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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 who Jigsaw was and who he had helping him. I admit, I thought it was pretty cool how they went back to the previous Saw films and expanded on each scene to show you what was really going on.
The main contraption incorporated was a pretty basic, and not very exciting one. There were Six strangers this time, who all have something in common that make each of them hate each other, but it is like that in all of the films, so no surprise there. They were trapped in a chain-like thing, and had to get the key to escape. And of course the only way to get the key was to have one of the people be killed. I was always very amazed at the genious ways of Jigsaw's previous traps, but this was a poorly made one. The acting from the six strangers was poor as well. Usually they are pretty good, but not this time. In my opinion they weren't shown enough in the film. They were all gone too quick.
I am not saying that "Saw V" is a bad film, but they probably should have just stuck with four. If you are looking for a mildly entertaining mind boggling thriller, then please do watch this film.
5.6/10
