Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Film Review
'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