WHEN SAW 3D, THE SEVENTH Saw, released in cinemas, the tagline promised “The Final Chapter” in the ongoing saga. But the game was far from over. Despite having died in Saw III, John Kramer aka Jigsaw returns in Saw X, and his comeback shouldn’t surprise: he’s been in every Saw since his demise (barring the Chris Rock-led ninth instalment, Spiral). However this time, rather than appearing through flashbacks or pre-recorded tapes, John Kramer’s back for real.
Saw X takes place between the events of the first two Saw films and sees Kramer and his protégé, the former trap victim Amanda, wreak havoc on a group of scientists in Mexico who promised Kramer an experimental cure for his cancer but actually swindled him. As a result, the scientists soon find themselves unwittingly playing a game of survival, and, well, you probably know the rest; traps, blood, gore and creepy ventriloquist dolls fill the runtime, which also happens to make this the longest yet.
