There are a lot of people out there whom after four SAW films would like to think that the series has run out of steam and that there just isn’t even anything else left to say with the series or characters, but in true SAW tradition you never know or can see the whole picture until the filmmakers of SAW want you to see it.
Avid fans of the series have come to expect a lot from the series in terms of complex and gruesome traps for the victims not to mention a morality tale that gets turned on its head in the closing moments of each film revealing details that you (the audience) never saw coming (pun intended). I for one enjoy the SAW films and await diligently each Halloween for the next installment of the series as these filmmakers are the only ones continuing to produce horror films for the Halloween haunting crowd (the other Oct. 2008 releases were THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY and SPLINTER with QUARANTINE an early release – slim pickings if you know what I mean). Instead, Halloween/Oct. has become the dumping grounds for bad comedies and even worse action films (i.e. MAX PAYNE).
As an avid fan of horror films and the SAW films in general I won’t discuss the details of the new film only that they are taking the franchise in a darker direction (as if it wasn’t dark enough already) and they are stepping up the police’s involvement with the story as (and I’m not giving anything away here) Det. Hoffman (who was revealed in the last film to be working with the Jigsaw killer) must tie up loose ends in order to cement the legacy of what Jigsaw, aka John Crammer, was trying to accomplish.
Although the new film is under a new director with David Hackl this new film maintains the same quality and style of the previous films and has a twist ending that still is hard to believe yet more satisfying then the one from the last film. It’s got to be extremely hard to continue producing these high quality horror films with such high standards year in and year out. The SAW films have become pop culture and have transcended it’s original meager roots to be an event not to be missed each Halloween season.
Although interest in the continuing saga seems to be waning (just look at the box office receipts between the second SAW and the forth SAW) there are still enough people interested enough to stick with it where ever it may go including me because what else do I have to look forward to – MOLLY HARTLEY 2?
Avid fans of the series have come to expect a lot from the series in terms of complex and gruesome traps for the victims not to mention a morality tale that gets turned on its head in the closing moments of each film revealing details that you (the audience) never saw coming (pun intended). I for one enjoy the SAW films and await diligently each Halloween for the next installment of the series as these filmmakers are the only ones continuing to produce horror films for the Halloween haunting crowd (the other Oct. 2008 releases were THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY and SPLINTER with QUARANTINE an early release – slim pickings if you know what I mean). Instead, Halloween/Oct. has become the dumping grounds for bad comedies and even worse action films (i.e. MAX PAYNE).
As an avid fan of horror films and the SAW films in general I won’t discuss the details of the new film only that they are taking the franchise in a darker direction (as if it wasn’t dark enough already) and they are stepping up the police’s involvement with the story as (and I’m not giving anything away here) Det. Hoffman (who was revealed in the last film to be working with the Jigsaw killer) must tie up loose ends in order to cement the legacy of what Jigsaw, aka John Crammer, was trying to accomplish.
Although the new film is under a new director with David Hackl this new film maintains the same quality and style of the previous films and has a twist ending that still is hard to believe yet more satisfying then the one from the last film. It’s got to be extremely hard to continue producing these high quality horror films with such high standards year in and year out. The SAW films have become pop culture and have transcended it’s original meager roots to be an event not to be missed each Halloween season.
Although interest in the continuing saga seems to be waning (just look at the box office receipts between the second SAW and the forth SAW) there are still enough people interested enough to stick with it where ever it may go including me because what else do I have to look forward to – MOLLY HARTLEY 2?
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