And they wrote a Jigsaw movie that actually kind of needed a whole lot more acting than the originals before (2017 "Jigsaw"), which forced Rock into acting mad; tired; emotional; exhausted; sad and desperate. And yet his face was the same for every single scene of the movie, regardless of the emotion his character was supposed to be feeling.
The more superfitial things about the saga were there thanks to Bousman, the director (also director of Saw II, III and IV).
But the fundamental stuff that made Jigsaw legendary was his "code", his "purpose", his "logical madness" (and also the ingenious traps). There is none of that here, with brutal but not that clever traps, and a villain that lacks any kind of coherent philosophy, which makes him basically a simple (and boring) serial killer.
The more superfitial things about the saga were there thanks to Bousman, the director (also director of Saw II, III and IV).
But the fundamental stuff that made Jigsaw legendary was his "code", his "purpose", his "logical madness" (and also the ingenious traps). There is none of that here, with brutal but not that clever traps, and a villain that lacks any kind of coherent philosophy, which makes him basically a simple (and boring) serial killer.