Spiral: From the Book of Saw (R18, 93mins) Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman I wished this could have been this decade’s
Seven. I hoped it might emulate 2018’s resurrection of
Halloween. I prayed it would at least be more palatable than Ridley Scott’s
Hannibal.
Spiral is the disappointing
Saw-homage we should have seen coming a mile off. Strip away the high profile acting trio of Chris Rock (who also apparently gave the “turd-gid” script a polish), Samuel L. Jackson and Max Minghella, and it’s the same thin gruel of extreme vigilantism laced with grim torture-porn scenes where there’s only ever one outcome. At least here, we learn a little more about our troubled “hero” and the deadly devices are used sparingly, but, at its dark heart, this is still just another ploddingly predictable instalment (No. 9, if you’re still counting) of a series that’s devolved from a smart, inventive opener to a succession of geek shows.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw cast: Who stars in the new horror movie?
Updated: 13 May 2021, 16:26
THE new instalment in the Saw franchise is set to hit cinemas soon.
Spiral puts a new spin on the gory horror flicks with an A-list cast- but where have you seen the cast before?
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Who s in the Spiral: Book of Saw cast?
Chris Rock
Chris Rock stars as the main character, Detective Ezekiel Zeke Banks. Zeke is tasked with taking charge of an investigation into grisly copycat murders and becomes trapped at the centre of the killer s morbid game.
The 56 year-old star rose to prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live.
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Following the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020, Chris Rock’s frank 2018 riff “A Few Bad Apples” provided a measure of viral catharsis. “Bad apple? That’s a lovely name for ‘murderer,’” he quips about deadly cops. “Some jobs can’t have bad apples.”
If you listen closely, above the blood-curdling screams resounding off concrete torture rooms in “Spiral: From the Book of Saw,” one can imagine the truths behind Rock’s well-aimed punchlines hanging like an orchard above the gruesome cacophony. An attempt to revive the graphic thrills of the moribund franchise that gave horrific meaning to the phrase “Do you wanna play a game?” by delivering a socially cons