Saw X

"Witness the return of Jigsaw."

2023 1h 58m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 2,508

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Synopsis

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Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

“Witness the return of Jigsaw.”

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Cast

Tobin Bell
John Kramer
Shawnee Smith
Amanda Young
Synnøve Macody Lund
Cecilia Pederson
Steven Brand
Parker Sears
Renata Vaca
Gabriela
Joshua Okamoto
Diego
Octavio Hinojosa Martínez
Mateo
Paulette Hernández
Valentina

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kevin Greutert
Writers: Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg, Evan Yarbrough
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 9.6× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Saw Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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228+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kevin Greutert, shot by Nick Matthews. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Charlie Clouser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kevin Greutert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kevin Greutert directs. Nick Matthews behind the camera. Charlie Clouser scores. Kevin Greutert cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Made its money back 9.6× over at the box office.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Part of the "Saw Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5228+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Kevin Greutert, shot by Nick Matthews. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Charlie Clouser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Kevin Greutert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith and Synnøve Macody Lund carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Witness the return of Jigsaw.".
11IMDB entry: tt21807222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 24 themes, including "mexico", "mexico city, mexico", "sadism", "riddle".
13Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nick Matthews
Original score: Charlie Clouser
Editing: Kevin Greutert
Production design: Anthony R. Stabley
Costume design: Jimena Tenorio
Makeup / hair: Ozzy Alvarez
VFX supervisor: Beau Parsons
Sound: Adam Stein
Stunt coordinator: Daniel Salazar
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $13,000,000
Box office: $125,319,714
Return: 964% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Saw X (2023)

Part of

Saw Collection

A mysterious murderer gives his victims macabre riddles they must solve to earn their freedom.

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CinemaSerf2023-10-09
★ 7/10
If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. That's what "Kramer" (Tobin Bell) ought to have thought when he was presented with a miracle cure for his terminal cancer by "Cecilia" (Synnøve Macody Lund) for a mere $250k. Anyway, off he goes to Mexico and then quickly discovers that it was all a con. A really cynical con at that, and so he decides that some gruesome revenge is due on the team that dreamt up this atrocious scheme. What now ensues is one of the best horror thrillers I've seen for ages. The assembled "medical" team find themselves tracked down, apprehended and then attached to some fairly ghastly devices in a sort of brutal version of the "Adventure Game". Great sacrifices are going to have to be made if any of them are to survive! Further complications follow when another victim of their scam - "Parker" (Steven Brand) turns up bent on his own kind of revenge... It's violent and brutal, this film, but we are spared the very worst of the graphic imagery and that actually helps us to do our own visualising as limbs start coming adrift. There's not a great deal of dialogue, which is good, and the score doesn't resort to the creation of jump moments for us - that's all left to our eyes and our imagination. There's a twist at the end but it's rather weak and does rather let the thing down a little. All told, though, this is very much at the better end of recent films in this genre and in a dark cinema is well worth two hours.
nidhin182023-10-21
Wonderful
Dean2024-01-29
★ 10/10
Great movie in a "Saw" franchise. Probably one of the best in my opinion.