Test 2

Please select your preferred language.

請選擇你慣用的語言。

请选择你惯用的语言。

English
中文简体
台灣繁體
香港繁體

登入

记住我

初到 Fridae?

Fridae Mobile

Advertisement
Highlights

More About Us

时尚娱乐

« 较新的 | 较旧的 »
5 Jan 2011

Saw 3D

Is this really the last chapter of the Haw Par Villa horror movie franchise?

Rating: R21 (Strong Gore and Violence)

Director: Kevin Greutert

Screenplay: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstain

Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes

Release: 6 January 2010


You have a character flaw? You will pay for it with your blood and we will watch you escape from your death trap in our plush cinema seats. Concept-wise, the seventh instalment in the Saw movie franchise is no different from any of its six predecessors: it’s all about the satisfaction of seeing and hearing people die in gory ways in a reality game show format.

There is a target audience for this series: modern grindhouse fans who roar for more gore. There’s really no need to change the concept or its execution or even advancement in terms of plot. Subsequently, all the strengths and weaknesses that have been pointed out in the Saw franchise apply here; we need not account them again.

Perhaps it will be revealed in a typical twist in this film’s DVD making of featurette that Malaysian director James Wan, the creator of the Saw horror franchise, did indeed visit Singapore in his youth and spent a most memorable day at the Tiger Balm Gardens, imbibing its grotesquely elaborate grotto dioramas depicting inventive tortures that fit the sinner. Note I call this the Tiger Balm Gardens: the park went through a long, ignominious decline coinciding with its new name of “Har Par Villa” and then “Dragon World”, where its grotesque exhibits were watered down and then Disneyfied by incompetent park managers.

You can still see if you go there today various tableaux depicting various venal sins which to modern eyes, illustrate how arbitrary and idiosyncratic ‘morality’ can be and that a self-appointed moral guardian who decides on crimes deserving extreme punishment may actually subscribe to a deluded, crackpot notion of morality. I suspect that had James Wan taken on directorial or writing duties for the alleged “final chapter” of the franchise, this would have been the direction the film would take instead.

Thanks to James Wan, gore is now democratised and we can have gore in slow motion (Zack Snyder’s 300), gore with intimate pain (Takeshi Kitano’sOutrage) , gore in a mainstream action flick (Samurai Assassin), and even gore with a rock soundtrack and pre-teen girls (Kickass). Regardless of its actual strengths or flaws, Saw has had a good run.

读者回应

1. 2011-01-09 07:56  
I won't go to cinema to watch this, the casting of this movie is quite bad. You won't feel it as real, just acting. I remember I saw I a gay-porn star in Saw 6.
2. 2011-01-11 17:27  
I've watched this, but not in cinema of course.(Btw, I can't find it in any cinema) Everything is not as good as the previous episode except for the violence.

请先登入再使用此功能。

Social


请选择新闻及专栏版本

精选个人档案

Now ALL members can view unlimited profiles!

Languages

View this page in a different language:

赞好

合作伙伴

 ILGA Asia - Fridae partner for LGBT rights in Asia IGLHRC - Fridae Partner for LGBT rights in Asia

Advertisement