SAW V (2008)

Director

David Hackl
Producer
Mark Berg, Oren Koules
Screenwriter
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Starring
Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Carlo Rota, Julie Benz, Greg Bryk, Laura Gordon, Meagan Good
Studio
Lionsgate
Release Date
24 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
Saw5.com

The Jigsaw legacy V...

Synopsis: In the fifth delivery of the "Saw" franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry out the legacy of Jigsaw. However, when his secret is threatened, you must go to the game to remove all the loose ends.

Review: Like the previous sequels and other horror franchises like Touristes and Hostel, the film shows the majority of the "torture" elements. The saw movies have always stressed in the Saw Fans mind because of the motivations of the "villain" and the means with which the "games" are presented. From purely a horror standpoint, the potential victims with a mysterious history to be revealed are shown painful devices before being given an ultimatum to survive, then we are treated to the reality of the anticipation and given more information about the victims. Although it is not really important, but the reasons for them who are being made to suffer are a good substitute.

There will be no really fresh plot synopsis, the film again picks up right at the end of the previous film, and that the surviving characters all return. Since the death of Jigsaw (Bell), FBI agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) has been trying to track down his "other" accomplice. With helper Amanda (Shawnee Smith) also dead, all leads point to Det. Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor). New agency head Dan Erickson (Mark Rolston) isn't so sure. In the meantime, as five new players (a fire inspector, a building permit bureaucrat, a trust fund baby/drug addict, an investigative journalist, and a property developer ) find themselves playing a new life or death survival game originally designed for them by the late Jigsaw, Hoffman and Strahm play a game of cat and mouse that only one will survive. But don’t worry, because the secrets of the sixth and reportedly final Saw film are safely in a box which is received by Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell).

The Saw sequels have had an obsession with return to previous entries and shows us a "behind the scenes" of the earlier plot and the pitfalls of events. A solid of the picture is made up of flashbacks to previous scenes from the previous films. Without them, there is no way to bring Tobin Bell into the story, so the filmmakers are in a bit of a bind. Therefore, this film is not recommended for people who had never seen the previous sequel.

In general, Saw V has a better image of Saw IV. And although it is far less ambitious, it’s better written and acted to overwrought and absurd Saw I. It's not as good as Saw II and Saw III, but it's a step back from the abyss. It combines teamwork aspect of Saw I, with the group of people trapped in a house from Saw II. Like Saw II, the scenes of group imperilment are more about Funhouse horror traps than prolonged misery and suffering, but this tale is told much better than the disjointed narrative that made Saw II.