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Movie Review – Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.
Starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Morgan David Jones, Frank Licari, John Tokatlidis, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Nazneen Contractor, Edie Inksetter, and K. C. Collins.
SYNOPSIS:
Working in the shadow of his father, Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of an investigation into grisly murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
“Prepare to be underwhelmed,” Chris Rock’s protagonist tellingly says to his partner early in
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.
Starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Morgan David Jones, Frank Licari, John Tokatlidis, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Nazneen Contractor, Edie Inksetter, and K. C. Collins.
SYNOPSIS:
Spiral, the new chapter from the book of
Saw.
Spiral‘s concept is interesting and could have reinvigorated excitement for the long stale
Saw franchise now up to nine installments. Darren Lynn Bousman (who has actually directed a couple of the better entries in the series) has kept up the mechanical and gory traps of the twisted game while framing a story around a police force hunting down a copycat Jigsaw. Perhaps even more refreshing, Chris Rock is lead detective Zeke Banks, bringing both a comedic presence and sincere effort as the disliked honest cop (you can sense that he really does have a passion for the franchise and is doing all he can to make this work somehow). It also seems there is plenty of corruption inside this