Stark New Poster for 'Saw V'

I don't know a lot of movie critics who will go out of their way to watch a Saw movie. After having access to the first two films (and I preferred Saw II), the studio mysteriously stopped providing access, with the most logical thinking being that the movies don't need critics, especially after the audience knows to look for the subsequent movies the week before Halloween every year. I get that, but after buying the really sub-par Saw III on video and catching an opening day showing of the more redeemable Saw IV, the series needs help, in my opinion. What I like about this franchise is that it makes the rules of the game so hard on the screenwriters. You really do have to think to put one of these movies together, as opposed to a Friday the 13th sequel. There are two ways Saw V can go: Up or down. Odds are, it won't go up. Give me a part five that's better than part one or two. The only hope I have is that because the last movie was better than the one before it, maybe they've found a new way to do the same old thing. If not now, then they better do it soon; even though these movies cost next to nothing, the returns are diminishing, meaning the audience is starting to thin and they aren't gaining any new converts. I like the little I've seen from Saw V, and this new poster is no exception. Maybe there's still life (after death) for Jigsaw, after all.

As you would expect, Saw V will be released on October 24th. The bar is at $65 million; that's what part four made and if this one fails to get near that number, it might be time to take a hiatus.

Comments

[Will]

I'm calling for an international boycott of Saw movies. Not because they are too violent. Not because they are misogynist or sadistic.

Oh no.

But, America, you must stop putting money in Lion's Gate's pockets...

They can't be responsible for what they do with it.

Don't believe me? Then go see Disaster Movie this weekend.

[Jon-Erik]

The series had a good run nonetheless, no matter how no.5 turns out.

[Ohs]

Star wars.