Matthew Ashworth (matseb2611)

Another good addition to Saw series.

I was eager to watch this since the teasers and the trailers came out, and I finally got to watching it today. The film was definitely intense. Some scenes kept me on the edge of my seat. However for the most part I started seeing that the Saw movies are losing their touch a bit. Yes, as stand alone movies they are good. But the 'games' are pretty much the same now. This film's game was exactly the same as the Saw III's and IV's game. As usual, there are a whole load of new characters, most of which are killed off before they get developed.

However a lot of the little loose ends get uncovered. There wasn't any major twist I'd say, but there were a lot of little twists, building up to a pretty cool final scene, even though it wasn't much of a hit in the face as some of the twists in the earlier films.

The starting scene was definitely gruesome, and there are a few others of similar nature later on, but for the most part I'd say the first scene was the only one that went a bit too far in gore.

Overall I didn't think it was as strong as I, II and IV, but it was heaps better than III and V. I really wonder what they're planning for the last two films in the series, because there's hardly anything left to reveal now. I really hope they won't be squeezing random crap out of nothing for those. Fingers crossed.

First of all, I read only the first book ages ago, whilst the movie includes more than that (not sure if it's 2 books or 3), so about half of the movie was new to me.

Overall I quite enjoyed it. It had action, it had interesting characters, and a nice idea. The story is about two opposing types of the night creatures: the vampires and the vampaneze. Both are very similar but have different cultures and so the disagreement once used to be a war, but later turned into truce. However now the truce is on the brink of turning into a war once again. Now whatever happens lies in the hands of two friends, Darren and Steve.

I personally thought that John C. Reilly was miscast as Larten Crepsley, because from when I read the first book, I imagined Mr Crepsley to look completely different, and John C. Reilly doesn't look anything like him. However in terms of portrayal I think he's done a relatively good job. The rest of the acting wasn't bad. It didn't stand out, but no-one was acting wooden or anything, so that was good.

I however loved how they made Madam Octa (the spider). She was done absolutely beautifully.

A nice movie overall. A lot has been skipped out and changed from the books, but the movie itself was still pretty enjoyable and I liked it.

Has got to be the funniest movie ever!!!

Love the action and love the storyline!