An average movie

Finally…. I’m almost done with this franchise… The fact that this movie started with a completely random scene with a ‘game’ taking place for the first time outside was already not a good omen. I mean, the fact that it was outside was not a bad idea but what was rather lame and lazy was the fact that it didn’t have any link whatsoever with the rest of the movie. Anyway, as expected, Mark Hoffman unfortunately did survive after what happened to him during the previous instalment and he was still the main antagonist but, at least, he was slightly less pathetic. Still, it remains a rather weird artistical choice to have a whole franchise based on a serial killer who actually died 3 or 4 movies ago (in fact, Tobin Bell eventually showed up for only 3 mins this time around). I was also disappointed by the fact that, after 5 movies, they eventually didn’t do anything interesting with Jill Tuck. Indeed, it is one of the few things I enjoyed with this franchise, the fact that they gave this character more and more screen time with each new movie but, unfortunately, it led to nothing at all after all. I have to admit that the idea of focusing on the few people that did survive through the whole franchise had some potential but it was still poorly developed. Above all, it was a mistake to turn Dr. Gordon as yet another jigsaw’s sidekick since this gimmick had already been done with Amanda. There was also yet another cop whose name I already forgot assigned to investigate these murders but the guy was even more uncharismatic than his predecessors and he didn’t last long, I’m afraid. Anyway, to conclude, I didn’t care much for the damned thing and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of the genre.