The editing undermines what could've been some very suspenseful scenes because of its sloppiness, by cutting from one narrative (the game) to the other (the investigation) at random moments. Also, character arcs are left unfinished and the movie felt like it ended when the most important part of the story was about to happen. And I'm referring to some of the main casting here. The characters are so uni-dimensional, with some of them being there only to fill the screen.
The character development is another issue in this movie. That is because they are a lot tamer than what we've seen before and they simply can't hold a candle to all the ingenious traps from the past movies. However, the game presented in this movie has next to no memorable traps. Saw is known for its visceral traps and torture devices, so I was looking forward to seeing more of that. The plot falls flat because the movie cuts from scene to scene so swiftly and tries to cram multiple narratives into 85 minutes, that ultimately none of them makes an impact. I know that this is supposed to be a new "beginning" for these movies, but as a franchise starter, I wanted more to be explored. What I didn't like: The ideas in this movie and its overall plot are somewhat underdeveloped. There is, however, one scene in which I was feeling as if I was watching one of the most recent Resident Evil movies and that didn't really work for me. The direction was very polished and the movie was competently filmed, but the Spierig brothers weren't given much to show their creativity on. Laura Vandervoort and Paul Braunstein stood out here, with the latter generating some funny moments worthy of admiration. The performances didn't bother me at all, although none of the actors really gets to shine. I'll start with what I enjoyed: The score by Charlie Clouser is just as fabulous as it has always been and manages to go in line perfectly with each scene. After seeing Jigsaw, I left the theater disappointed.
I had high expectations for Jigsaw because of two reasons: one, the producers stated in an interview that they were offered more than a hundred scripts for a new movie from different writers, but had never been pleased with any of them until they discovered a script so good, which ultimately got picked to be adapted second, the Spierig brothers, Jigsaw's directors, had previously directed Predestination, such a smart and enticing sci-fi time- travel movie that I liked quite a lot. Even though the movies got progressively worse, there is something about this franchise that always draws me back and makes me want to re-watch it. Since the Saw franchise is one of my biggest guilty pleasures when it comes to horror, I've been hoping for a new installment ever since The Final Chapter was supposed to end the franchise back in 2010.
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