Rotten
Saw V is a terrible combination: grisly and tedious. Let's just call it bloody dull.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Saw V
You won't believe how it ends.
2008 · 1h 35m · R
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
David Hackl
Overview
Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
13%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even the most die-hard of Saw fans won't credit how tedious, lame and pointless this fourth sequel manages to be.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Fresh
Saw V isn't anywhere close to the best Saw movie, but it makes the entire series coalesce a little bit better.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Woefully ponderous, convoluted and improbable.
Ben Rayner, Toronto Star
Rotten
Oh, Jigsaw. Here we go again. You kill. I doze off. Someone at the studio goes 'ka-ching!'
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
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