The early aughts are back in a big way, from fashion, to celebrity couplings, and now, the âSawâ franchise. Made by Aussie filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell (who since have gone on to great success in Hollywood), âSawâ splattered onto screens right before Halloween 2004, ushering in that oh-so-gory 2000s trend known politely as âtorture porn.â Six sequels followed every Halloween thereafter, before the games-obsessed serial killer Jigsaw took a break. He returned with his own movie in 2017, and now, âSpiral,â the first film âfrom the book of Saw,â has returned with that ever-bedeviling question: âwould you like to play a game?â
Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson star in a new installment of the 'Saw' franchise, 'Spiral,' but where the original films spoke to the cultural moment, this one tries and fails.
I must admit, I was terrified after watching
Saw for the first time. I was thinking about Jigsaw coming after me and telling myself that I needed to set a good example – I was in middle school at the time, after all. When I re-watched the entire series a few years later, I saw the franchise in a completely new light. Instead, I concentrated on what John Kramer was attempting to convey to us – a torturous lesson about morality and the consequences of his victims actions. In
Spiral, the new and refreshed thriller From the Book of Saw ,
Darren Lynn Bousman (also the director of
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) - Movie Review
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) - Movie Review
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PLOT: A serial killer is taking out dirty cops in the style of the long-dead Jigsaw. Detective Zeke Banks must put the pieces together and figure out the killer s identity before it s too late.
LOWDOWN: The original
Saw came out in 2004, yet It feels like it was just yesterday I was sitting in the theater watching a then-unknown James Wan change the horror game. The passage of time eludes me, folks. But here we are in 2021, getting the second soft reboot and the ninth movie in the series. So, does