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Mixed or average reviews- based on 149 Ratings

  • Starring: Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Tobin Bell
  • Summary: In the fifth installment of the SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends. (Lionsgate)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 13
  2. Negative: 9 out of 13
  1. Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    Jan 27, 2013
    50
    Hackl weaves scenes from the previous films into this one in clever ways, without adding to the confusion. The director also does a good job of maintaining the dark tone, which includes FBI offices that look as if they're being illuminated by night-lights, and dungeons that look as if you'd catch a venereal disease or two just by touching the door handles.
  2. Reviewed by: Jeremy Wheeler
    38
    It's cheap, sloppy, and too jumbled up to know what it should be.
  3. 30
    Truly, the greatest torture of all is boredom.
  4. Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    25
    Saw V is a terrible combination: grisly and tedious. Let's just call it bloody dull.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 75
  2. Negative: 26 out of 75
  1. IvelinMatev
    10
    great movie!
  2. Mandylor and Patterson have an amazing back and forth (similar to Bell and Wahlberg in Saw 2) and it works perfectly through out the film. The traps are not scary though, Rather generic imo as well but the story behind the plot is interesting. The general plot (outside the traps) is interesting as well. What makes this film so good is Mandylor and Patterson, Its a must watch just to see the two of them go against each other. Expand
  3. ChrisK.
    7
    Are these movies starting to get disgusting and to similar.
  4. My god...I can't believe they dragged a brilliant film into a **** up franchise with exaggerated Cliches and preposterous plot twists. "Saw 5", a disgusting movie filled with 'gore' but no 'horror', precisely proves my statement. You have to stop your game, Jigsaw. It's not scary anymore Collapse

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