Jigsaw (2017)
2017
R
92 Minutes
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
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Jigsaw tries to justify rebooting the thoroughly milked Saw franchise. Guess what? It's boring. This feels like 'Saw 27', I'm so fed up of horror franchises being constantly milked to death for money. At the time of this review, I've only seen the first and fourth chapters. Liked the first, disliked the fourth. Yet, here we are again. Another five seemingly random strangers must undergo a variety of tricky traps set by a copycat Jigsaw killer. Simultaneously, detectives try to find out who the copycat is or if the real John Kramer is still alive. Who even cares? Like seriously this was a waste of my time. I left the cinema having pretty much forgotten everything besides the plot twist and one trap. The plot twist, that everyone has been raving about, admittedly is meticulously thought out and well executed. Perhaps too much explanation during the reveal but it did wake me up. So that's a bonus. There was one trap that was extremely creative that involves a machine with a sharp spinning spiral. The other traps were far too tame and unfortunately boring to watch. The story is so formulaic and structured that this doesn't feel like a continuation or a reboot, it's just depressingly dull. The characters were, once again, uninteresting. Repent, confess, admit...flip, I don't care. Just die and be done with it already. They tried to incorporate back stories for each victim but with less personality than a washed up flailing fish...I literally couldn't care. For any of them. Pretty much two narratives here. We have 'Saw 27' with traps galore and then we have an episode of CSI or Hawaii Five-O where our detectives try to crack the case. The plot twist then blends the two together. That's great and all, but when both narratives are lifeless and use two opposing paces it just leaves a bitter aftertaste of inconsistency. Safe to say, I didn't like this. It's just the same old usual stuff for the hundredth time. It's not clever. It's a crime. Can we just kill this franchise now please? Pretty please?1 member likes this review.
