DVD Review: Saw V (2008)

I wonder how many horror fans agree when I say this movie lacked anything resembling what the horror genre is trying to get across?

Sure, there’s a gore factor, but at what cost? The original Saw movie was innovative and fresh. The second, disappointing, the third ridiculous, the fourth so forgettable I forgot it already, and the fifth, a complete disaster, and one I wish I could forget. I am uncertain why they are still pumping Saw movies out.

Similar to Saw 2, a group of people are trapped and have to find their way out. They need to help each other and suffer a relatively small cost to themselves and forget all urges to kill each other. Meanwhile, Saw’s newest recruit is setting traps of his own – can he take over where John left?

With a predictability factor that’s as flat line as a corpse’s pulse, average acting, and a plot that seems to be written on the fly, Saw 5 is a miserable excuse for a movie – never mind a horror movie. I’m still at loggerheads with a few people about Brit, played by Julie Benz, who I think played Darla in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movies, which was the most interesting part of this movie.

The film tries to make sense of some of the preceding movies, but what makes even less sense, is why the film was made.

So much horror in the world. So little investment in obtaining large audiences.