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SAW X MOVIE REVIEW
Horror franchises are weird. Even if most of the films in a series are terrible, once you’ve made it to three, your IP pretty much never dies. Such is definitely the case with the Saw series. Now at the tenth film in the series, the timeline moves back to a story that takes place between Saw and Saw 2. And there’s a good reason for that. Since John “Jigsaw” Kramer (Tobin Bell) has been decidedly dead since Saw III, the only way to have him become the primary character on screen again is by moving back in the timeline. In this story, John has already killed some folks in his elaborate ‘games’ but little of that is discussed for the entirety of the first act of the film. He’s a sympathetic figure who just when he’s accepted that his brain cancer is going to kill him, finds a miraculous group of doctors who may just have the cure. Spoiler: this film doesn’t change the canon. Eventually, we get back to people dying horribly in his traps, characters from later films showing up who we didn’t know had been working with John until the reveals happened, and lots of moral judgements. Chris, Wright, and Nathan got their eyeballs sucked into this film and they give you the goods on what has become the most favorably reviewed film in the series.
DIRECTED BY: Kevin Greutert
STARRING: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Renata Vaca, Joshua Okamoto, Octavio Hinojosa, Paulette Hernández, Jorge Briseño, Costas Mandylor, Michael Beach, Isan Beomhyun Lee, David Alfano, Katie Barberi, Donagh Gordon
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad)
A recent transplant to Austin originally hailing from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Midwest, Nathan Flynn has been a movie super freak since he saw “An American Werewolf in London” way too young and grew up worshipping the James Bond franchise and all things related to Cold War-era spycraft. When he’s not watching movies and being a constant defender of the Tron franchise, he can be found practicing his second biggest love: cooking (having been a chef for 10+ years) and hitting his head up against a desk to write screenplays that nobody reads. He also spearheads his own podcast on the Mission Impossible franchise titled “Mission: Impodible”. He can be found rarely posting on his personal twitter.
Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.
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