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Here we go again. I was so excited to see Saw V just as I was to see any other sequel of Saw. But in the end every part let me down. I'm starting to wonder where does this excitement come from, especially when at the same time I know I'm already looking for Saw VI to come out. And there's nothing I can do to save me from this obsession. Anyway, I wasn't surprised at all of what I saw yesterday night. We faced this brutal, gory, gruesome performance just like we did in previous 3 movies. What got into them? How can they show this on screen? That's not human anymore. But then again, it never was. The only thing I can't believe is how much blood they shed to record a movie like that. That's really unbelievable. And disgusting. They should forbid putting on screen scenes like that. And the end... Oh, how I feel sorry for every victim that we got to know a little bit more. The sympathy for them just kept rising until they... died. Every one of them. And how we wish they would come back, but they never will.

The director David Hackl really messed up things. He didn't convince me that he's sure about the chronology of acts. It sure didn't seem like that. What's done is done, we can't go back. Unfortunately this movie is already made and everybody we care about is dead. When the last person died, I was left numb. And what's shocking is that he died only because he was supposed to die. So every victim was supposed to die? Because none of them is alive. Not anymore.

Saw V failed.

So I went to see Saw IV yesterday night. What do we actually gain from this movie? Basically it shows nothing new, it's like a reprise of Saw III. And the question is, do we prefer Saw III or Saw? Saw started with only two guys, chained in a bathroom, wondering where they are and what's this all actually about, and those questions are typical for existentialism. The point of this movie reminded me a lot of "No Exit", written by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Both Saw II and Saw III distinguish from the first Saw but Saw IV doesn't bring anything new. It sticks to its prequel. We get to see the same scenes (flashbacks), the same places and again we face those Jigsaw traps that never seem to end. I think that we all know by now what Jigsaw really wants and how we are supposed to play. But the detectives and agents seem to lack intelligence and don't listen to his rules. That's how we face again the catastrophe of this spectacle. We also get to see a bit of John's past and his ex-wife, Jill. I thought she was there to reveal something new about John but she never does.

Actually, Saw IV offers quite a lot, many traps, many people who got into them, many stories and also a lot of blood and violence. The truth is, I don't want to see those things anymore. I have already seen all of that in Saw III. It's like the creators of the movie are falling with every sequel deeper and deeper into meaninglessness. They have forgotten a long time ago about the meaning of this whole thing and rather decided to focus on blood and violence. Too bad the team Leigh Whannell and James Wan, the founders of Saw, does not any longer exist. Nothing can save Saw anymore.

But the director Darren Lynn Bousman keeps on trying, which is actually a big plus. He really can create the atmosphere that fits best to the movie.

I have also nothing against the new actors that appear in Saw IV, p.e. Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson, who played really professionally for those two roles that they got.

I guess I still hope that they will save Saw, because I'm a big fan, although I already assume that the situation is hopeless. They have sunk too deep.

Good luck with the next sequel. You will definitely need it.

7/10

Another movie ala Saw. Five people wake up in some house from which they cannot escape. They don't remember a thing, not even their own names. One of them is bleeding and handcuffed, one of them is tied up to a chair and the other three are trying to figure the way out. For some reason they know they cannot trust each other (human instinct I presume). There's also a newspaper that says that somebody's been kidnapped. Obviously somebody of those five is a criminal. Their memory is slowly coming back. One realizes he's innocent along with his friend and the other ... Well, he realizes that he's the opposite. The ending reveals it all.

Similarity with Saw, House Of 9 and Cube.

8/10