10 years after Jigsaw killer John Kramer died, a series of killings seems to indicate that he's back. But how can he be? I saw him die! I saw him buried! I saw... hmm, saw....
The Saw franchise of horror movies gave us Jigsaw's twisted modus operandi - kidnap a number of people who have wronged others and got away with it, then put them into a series of "games" wherein they are given a choice between bloodily maiming, and thereby redeeming, themselves, or facing an inventive but gory demise. Needless to say, multiple deaths ensue.
Jigsaw, 7 years after the last Saw film but, chronologically, 10 years after the events in it, delivers more of the same, and features Tobin Bell returning as the dead - or so we thought - Jigsaw/John Cramer. This gives you what you expect from a Saw film - complicated and bloody slaughter, but it is also well-plotted with explanatory reveals which are satisfying but which don't cheat you if you have watched the series so far.
This is very much of its sort and, by that criterion, it's quite good.
The Saw franchise of horror movies gave us Jigsaw's twisted modus operandi - kidnap a number of people who have wronged others and got away with it, then put them into a series of "games" wherein they are given a choice between bloodily maiming, and thereby redeeming, themselves, or facing an inventive but gory demise. Needless to say, multiple deaths ensue.
Jigsaw, 7 years after the last Saw film but, chronologically, 10 years after the events in it, delivers more of the same, and features Tobin Bell returning as the dead - or so we thought - Jigsaw/John Cramer. This gives you what you expect from a Saw film - complicated and bloody slaughter, but it is also well-plotted with explanatory reveals which are satisfying but which don't cheat you if you have watched the series so far.
This is very much of its sort and, by that criterion, it's quite good.