The popular Saw franchise has come to an end twice already, with the seventh installment in the series even being dubbed The Final Chapter. Well, as everyone expected, the Saw series is back yet again with the new film Spiral: From the Book of Saw, which aims to rework the franchise a little bit [.]
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S7ven. With reviews for the project now coming online, we can see just how apt that comparison was.
The Hollywood Reporter s Lovia Gyarkye details an early death-by-torture sequence in which a cop is forced to decide between ripping out his own tongue or getting hit by a speeding subway train. I wish I could give a detailed account of how Bozwick dies or dissect the realistic nature of the tongue-torture device, but as a famously squeamish person I covered my eyes, reads the review. When the screams stopped, I looked up and saw a single, haunting shot of a purple-pink tongue. A tongue that I’m still thinking about. Do with that information what you will.
Spiral Star Marisol Nichols on Grounding Her Character in the Saw Franchise s Reality
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Throughout the history of cops being seen in movies and TV, the strict commander of a precinct has become a trope in which we ve seen countless figures bark and shout orders at their underlings, to the point that most performers portraying these roles are caricatures more than believable characters.
Saw franchise, but also manages to reinvent how commanding officers are portrayed, with Marisol Nichols leaning into some of the expected, stern elements of such a stereotype, while also grounding her Captain Angie Ganza in the film s reality.
Spiral: From the Book of SAW apparently got multiple NC-17 ratings from MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) before finally securing its R theatrical rating. Director Darren Lynn Bousman revealed the struggle to get Spiral approved for theaters during a recent interview, in which he [.]
Posted on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 by Chris Evangelista
Spiral: From the Book of Saw is almost here, and it will either be a wonderful new revival of the horror franchise or a weird curiosity we all puzzle over. Either way, people are going to watch it, and until it opens next month everyone can tide themselves over with two new clips. In the first
Spiral clip,
Chris Rock receives a message from someone who is copycatting Jigsaw’s crimes. In another,
Samuel L. Jackson, playing Rock’s father, comes across some of those creepy pig masks that somehow became iconic even though they barely featured into the original franchise.