Weâve known for some time now that Saw X was on the horizon, and would return to the seriesâ roots of people having to escape these elaborate traps or die gruesomely. The question thatâs been on folksâ minds, especially when it was revealed that Tobin Bell would return as John âJigsawâ Kramer was, how? Since the post-Saw 3 films have played around with the timeline so much, whatâs the context for the long-dead characterâs return?
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Set between the events of the first two Saw movies, but definitely playing in the same space as Saw VI in 2009, Saw X sees Kramer go to Mexico for a risky procedure to remove his cancer. After itâs done, he realizes that not only was he not cured, the entire thing was part of a long-running grift to defraud people in similarly desperate situations. Being who he is, Kramer decides to kidnap the doctor (Synnøve Macody Lund) in charge of the whole operation and her staff who helped sell the scam (played by Steven Brand, Renata Vaca, and Paulette Hernandez) to teach them a lesson only he can. And it uh, doesnât look good for them! If youâre not into the Saw franchiseâs grisly approach to horror, this trailer (and the movie overall) may not be for you.
For the Saw sickos in the house whoâve been missing the series, it looks like a fairly straightforward return to form in any way you can imagine. The pig mask and Billy the Puppet are back, FBI agents are trying to track Kramer down and find the victims in time, all that stuff. Itâs been a good long while since there was a mainline entry for the seriesâ2021’s Spiral, for those who didnât see it, is still being counted as a spinoff. And in two months time, weâll see if the series still has new tricks up its sleeve.
Saw X is currently slated to release in theaters on September 29.
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