An opening sequence game brings the deadly trap and a gruesome demise, but its game master looks and sounds very different.

Straightaway, Spiral establishes a new tone and style that signifies this entry seeks to break free from the mold.

A new Jigsaw-inspired copycat unleashes a new game of lethal justice, and this time their target is the police. Saddled with a rookie partner ( Max Minghella) he doesn’t want, Zeke gets assigned a throwaway case that turns out to be something far more significant and grislier than anyone anticipated. Jackson ), an esteemed former leader of the precinct. Zeke also can’t remove himself from the shadow of his father, Marcus ( Samuel L. He prefers to work alone, unwilling to trust the vast majority of his colleagues that turned on him.

For the ninth installment, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, director Darren Lynn Bousman returns to usher the series in an exciting new direction, one that evolves the franchise’s potential while delving into its underexplored relationship with cops.Ĭhris Rock stars as Detective Zeke Banks, a deeply cynical cop that’s amassed an impressive number of enemies during his tenure. To say the storytelling got a bit complicated to keep the momentum going strong long after its central mastermind, John “Jigsaw” Kramer ( Tobin Bell ), perished would be an understatement. Eight entries deep into the popular Saw franchise meant dizzying levels of history time jumps, character reveals, mythology, deadly traps, and twists aplenty.

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