SAW V - Official Spoilers Discussion (UK)

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I have to say I found it a little confusing at times. It wasn't always clear when there was a flashback and when you were seeing events as they were happening.

It did all come clear by the end but I felt some of the 'trap' scenes were just added for the sake of it. Looking forward to the concluding film though!

8/10
 
I wondered if she died at the end as I don't recall seeing shots of her hand in the blade machine, just the druggie guy's. I did see her hand covered in blood when she took it out at the end but that may have been part of the con.

The twist was easily the weakest of the series for me, plus all four previous films left me leaving the cinema with a stinking headache, but this film: no headache. They must be doing something wrong.

Still, it was great to see people from Dexter and 24 in it. I also like that you really have to have seen previous Saw films to have any idea as to what the hell is going on.

Roll on VI, and headache:D
 
You're obviously free to believe what you wish, but although no official source has publically confirmed it, it is due to happen.

You will also note that nobody related to the films, or Lionsgate, have denied that Saw VII will be made.

They've also kept the Director's cut of Saw V (which will be a very different version - and almost 1/4 of an hour longer) very quiet - but that's happening too.
 
There's a difference between something that is more than likely going to happen and something being officially announced. You said Saw 7 had been greenlit as if it was a fact, when it's not fact, there's just a high probability it'll happen in the future.
 
I'm a fan of the first 4 films and have seen each numerous times, however I walked out of this one disappointed and found that i'd guessed the ending about 15 minutes in. The storyline also just went nowhere.

Except for what's in the box and what Jill's up to, I don't see what other questions were raised?
 
Interesting to hear the DVD release will come with three endings. These endings can't be too different, cos the SAW movies seem so planned. I read somewhere that V and VI were filmed back to back so it has to carry storylines over...Interesting
 
I think the ending was meant to leave you thinking, "Oh, is that it?"
Every Saw film so far has ended with some kind of twist. This one started with you knowing who was involved and left you with the same thing... which wasn't expected after having seen the other 4 films.

I think the traps in this one were just an indication that this was a Saw film and weren't really relevant to the actual plot. There were also plenty of things coming from the other 4 films that made you wonder how other certain people were involved.

... and so the story continues. There's supposed to be a Saw VI but I'm not sure how it's meant to go from the end of this one.

Still, I was glad I went to see it.
 
I think people who are disappointed have overlooked a couple of things. I've seen on this thread people complaining the the "5 people" game served no purpose, when it was actually the most important key to framing Strahm, evidence would have to place him at the scene of a new/current Jigsaw Game to implicate him as there would have been none at past scenes, this also means that the man hunt will now be for a dead man who will never be found leaving Hoffman to carry on unsuspected. I also think we'll learn in the next film that the new, older, FBI agent is actually the father of the firestarting junkie as we learnt that his actions were covered up by some federal means, which would also explain why he appeared to be next on Strahm's list.
As for no twist, sure it was a bit more subtle this time round but in a franchise where twists have become the defining moments the viewer is always going to be consciously and subconsciously putting the pieces together as the film progresses. I certainly believed for a moment at the end that Strahm had got the better of Hoffman and the plan wasn't going to work it didn't last long but it was certainly there. I've also questioned whether Strahm did actually escape his first trap and Hoffmans subsequent actions were all damage limitation or whether it was always inteded for him to "escape" seeing as Hoffman obviously left the pen(?) in his pocket for the make shift thoracotmy. It gets quite foggy at this point but i'm imagining the final room was almost an "incase of emergency" room if anyone ever came close to discovering Hoffman's identity. Either way I thouroughly enjoyed it.

On a side note, where have I seen the lady who beat the "5 people" trap before?
 
saw VI oh please:yawn::yawn::yawn:

and seven:yawn::yawn::yawn:


This is juts getting silly now:mad::mad:

They should have just had it as one film saw one :confused::rolleyes:
 
There is a Saw VI in the works and Hoffman and Jigsaw are back again (goody! more flashbacks :rolleyes:). I guess the next one will follow Hoffman trying to carry on Jigsaws legacy without anyone finding out it wasn't Strahm...sounRAB a tad dull imo. I also guess we'll find out what's in Jill's box.
 
I think there were two reasons. The first was to protect Hoffman. This may be the reason Kerry was killed, too - at least, she had figured out there was a second apprentice just before she died, and I think she might have been getting too close to Hoffman. The trail was there, as Strahm found in V.

The second reason is that it was a kind of test for Hoffman. Unlike Amanda, Hoffman passed and so survived. Strahm was more or less doomed from the moment he disobeyed instructions and left the room at the beginning.

I've just come back from seeing it, so I haven't processed it all yet and these are my first impressions. I found it a bit slow at first, but I enjoyed the middle section. Like other people, I was disappointed by the lack of twist at the end. I think if people hate the whole thing then they aren't really into the franchise anyway.

There was a lot we'd already figured out. The pig-masks disguise appearance. Initially we think it's always Jigsaw behind the mask, then we find that sometimes it's Amanda, and from IV we know it's often Hoffman. It seems Hoffman was the first apprentice and it would have been interesting to see more of Hoffman and Amanda together. (I'm assuming Amanda at least knew about him, since he had helped eg with Kerry's angel trap.) It was fun to revisit some of the setups from earlier films, but we didn't really learn a lot.

It seems to me now that Jill is definitely evil, because she claimed Strahm was following her and I don't think he was. So she was helping to put suspicion in chief Erickson's mind. I am expecting the VI film to be some kind of show-down between Jill Tuck and Hoffman.

I hope VI is the last. I was a one-off. II showed they could do it again. III, IV, V and VI seem to be planned out together as a quadlogy. I hope they have a definite and satisfying ending in sight.

Still don't know what is in the note Hoffman wrote for Amanda - I suspect now we won't find out.
 
I was really looking forward to seeing this film but after leaving I was a little disappointed with the twist as I left the cinema I was like “Is that it”, but overall was a good movie. The gore didn’t really bother me but my friend did jump a few times lol.
Did laugh at the bit with the electricity if you seen the movie know what I mean.
 
I found the five trying to escape the traps rather dull, almost as if they were thrown in for good measure to help pad out the story. There wasn't enough focus on them, subsequently I didn't care...
 
I watched it yesterday and prefered it to Saw 4. The five people in the rooms were total numptys.

Poor old Straum. I was emotionally invested because he's the lovely Luke Danes from Gilmore Girls :o

I'm interested enough to watch a Saw 6 but I'd like them wrap it up after that personally.
 
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