I remember the days when the 2004 film "Saw: The Survival Game" made a splash, although I watched the Saw franchise later, as an adult, I can not say that I am a big fan of this franchise, but in principle I always I watched the sequels with interest, it was interesting to watch the heroes and their misadventures, but most of all I was always intrigued by the ending, who is hiding under the guise of a villain, his motives, etc., and the filmmakers managed to surprise, though not always, but still.
Saw: The Spiral is a new attempt to inspire life into the franchise, or at least that's how the film is positioned. And here we have the story of police officer Zeke Banks, who is a kind of outcast among his colleagues, the murders of police officers in the style of "Saw" soon begin, and now Banks will have to try to find a new copycat of "Constructor" ...
I can say that the Saw: Spiral movie managed to surprise me, that I liked how the filmmakers skillfully confused the traces of who the killer is, it would seem that it is already clear who the villain is, but no, they managed to keep the intrigue to the end. As for the new traps, I can't say that they turned out to be extremely inventive, I think they were more interesting in the previous films, but here they were undoubtedly creepy.
In terms of the development of the plot, the action of the film is developing quite rapidly, the timing of the film is not too long, therefore, as they say "there is no time to pickle", the murders go one after another, as for the main character played by Chris Rock, he is such a rather impulsive person, while he is a good cop , who stands up for his work, when the murders begin and he gets into a whirlpool of events, it is interesting to watch his character with the help of flashbacks before us reveal the essence of the hero, his principles, thus it is impossible not to worry about him. To be honest, the actor Chris Rock opened up for me a completely new side, because I remember him from his roles in comedies, and here he played a completely different type, of course, there were some jokes, but still here he has a rather serious role, one might say partly dramatic. Samuel L. Jackson played the father of the main character, I can't say that he had a lot of screen time, but still his character will play an important role here.