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Saw is almost here.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the ninth installment in the franchise, follows police efforts to investigate a string of murders eerily reminiscent of Jigsawâs work. Chris Rock plays one of those police officers, and rounding out the cast is Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, and Morgan David Jones. Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed three other
Saw films, also directs
Spiral.
Spiral: From The Book Of Sawreleases in theaters this Friday, May 14, and critics have started to release their reviews. Letâs check out what they have to say.
Letâs start with the home team. Our very own Sean OâConnell saw the horror flick, and he rated it 2 out of 5 stars. Though he complemented the grotesque elements of the movie, he was overall pretty disappointed. OâConnell pointed out that
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Chris Rock stars as Detective Zeke Banks, the lone good apple in a rotten barrel who became persona non grata at the Metropolitan Police Department after reporting a fellow officer for murdering a civilian. (In perhaps this film’s most unbelievable twist, the cop served nine years for the crime.) Despite being the son of former police chief Marcus Banks (Samuel L. Jackson), Zeke is now an outsider, and it’s made him bitter, mistrustful, and short-tempered. His boss, Captain Angie Garza (Marisol Nichols), still believes in him, however, and puts Zeke and his rookie partner, William Schenk (Max Minghella), in charge of the case when the poor sucker who has his tongue ripped out before being hit by a train in the opening sequence the guy is played by Canadian actor Dan Petronijevic, a.k.a.
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During a normal year, the first weekend of May is a massive deal in the movie world. It s been established as the beginning of the summer blockbuster season, and it usually sees the release of a massive new release (typically from Marvel Studios). As we all know, however, and have heard/read thousands of times, 2021 is not a normal year. While we are certainly edging back towards normal while continuing to deal with the pandemic, studios are still being hesitant about putting out their biggest tentpole features while theaters continue to operate at reduced capacity. Because of this, the biggest new film to arrive on the big screen this past Friday was Guy Ritchie s
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Saw franchise is set to make a comeback next weekend with
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw. The movie, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, will be one of the first major movies to kick off the summer blockbuster season after a year of uncertain times concerning the box office. Ahead of its debut, shall we play a game and predict how itâll do commercially?
Spiral: From The Book of Saw, it looks like it will have a decent debut.
Spiral to make between $10 to $15 million domestically during its first three days at the box office and go on to make in the range of $20 to $45 million before exiting theaters. Based on the forecast, it doesnât sound like the
Cruella (Photo: Disney), Chris Rock in
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (Photo: Lionsgate), Angelina Jolie in
Those Who Wish Me Dead (Photo: Warner Bros.), Emily Blunt in
A Quiet Place Part II (Photo: Paramount), and Dave Bautista in
Army Of The Dead (Photo: Netflix)
Graphic: Natalie Peeples
May is usually the month that kicks off the summer movie season. For obvious reasons, that wasn’t the case last year, and it’s not quite the case this year either the blockbusters don’t start arriving in earnest until June, which Hollywood is banking on as basically the earliest time they can unleash their prospective hits and still draw a vaccinated crowd. But more and more movies