Prepare to be tortured, it's Saw V (Lionsgate)
By Janeane White
Can you say WOW! Saw V (opened October 24 throughout San Diego) clues the audience in on all the behind the scene details that were left out of the previous four Saw films. I never expected it to turn out how it had. & From the way the other movies were set up & I would have thought that certain events would happen and they didn't. In fact what happens was completely unexpected. Saw V follows the familiar path of corrupt cops thinking they are invincible. This formula is a reoccurring plot found in quite a few movies that have come out reciently. & I feel this plot is overused and personally & I would have used something better to continue such a great series. In Saw V , there were new torture tests and twists that I didn't see coming. Overall I think this was a good movie but it was nothing in comparison to the previous films of the Saw series. When you think Saw you think of blood, guts, and gore but this movie just didn't cut it. When someone died they did show the details up close of every agonizing bit of pain fill the victims' eyes as you watched them suffer for the evil deeds they had done. But then it basically wimps out on the final kill and in a way ruins the reputation of the series. It just doesn't do the series justice. This movie turned the camera away so the audience misses the final death blows. This was depressing. I expected more out of this movie. &
Even though Saw V (rated R for & for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and brief nudity) ripped off the series by not living up to the expectations of the gore and blood levels, it was still a good movie. If this movie wasn't part of a series & I think it could still be considered a good movie. & This film did more explaining about what was happening and going on in the previous movies then have its own story. I felt that it & wasn't a continuation in the series with some one taking over the "buisness," it was more of an explanation of the other films.
--Janeane White is a senior at Mount Miguel High School. She enjoys movies and spends all her time at the theater. She is also interested in special effects makeup done in the movies.She is an honors student and is currently working towards early graduation. Some of her favorite movies include Queen of the Damed, Hellboy, The Descent, the Underworld series, and the Saw series.
