![]() ![]() The opening scene, although rushed feeling, seems to be setting the tone for the film but its actually probably the more vivid and upfront of the torture scenes. Unfortunately, this is more than just a thought as it is apparent as we watch "Spiral" spiral out of control and not in a good way. Bousman is more of a low to mid budget director and i don't think he'd know what to do with a ton of money for a film. Bousman has directed the three highest grossing saw films but all three are indie budgeted films. Honestly, the second I saw that Darren Lynn Bousman was directing I kinda knew it was doomed. Possibly in the bottom two worst movies in the franchise.and that's too bad because this movie was so hyped up and anticipated, it could have made for a major blockbuster. Bring back Billy! 3.5/10, generously rounded up to 4 for the finger-trap, which is undeniably nasty. Lastly, what's up with the killer's puppet: not only does it look stupid, but it's got a really daft voice as well. what's a few deep flesh-wounds to a tough guy like Zeke? The ill-considered script also holds very few surprises regarding the identity of the killer: as soon as Detective William Schenk was declared dead without showing how he was killed or why he was chosen, I knew I had my man. Secondly, that bin ain't protecting him - there's glass flying everywhere, but that's okay. Firstly, picking a lock is not that simple - it can be done, but takes practice and time. And I gotta love the following scene for all the wrong reasons: Zeke picks the lock on his handcuffs using a hair pin and then protects himself from high velocity shards of glass using a dustbin. It pumps boiling wax onto the victims face, thus requiring a power supply and some heavy duty equipment, yet is installed without a hitch, no-one interrupting the (presumably noisy) work, and with no-body questioning the presence of such a device. Did no-one making this film question the logic of installing a complex mechanical device above an operational railway line? How long would the device have taken to assemble? Did no trains pass by on those days? Was the third rail electrified the whole time? It's just plain dumb.but not as dumb as the trap that the maniac somehow manages to assemble in a police evidence room. In the opening scene, the trap is situated above a subway line, the victim given the option of losing his tongue or losing his life. ![]() Banks is sent parcels in the post by the new killer, leading him from one gruesome discovery to another. Rock, dreadfully mis-cast, plays Detective Zeke Banks, who is the focus of a campaign of terror by a serial killer who seems to be emulating the infamous John Kramer AKA Jigsaw, only this time the victims are corrupt cops (how topical). It's quite apt that the the star of Spiral, the latest chapter in the 'Book of Saw', is stand-up comedian Chris Rock, because the film is a joke. ![]()
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