Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 20-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVDHow do you keep a horror franchise going when your villain has been unquestionably and irrevocably killed off? That’s a conundrum any number of genre series have tackled–to varying degrees of success–and the problem facing the sadistic Saw films in its latest entry, Saw V. The filmmakers’ answer–faithful henchmen–is at first blush a savvy idea, as it allows the mayhem of original bad guy Jigsaw to continue unabated, despite the fact that he was dissected on a morgue slab in the previous film. Saw V extends the premise by having disgraced detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor from the previous two films) don the pig mask to unleash horrific tortures on another group of seemingly unconnected strangers. Scott Patterson (Aliens in America) also returns as Hoffman’s Javert, a dogged fellow agent who escapes death in the fourth film and an ugly fate in this entry to continue his pursuit. All the elements that have made the Saw series popular with horror fans–the elaborate killing machines, the trompe l’oeil plotting, and the sociopathic judgments handed down by Jigsaw–are intact in Saw V, which is a positive for its most faithful followers, but a negative for just about everyone else. Saw V covers no new ground, expands no part of the mythology of the series and seems perfectly content to present a lifeless retread of Saw III and IV. It also suffers from the absence of Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, who despite his top billing, is glimpsed only in brief flashbacks. Bell, who could be unsettling even in the stillest moments, gave the series a gravity that kept its least plausible moments in check, and Mandylor, though game, simply cannot provide the same. What’s left is dreary and relentlessly downbeat, and to make matters worse, ends on an open note that clearly indicates that a sixth film is in the works, no matter how obvious that the diabolical ingenuity of the original Saw has been worn to the bone by its sequels. Only diehard Saw fans need to sign up for this round of Jigsaw’s games. — Paul Gaita
Beyond Saw V on DVD
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April 17, 2008
#1
I cannot say that I had high expectations when I went to the theater to see this film. The plot is boring, and uninspired, just like the past three films. They try to make the film tie up all the loose ends that they have created in the previous films but failed to do so, only confusing the viewer more. Oh well, all you can do is hope for a good slasher, and I guess thats what we got, but I can say that the first two saws had a great deal of promise. This film is pretty much the Jason X of the Saw Franchise
April 17, 2008
#2
The two previous people who reviewed Saw 5 are idiots. Although I have not seen Saw 5 yet and it could be one of the weaker Saw movies, there is no way in HELL that Saw 2 is the weakest. Saw 2 actually starts to explain the whole thing that has become Saw. How is Saw 2 weak? Ya boy cuts the number out of the back of his neck, Amanda gets thrown into a bunch of needles(which could be interpeted as more gruesome due to the fact that she was an addict)and then the fact that we find out that she was in on the whole “game” from the very beginning. Saw 3 is the weakest. The only thing Saw 3 might have on Saw 2 is the last trap is pretty gruesome. Other than that, it had the worst story, characters that you really didnt care about and the fact that JIGSAW dies!
April 17, 2008
#3
It’s so ludicrously laughable you’ll just be sitting there wondering “What in the world am I watching this for?” Then there’s the new game. Apparently Jigsaw has taken an interest in a dirty real estate deal. How sinister! Of course there’s a bit more than that, but at it’s core? Real Estate. Head … hurting … already …
Read the whole review at DreadCentral.com!
April 17, 2008
#4
Version: U.S.A / Lionsgate / Region A
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-25 / AACS / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:35:03
Movie size: 19,99 GB
Disc size: 23,55 GB
Total bit rate: 28.05 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 21.00 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 5050 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 5050 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English / English SDH / Spanish
Number of chapters: 16
#BD-Live (MoLog)
#Audio commentaries with cast & crew
#Multi-part “Multiple Traps” documentary
#Deleted scenes
#DVD Digital Copy
April 17, 2008
#5
I give this TRANSACTION (read: not the movie) 1-Star. The DVD arrived in a generic clear DVD holder with a sticker “sealing” it closed. No artwork, no movie box, nothing – literally just the disc. There was a piece of paper with the shipment informing me that “disc in condition as advertised” — you are about to order this movie from the same page I did and I don’t see anything alerting me to the aforementioned. In fact, the picture shows the disc AND artwork, so why wouldn’t I be surprised to find this generic case?! Correct me if I am wrong, but “used” should mean “watched,” right? Where is the rest of box and booklet? If I had bought this anywhere else I would have sworn it was a duplicate or bootleg. This is our first movie purchase off amazon.com and we aren’t very thrilled…