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While continuing the investigation triggered by the grisly death of a former partner, Zeke must deal with an overbearing retired homicide detective father, Marcus (Samuel L. Jackson), who happens to be his landlord, and long-standing issues with fellow officers after he turned in a dirty cop.
When the killer starts leaving boxes of body parts as clues, Zeke gets caught up in a twisted game.
As usual, the diabolical traps set by the killer leave piles of bloody human carnage (fingers being graphically ripped from hands is especially disgusting) but, unfortunately, the traps are uninspired, and the plot brings nothing new to the series except a finely matured comedian turned dramatic actor.
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“Spiral” comes to us “from the Book of ‘Saw,’” meaning that it’s a spinoff of the popular mostly-2000’s horror series. The Jigsaw Killer is referenced a number of times in this film, but I assure you that, like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, he remains dead. The Spiral Killer, for his or her part, has named themself (themselves? – don’t count out a team-up) after Jigsaw’s supposed philosophy of life evolving in a constant circle. I don’t remember Jigsaw ever extolling that philosophy. Is the Spiral Killer sure they picked it up from Jigsaw and not “The Lion King”?
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Movie Review: Spiral
By Bob Garver | May 20, 2021
“Spiral” comes to us “from the Book of ‘Saw,’” meaning that it’s a spinoff of the popular mostly-2000’s horror series. The Jigsaw Killer is referenced a number of times in this film, but I assure you that, like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, he remains dead. The Spiral Killer, for his or her part, has named themself (themselves? – don’t count out a team-up) after Jigsaw’s supposed philosophy of life evolving in a constant circle. I don’t remember Jigsaw ever extolling that philosophy. Is the Spiral Killer sure they picked it up from Jigsaw and not “The Lion King”?