potential spoiler*** I've been a big fan of the Saw series and while I had a feeling it would be a little redundant, I still got the spooks. What made the series interesting was the fact that it wasn't just another slasher movie. There was a real point to the traps, each movie connected to the other and there was always an unexpected twist. Saw 1-3 were the bases of the plot and 4&5 were all about history of the characters. What was different about Saw V is the traps. While some of the traps in the first four were about getting yourself out or working together to get each other out, this one was about assumptions. Like the trap at the beginning of IV, you knew the two guys had to work together (too bad it didn't work). We all figure it's about saving yourself and the group losing one each round. But soon we learn that all 5 were supposed to work together and survive the entire test. But in our world it's easy to assume it's about saving yourself and sacrificing others, when in fact it's just the opposite. And at the end of the movie we assume it would be safer outside of the glass box, but again....we assume wrong.
It's true that two apprentice's traps were inferior...there was no way out. The pendulum one was particularly nasty. The victims didn't learn anything and couldn't redeem themselves. John was the true master of the traps and I really hope this was the last of the series. Finish it while it's good instead of making 23 useless sequels like Friday the 13th. One last thought....what the heck was in the box Jill got from John?
It's true that two apprentice's traps were inferior...there was no way out. The pendulum one was particularly nasty. The victims didn't learn anything and couldn't redeem themselves. John was the true master of the traps and I really hope this was the last of the series. Finish it while it's good instead of making 23 useless sequels like Friday the 13th. One last thought....what the heck was in the box Jill got from John?