14 Nov 2008

Movie Review: Saw V

I was supposed to be going on my own,but the friend that invited me to the showing at Croydon Grant Vue cinema changed plans, so intended to go solo then she changed her plans back again, so there were 6 of us right at the back of the cinema watching the flick.

With or without folks I was a little shaken when that Twisted Pictures logo comes up on the screen, because that sums these movies up nicely. A twisted picture it surely is.
I heard that the first 5 minutes of Saw V (as usual) was a little gruesome. It always is, nothing changes. I had my jacket in front of me for those quick pull em over the eyes tricks and held my breath when it got a little too much. Not even five minutes in and I'm talking to the screen "What? No! But why hasn't it shut down? Oh Lord Jesus what in the...Ugggggggh!" The pendulum [that's all I'm gonna say] didn't have to be so graphic. The first five minutes wasn't as graphic as I thought it would be but kudos to the make up artists...seriously.

But if you want to read the whole synopsis of the movie then click here, if you haven't seen it be warned, for it will describe the whole plot.

All in all I heard not so good reviews about this movie. I have no expectations when it comes to Saw except for:
  • Be prepared to feel queasy and look away at times.
  • Expect to be duped throughout the film thinking you know the plot.
  • Just expect blood and very gross inhumane deaths...or lessons as Jigsaw likes to call them.

I was pleasantly surprised 5 movies in and I'm still hooked, I loved it. I'm a Saw fan and IMO this franchise rocks as it has a solid and concise storyline that flows and rarely trips up. If you are seriously hardcore like the House of Jigsaw crew of fans then they'll be able to tell you any and everything that you missed or didn't understand. Trawling through this forum alone will stir up your interest to revisit an installment to see what you didn't even realise you may have missed.

How they come up with these plots, twists and trap aka games I don't know. Considering every year without fail every October [Halloween week] another Saw movie is released.

This one was made in less than 2 months, and yes Saw VI [6] is on the way and I'm guessing as usual an October 2009 release. Two characters have signed on the dotted line for the next one, but won't spoil it by saying who. If they have the stories and the fan demand then carry on making them I say. I for one love the concept over the gore factor of these movies. It's brutal yes, but the underlying message really makes you think about yourself and how you live your life and treat others. Like Jigsaw said it's about 'rehabilitation' he gives people the chance to reform, it's not about killing them and as always he gives them choice, he's just a lil fucked up in the way he does it. And as much as I've watched these movies, it became clear that seriously anybody who came through one of Jigsaw's games and survived would never fuck up again. What kind of rehabilitation is that? Although brutal, a successful one and you'd have a permanent physical reminder never to commit a heinous crime again.

I shudder to think.

I cannot really review the movie as much as I'd like to, because I don't like to be someone who gives anything away and the plots with Saw are pretty much the same so if you don't know by installment number five then...but I'll say this, the ending in my opinion was probably the slickest ones I've seen out of all of them. It really was a WTF moment. I never saw that one coming.


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