Bria Lou Reviews

We're down to the last 3 movies! This is one that I was saving. Not only is it one of my favourite horror movies, but this is the start of my favourite franchise! So I was really looking forward to finally getting around to it! For a start, the team behind this film have gone on to make so many iconic horror movies.  James Wan and Leigh Whannell are amazing at what they do - together and apart, so it's really nice to see where it began. It's also great to see Whannell acting in this one. He created a great character in Adam and became so important to the franchise even if he wasn't in it for as long as he should have been.  And Cary Elwes was also great as Dr Gordon, and without spoiling the other movies too much, it's always nice to see him as this character.  But speaking of the actors, this was the start of Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, and what perfect casting! This is an iconic character played perfectly, and the fact that it has spanned so many films is amazing. From ...

  'Saw' is one of my absolute favourite movie franchises, so I was really excited to see this new take on it.  Detective Zeke Banks (Chris Rock) and his partner Detective William Schenk (Max Minghella) are the lead investigators on a series of murders reminiscent of Jigsaw's games. But is there more to the case than meets the eye? I really wanted to love this movie, but I was left really disappointed. I loved the opening scene. It stays true to what we love about the Saw movies, which tend to use the opening scenes to show you exactly what's to come from the rest of the movie. This opening scene is one of the best things about the film. Zeke, the detective, is given a lot of backstory. It's not unusual for a Saw movie to focus on the detective investigating the crimes, but in this film it felt too much. I was way more interested in the murders and victims than the fact that the detective was divorced, or living in the shadow of his father. I didn't care that muc...