Saw V

Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) might be dead, but his traps live on in this fifth Saw entry, which finds the series' production designer David Hackl at the helm for his debut directing gig. Costas Mandylor reprises his role as Hoffman, the detective whose involvement in the string of grisly murders turns out ...more

Does the law of diminished returns apply to the fifth installment of the Saw franchise? Sadly, yes. The famed "torture porn" series, which caught fire at the box office after its initial 2004 bow and has racked up enough ticket sales to nip at the heels of Friday the 13th as the most successful horror franchise in history, has stopped dead in its tracks. Four years ago, torture porn was jaw-dropping, horrifying, and left us gasping for breath and unable to turn away. Five films in, Saw's ...more