The interesting thing about the long-running Saw movies is that the frachise’s most central figure John “the Jigsaw Killer” Kramer, has been dead since the third movie. Appearing in flashback ever since, each movie has played some clever tricks with the narrative to keep Jigsaw’s story going. And they’re doing that again with Saw X, which takes place between the events of Saw 1 and II.
We’ve already gotten a look at Tobin Bell’s return as Jigsaw, who has traveled to Mexico to attempt an experimental cure for his terminal cancer. But when it’s over, he realizes that there was never a cure, and the whole thing was part of a scheme to defraud desperate people just like him. Well, what do you think happens next? Jigsaw starts making deadly traps and forcing those con artists to fight for their lives.
Veteran Saw director Kevin Greutert directs from a script by Josh Stoldberg and Peter Goldfinger. The cast also includes franchise vet Shawnee Smith, along with Synnove Macody Lund, Steven Brand, and Michael Beach.
Saw X hits theaters on September 23rd.
