Spiral: From the Book of Saw
I’m not a fan of ‘fixing movies’ as a form of critique but I do have some suggestions for changes to this story. The killer’s ultimate goal, other than punishing dirty cops and exposing them for how corrupt they are for revenge (based as shit and great aspect of this movie), is to recruit <PERSON> to his cause, because <PERSON> is ‘the one good cop’. I don’t think this makes any sense. It doesn’t help that <PERSON> isn’t really a good cop, and would never consider joining the killer. Instead of recruiting <PERSON>, I think this should have been a pure revenge movie. It half is, but doesn’t fully commit. I believe it could make everything a bit neater, and can go harder on cops if it fully embraces <PERSON> also being dirty.
This is such a flawed movie. 952
The comedy does not work, and it weirdly forgets that Jigsaw definitely targeted cops in the past. It has what might be one of the most obvious killer reveals I’ve ever seen. In fact, I think this would have been more interesting if we knew who the killer was from the start. Because the twist isn’t the killer reveal. That’s not when the iconic score kicks in. That happens a bit later, and is honestly quite a great Saw ending.
But why give it 3 stars? Honestly, I still think it’s entertaining, and the political agenda gives it a fair amount of personality and edge. I would be very interested in seeing this story continue. 147