bell: Jigsaw / John ''Today, five people will become one, with the goal of surviving.'' The SAW franchise starts up again in this fifth installment, what I expected from SAW V was an equation of parts that ultimately offered something fresh and new to all the other chapters. What I actually got from the whole experience wasn't a enlightened twist at it's end like SAW, nor a range of multiple characters all pieced together like SAW ...Read more

Rating : 4/10