Saw V
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Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.
What critics thought
Saw V landed as one of the franchise's lowest points with critics, who found it dull and incoherent — a series coasting on diminishing returns. The central complaint was the near-absence of Tobin Bell's Jigsaw, which stripped the film of the one element that had given the series any distinctive identity. A small minority found the traps inventive and the direction competent enough to satisfy franchise loyalists, but that view was very much the minority position.
“Bell's deliciously twisted madman was the lifeline of this series and, without him, we're left watching a routine horror flick that might as well have gone straight to DVD. The series began with two major assets that set it apart: the concept of a brilliantly righteous executioner, and the actor who played him. Now, aside from Bell's brief, intermittent cameos, it has neither. So where the original Saw was diabolical fun, this fifth installment is as bloodless as the most unfortunate of Jigsaw's victims.”
Elizabeth Weizman·New York Daily News
“Saw V is a particularly dull and discombobulated affair, shot and acted with all the flair of a basic-cable procedural”
Sam Adams·Los Angeles Times
“solid acting, slick direction and suitably filthy cinematography too”
Digital Spy
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
David HacklDirector
Tobin BellJigsaw / John
Costas MandylorHoffman
Scott PattersonAgent Strahm
Betsy RussellJill
Julie BenzBrit
Meagan GoodLuba
Mark RolstonDan Erickson
Carlo RotaCharles
Greg BrykMallick
Laura GordonAshley
Joris JarskySeth
Mike ButtersPaul
Charlie ClouserComposer
Marcus DunstanWriter
Patrick MeltonWriter
David A. ArmstrongCinematographySaw V
Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.
What critics thought
Saw V landed as one of the franchise's lowest points with critics, who found it dull and incoherent — a series coasting on diminishing returns. The central complaint was the near-absence of Tobin Bell's Jigsaw, which stripped the film of the one element that had given the series any distinctive identity. A small minority found the traps inventive and the direction competent enough to satisfy franchise loyalists, but that view was very much the minority position.
“Bell's deliciously twisted madman was the lifeline of this series and, without him, we're left watching a routine horror flick that might as well have gone straight to DVD. The series began with two major assets that set it apart: the concept of a brilliantly righteous executioner, and the actor who played him. Now, aside from Bell's brief, intermittent cameos, it has neither. So where the original Saw was diabolical fun, this fifth installment is as bloodless as the most unfortunate of Jigsaw's victims.”
Elizabeth Weizman·New York Daily News
“Saw V is a particularly dull and discombobulated affair, shot and acted with all the flair of a basic-cable procedural”
Sam Adams·Los Angeles Times
“solid acting, slick direction and suitably filthy cinematography too”
Digital Spy
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
David HacklDirectorTobin BellJigsaw / JohnCostas MandylorHoffmanScott PattersonAgent StrahmBetsy RussellJillJulie BenzBritMeagan GoodLubaMark RolstonDan EricksonCarlo RotaCharlesGreg BrykMallickLaura GordonAshleyJoris JarskySethMike ButtersPaulCharlie ClouserComposerMarcus DunstanWriterPatrick MeltonWriterDavid A. ArmstrongCinematographyRent & Buy