An average movie

To be honest, even though I have seen almost all the instalments, I have actually never been a huge fan of this franchise. However, since this movie was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out anyway and I have to admit that I was first slightly intrigued. Indeed, Chris Rock was apparently a fan of the franchise and he was the one who actually pitched the idea to Lionsgate. He also managed to even get Samuel L. Jackson on board so, at least, there was for once some star power involved this time around. Well, even though it was nice to see Chris Rock for the first time in a horror feature, unfortunately, I didn’t care much for the damned thing after all though. Indeed, basically, this time, the killer did focus on getting rid off cops but everything else was basically the exact same thing that they gave us already during the 8 previous installments. Seriously, except for this interesting cast, there was really nothing really original or interesting about the damned thing after all. By the way, the killer was actually pretty easy to spot, even the reasons why he was going on this killing spree was hardly surprising. However, it was just so annoying that they tried to make us believe that a guy can be a cop, which is a really intense full-time job, and also a serial killer at the same time who had not only the time to kidnap people but had also the time to build such complex and/or convoluted traps. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of Chris Rock’s efforts, I was actually bored by the damned thing and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of this franchise. 

5/10