Chris Rock's new Saw movie gets a goofy title and a kickass trailer
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If any series could use a shake-up, it’s Saw. James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s morality slasher felt innovative upon its 2004 release, but the story’s spinning wheels and the audience’s growing disinterest in the franchise’s grimy, skin-flaying brand of gore rendered many of the sequels superfluous. A 2017 sorta-reboot, Jigsaw, did little to reignite interest in the series’ long-term possibilities, but then, lo and behold, Chris Rock strolled in with “a completely fresh perspective” and we got…kind of excited?
Rock’s vision, which was penned by Jigsaw writers Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg, was rumored to be titled The Organ Donor, but a new trailer for the film reveals it’s called Spiral: From The Book Of Saw, which sounds like a convoluted way of saying “A Saw Story.”
There’s no sign of Tobin Bell in the below clip—a good thing since, spoiler, he’s been dead since the third one—and, aside from a brief tease of the series’ gear-powered traps, it unfolds more as a crime thriller than a horror movie. But the signs are there: There’s the spirals that line Billy the Puppet’s face splashed against a wall, and Samuel L. Jackson’s character echoes Jigsaw by asking an unseen motherfucker if they “wanna play games.” The most intriguing tease, however, comes at the end, when we see Rock’s character in a similar predicament to the first film’s Lawrence Gordon, rusty saw and all.
Darren Lynn Bousman, who helmed the second, third, and fourth installments, returns as director, while Jackson, Max Minghella, and Marisol Nichols round out the supporting cast.
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw slices and dices screens on May 15. See a pretty kickass poster for the film below.
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What happened to ‘Seent’?
I’m Gonna Get You Sawka (1988):
Saw Joint Customer: “Ya got any saws?”Hammer: “One dollar.”Saw Joint Customer: “Aw, c’mon, now! Look out for a brother, man, c’mon, yeah. Check this out: why don’t you let me get a saw for fifteen cents?”Hammer: “A saw cost more than fifteen cents!”Saw Joint Customer: “All right, fuck the saw. Drop a saw tooth in my hand for a dime.”
“How much for an order of Saw’s?”
They’ll modernise it by asking if they have change for a bitcoin.
“I’ve had it with these mothafuckin’ snakes SAWS, on this mothafuckin’ plane SAWquel”.
I’m looking forward to the holiday Elephant 6 crossoverThe Singing Saw at Christmastimethe part where they have to choose between their washboards and their whimsical scarves is fucking brutal
Y’ALL WANNA SEE BAD BOYS IN THIS MOVIE??
Se7en: In the hood
Have you ever noticed that when you hear Chris Rock speak without seeing his face, he sounds just like Whoopi Goldberg?
To quote Tracy Jordan: “There’s nothing wrong with a black comedian wearing a dress. Eddie does it, Martin does it, Jamie Foxx, Flip Wilson. Whoopi Goldberg does it every day!”
I seriously thought the opening scene in the trailer was a superbowl ad for some bullshit car insurance company, like liberty mutual. You know… they have those commercials with the 1970s starsky and hutch cops (and car). But no. This is the actual trailer for a movie that wants to be taken seriously.I’m excited to see this bomb super hard.
Nice to see the TTC making a brief appearance!
Aw man, no Tobin Bell? Too bad Eastwood wasn’t around in the first movie, he’d have sorted that shit out.
I’m surprised by how easily I accept Chris Rock as a serious actor in this. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in a dramatic role.
One nitpick though: who pronounces en route like that? Is “in rout” a thing? I think I’ve only ever heard it pronounced “on root.”
New Jack City and Bad Company maybe? A few others too? I can’t remember.
Nurse Betty
Could have made this Lethal Weapon 5. Rock’s character from 4, he can’t do what needs to be done as a detective, so he asks Riggs and father in law Murtaugh who are now retired to help.
“The book of Saw”Wow someone has a franchise that is full of themselves
Dear Lionsgate: Please stop trying to make Saw a thing again.Sincerely:Regular audience members.
Isn’t there a weight minimum for police officers?
Cops around me says there’s not.
men be chopping their feet off
The poster and the trailer are cool.
Love how it starts out with his character pretty much doing Chris Rock stand up.
Interesting to place it in New York – the other films seemed to take place in NoMoreManufacturingJobs, TetanusLand, USA.
i think i’ll just read uzumaki again if i want spooky spirals mixed with body horror
Man, I really hope the [adult swim] adaptation is good! I’m sure it will at least be better than the live-action Japanese movie, but that’s not saying much.
I’m just not sure how well Junji Ito translates into motion. I feel that as animation, the nastiest parts of Uzumaki are going to lose their punch. Like, we see animated characters contort their bodies into spirals all the time, so I feel, possibly irrationally, that it’ll seem less upsetting and shocking than it does on the page. Of course, that might just be because I’ve read it and know what’s coming. It might play better for people experiencing for the first time.
I briefly hoped this would include Spiral, one of the most kick-ass villains the X-Men ever faced. No such luck.Best wishes to the movie though…