The Saw franchise is well known for two things high levels of gore and surprise plot twists. Spiral is a desperate attempt to try and revive the Saw franchise by taking the Saw franchises most basic elements and adding Chris Rock into the mix.
The story revolves around two metro city detectives Zeke (Chris Rock) and his new partner William (Max Minghella) as they investigate a series of murders which mimic the Jigsaw killer John Kramer. Zeke discovers that the Jigsaw copycat is targeting police officers that have a history of corruption and violence on the force. Zeke is chosen by the killer to investigate the case due to his history of doing the right thing and turning in corrupt cops. Zeke and William soon begin to uncover evidence of deep corruption within the police force as more dead police officers begin turning up each with ties to Zeke and the police force. It's up to Zeke to put a stop to the Jigsaw copycat killings by following the law and doing the right thing in the name of justice.
Spiral is certainly an ambitious new entry into the Saw franchise but sadly that's also the movie's biggest downfall, being linked to the Saw universe. This would have been a much better movie had it been it's own movie with it's own unique set of characters with a new and unpredictable storyline. Sadly the film just copies every Saw movie by trying to incorporate a "Big twist reveal" into the story which is so predictable and unoriginal it took me just twenty minutes to figure out with the killer was going to be making the film more like an episode of Columbo than CSI.
I will give the movie credit for having some interesting ideas for new Jigsaw traps. The blood and gore in this movie is still pretty high as it is a Saw movie after all but it somehow feels lacking when compared to the previous Saw entries.
Chris Rock gives a decent enough performance in the movie my only criticism about his performance is that his character act's more like a street cop than a serious homicide detective. Samual L Jackson "Co Stars" as Chris Rock's characters father but in my opinion Jackson is given way too much credit in this movie and is given top billing when he only has around ten minutes of screen time throughout the entire film. Max Minghella gives arguably the most believable character performance in this movie and deserves more credit for his role in this film.
Overall Spiral is yet another disappointing entry into the Saw franchise which fails to bring anything original or even memorable to this already dead franchise. I recommend waiting until the movie becomes available on a Streaming service like Netflix as it's not worth the price of a cinema ticket or paying the equivalent of a cinema ticket to stream online.
The story revolves around two metro city detectives Zeke (Chris Rock) and his new partner William (Max Minghella) as they investigate a series of murders which mimic the Jigsaw killer John Kramer. Zeke discovers that the Jigsaw copycat is targeting police officers that have a history of corruption and violence on the force. Zeke is chosen by the killer to investigate the case due to his history of doing the right thing and turning in corrupt cops. Zeke and William soon begin to uncover evidence of deep corruption within the police force as more dead police officers begin turning up each with ties to Zeke and the police force. It's up to Zeke to put a stop to the Jigsaw copycat killings by following the law and doing the right thing in the name of justice.
Spiral is certainly an ambitious new entry into the Saw franchise but sadly that's also the movie's biggest downfall, being linked to the Saw universe. This would have been a much better movie had it been it's own movie with it's own unique set of characters with a new and unpredictable storyline. Sadly the film just copies every Saw movie by trying to incorporate a "Big twist reveal" into the story which is so predictable and unoriginal it took me just twenty minutes to figure out with the killer was going to be making the film more like an episode of Columbo than CSI.
I will give the movie credit for having some interesting ideas for new Jigsaw traps. The blood and gore in this movie is still pretty high as it is a Saw movie after all but it somehow feels lacking when compared to the previous Saw entries.
Chris Rock gives a decent enough performance in the movie my only criticism about his performance is that his character act's more like a street cop than a serious homicide detective. Samual L Jackson "Co Stars" as Chris Rock's characters father but in my opinion Jackson is given way too much credit in this movie and is given top billing when he only has around ten minutes of screen time throughout the entire film. Max Minghella gives arguably the most believable character performance in this movie and deserves more credit for his role in this film.
Overall Spiral is yet another disappointing entry into the Saw franchise which fails to bring anything original or even memorable to this already dead franchise. I recommend waiting until the movie becomes available on a Streaming service like Netflix as it's not worth the price of a cinema ticket or paying the equivalent of a cinema ticket to stream online.