The fate of these five is one of the rare disappointments of the Saw franchise. There is a hint on a tape that if the 5 selfish, self involved, victims were to work together they might have a better chance of survival but if they were of that nature they likely wouldn't be here at all. The twist on this device? As one person pulls at their restraint, the others are tugged backwards, in the direction of the blades. A timer counts down to when the device will lock and pull each neck toward twin blades right at shoulder height. Awakened in a typical Jigsaw trap, each will be beheaded unless they can reach a box holding a key to the device strapped around their necks. Running parallel with Strahm's story is the story of 5 people of privilege with an unknown connection to one another. Forced off the case by a boss who believes things ended in that disgusting warehouse, Strahm pursues the case on his own and the evidence points in an unlikely and terrifying direction: Detective Mark Hoffman. Only a protégé could have explicit instructions from Jigsaw himself. The tape that nearly led to his death was Jigsaw. With Jigsaw dead, Strahm knows he is dealing with more than just a copycat. Strahm survived by giving himself an amateur tracheotomy. Strahm escaped an astonishing Jigsaw trap, one in which his head was locked in a box and water was quickly pouring into the box.
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That is until FBI agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) emerges, near death, from Jigsaw’s latest home for torture. Returning for Saw 5 are detective Mark Hoffman ( Costas Mandylor), seemingly the only survivor of Saw 4. However, more tapes and challenges exist and Jigsaw isn't done yet.
#Saw 5 series#
When last we left the Saw series Jigsaw/John Kramer ( Tobin Bell) was long dead. It is however as suspenseful and surprising as any of the Saw movies and that goes a long way. Saw 5 is not as carefully thought out as Saw movies that came before it. As we wend our way toward Saw 6, the final in my series of Saw reviews, Saw 5 sets the table for the Jigsaw philosophy to live forever. No, he doesn’t rise from the dead but through his unending game, his work, his philosophy, and teaching, he is far from gone.
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In my review of Saw 2 I said that Jigsaw wasn't immortal.