Saw X is an uninspired side story with no relevance to the main plot of the saga. The games are still impressive to watch, creative and with realistic gore, but the way in which they are played is completely different from the typical Saw style. Whereas the gamemaker and his accomplice usually play a backseat role which creates the eerie and unnerving mystique of the game, the director decided to make this a cheesy soap opera with John and Amanda coming in and out of the game room constantly to make hoaky remarks and drag out the drama. A different villain is offered up by the end who puts on their own soap opera with several events that don't make any believable sense and ends in a ridiculous scene in which John and Amanda walk away arm in arm with a young boy as if they were heroes, the villain seemingly surviving and free to go with no clue as to what becomes of that. The Saw movies had been dragging down for years and this culminated in something almost as pitiful as the two previous installments.
Review of Saw X
