Spiral (also known as Spiral: From the Book of Saw) is the ninth instalment in the Saw film series. This time with an all star cast. Including Chris Rock, Max Minghella (The Handmaid's Tale), Marisol Nichols (Riverdale), and of course Samuel L. Jackson.
So basic plot, a Jigsaw copycat killer starts acting on particular police station run by Marisol Nichols. Rock also works at the station, whilst Jackson was his father.
James Wan and Leigh Whannell, serve as executive producers alongside Rock. As Chris Rock wanting to branch out into the horror genre. James Wan is one busy ass man.
Regular readers of this blog no I have ZERO time for gore porn so for a few good minutes in this film my head was in my scarf. Yes its finally winter in Fortress Australia. Why Fortress Australia? No one in, no out out, unless you are a cricket player or want to take part in this years Olympics.
So does Spiral take Saw back to its glory days? Nine films in it's a big ask but with talents like Max Minghella on board you would hope so. He delivers but Chris Rock is just loud and annoying for a good 80% of the time he is on the screen.
In these troubled cinema times though the film has already made budget meaning the sequel is definitely on the way. Yes a sequel and spin off TV series are now apparently in the works.
So the storyline was average at best, Rock was horrible, Jackson was hardly present and the torture scenes were hard to watch. At least in this film it felt there was more of a storyline and not just gore, gore, gore.
It is hard to pass with Rock's character (the main character) being so dislikable. Not to mention some of the dialogue. It was basic at best.
2 Stars for giving it another go.
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