Saw X Review: The Best Installment in the Franchise!

Surprisingly enough, watching people being tortured through carefully assembled death traps has become so nostalgic to so many of us, having grown up with the Saw franchise since 2004. Jigsaw has always found his place in popular culture, as well as his spiral faced puppet that we all see in our worst nightmares. Saw has become a franchise with strong fans who will ride or die by it and casual watchers. Saw X takes the elements we all love from the franchise and amplifies the script and character development to create the best installment in the franchise.

Saw X pacing is wonderfully calculated to give us a story about the man himself, Jigsaw, in a deeper context. Rarely have we seen John Kramer teaching characters “a lesson” in a way that directly affects his life. Thus brings about a film that takes this iconic character and puts him at the forefront of the action and betrayal he never thought he’d find himself a part of.

Often in Saw films it is easy to identify the wrongdoings of the victims and understand John’s reasons for them being part of his games. Saw X creates a script that allows the audience to walk in the shoes of the various characters so that when the game begins we as the audience feel the weight of their wrongdoings.

The film does an amazing job of not only revealing John’s value he puts on our own lives but it expands this theme through a younger character in which it is shown how we as humans should value the lives of not just ourselves but those around us. Although it can be difficult to sympathize with John’s tactics for revenge as always, there has always been this underlying idea of doing the best possible with your life that is can be a struggle to grapple with given the context of the movies. But, Saw X is the best in the franchise to do this.

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One of the most intriguing parts of Saw X is how the film shows how even the strongest of humans can be manipulated when given a shred of hope. This movie humanizes John in this way by showing his ability to fall into the trap of con artists who promise him a chance at life, even if he seems to always be one step ahead of everyone. Seeing John on the other side in the movie is just one extra example of its ability to go further as a franchise.

‘Saw X’ Rating – 4/5

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