Saw X

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Thoughts

Yeah this is the best one. Not that that's saying a lot, given the franchise, but it's the best one, for sure. Tobin Bell acts his ass off in this movie, I can't believe he gave us this performance at 81 years old. Two kills in particular fucked me up, and I'm still wincing about them 24 hours later.

But the audacity of this film to make Jigsaw the protagonist is exactly the shot in the arm the series needed. Most Saw movies have you looking at bodies pile up but have no idea for what reason until the very end. It's boring. It's bland. It gives us nothing and nobody to cheer on. But in Saw X, you get to see just why these people fucking suck right before they start to get taken out one by one, and that by extension makes it a much more entertaining watch than pretty much any Saw before it.

So yeah, I can't believe I'm here to say "the tenth in the series is my favorite," but I guess there's a first time for everything. Thanks Saw!