Review of Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) by Thegayphoenix — 23 May 2021

I just saw Spiral and I wasn't a fan of it.

What I liked:

• The traps and how simplistic yet cringey they were.

• The style of editing and how similar enough to the other Saw movies it looked.

Things that I thought were okay:

• The acting.

• The pacing, which sometimes felt too fast (especially for the traps).

Things I didn't like:

• The timing of the traps. Most of them didn't give enough time for the victims to escape, and the glass crusher trap gave too much time and by the time the key came out, the guy was pretty much already dead.

• The twist at the end, which was pretty dumb and predictable.

• The SEVERE lack of Samuel L Jackson. His character was only given about 10 minutes (give or take) of total screen time with only 3 scenes.

• The killer's voice, for hopefully obvious reasons. At first, I liked it but the more he talked, the less threatening he sounded.

How I would rank the Saw movies from my favorite to my least favorite:

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6.

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3.

4.

5.

Jigsaw and Spiral are tied.