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Saw V

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“I want to play a game.” These chilling words struck with fervor during the original Saw. An uncompromising and ultimately shocking little thriller (with its whiz-bang ending that nobody, no matter what they may say, saw coming), Saw seemed groundbreaking for horror. Its fresh premise (that those who take life for granted are forced to either change their immoral ways or die in elaborate traps set by crazed serial killer Jigsaw) and low-budget style proved to be the recipe for roaring success at the box office as Saw grossed more than $50 million dollars in ticket sales when it only cost a little more than $1 million to make. Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV followed suit year after year, hitting theaters just in time for Halloween and making just as much money, if not more, than the first entry in the series. As would be expected, the novelty and originality of Saw are nearly completely absent from the latest entry, Saw V.

Saw V is not as scary, not as gory, not as original and not as coherent as previous films in the series. Even if one has seen all four Saw movies, Saw V is still extremely hard to follow. Flashbacks interchange with present storylines to give viewers a muddled, mundane and confusing plot. People do not go see the Saw films for the plot, though. They go for the kills. Sorry to disappoint, but the kills in Saw V seem outdated and boring, ultimately presenting a case of been there, done that which just echoes older films in the series rather than furthering the creativity of the gore that the franchise is famous for presenting. Saw V signals the creative death of an already fading series. Sorry, Jigsaw, but it’s about time for this game to end.