Saw X - Worth a Watch?
What should you expect?
I saw Saw X at Cineworld, and it surprised me. I
haven’t seen all of the Saw movies, only the Saw 1 and Saw 2, but I was expecting a pretty
bad film. After ten movies with the same ideas, I thought this would have been
completely overcooked. It surprisingly wasn’t and it was an attempt to refresh the
franchise-although they had to bring back old characters to achieve that. Compared
to the first two movies, it had a sort of strange feel-good element to it-probably
to appease the fans that were let down by previous films. Overall, if you are wondering what to watch, this is a good pick.
Ratings
Overall Rating-7/10-This is one of the better horror movies.
Scare Factor-3/10-It wasn’t particularly scary or creepy, but then again, it’s more about gore.
Acting-7/10-Definetly felt believable, and nobody made me cringe.
Loopholes-9/10-There were not any loopholes or illogic that made me scratch my head.
Did my Partner Fall Asleep? No, they didn’t.
Wondering what the critics thought? Check out the IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes pages below;
Rotten Tomatoes - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_x
Post-Movie Discussion-Spoilers
Okay, I do I have a slight bone to pick with this
movie. Who was I supposed to root for? Valentina, Mateo, Diego and Gabriela
were involved in the conning scheme because they were vulnerable whereas Parker
and Cecelia were simply profiting from it. John and Amanda are literally serial
killers. The only person I truly rooted for was Carlos.
Saw X was clever in the sense that it tried to play with the emotions of the viewers, but it is difficult to let it if you have seen the other John Kramer Saw films. Yes, he has terminal cancer and has been conned out of his savings for a treatment that didn’t exist, but he is Jigsaw. It was hard to sympathise with John for his illness because he murders people for his own prescribed justice. If this had been watched before the other Saw movies, it is possible the effects would have been felt. Instead, it just made me feel confused.
Strangely, the ending had elements of a family-friendly movie. It felt like the end of Home Alone 2 when Kevin is reunited with his mum. That doesn’t quite feel like it should fit in this genre, but it kind of did. If the rest of the movie was unbearable, then the ending would have been cringeworthy.
