Jigsaw
Movie, 2017, The Legacy, Set in Ten years later
Jigsaw is #8 of 10 in release order and #9 of 10 in chronological order in the Saw.
The story
Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
Jigsaw recap
Ten years after John Kramer's death, bodies start turning up in the city with Jigsaw's mark, and a man the detectives are chasing claims he must start a game. Five people wake in a barn with buckets on their heads and chains pulling them toward saw blades. A tape in John's voice says each must confess what they have done. Detective Halloran, who lets criminals go when it suits him, suspects the medical examiners Logan Nelson, a veteran, and Eleanor Bonneville, who secretly collects Jigsaw traps. One by one the barn captives are killed: a purse thief, a man who sold a faulty motorcycle that killed John's nephew, and a woman who smothered her baby. Edgar Munsen, the man from the opening, is found dead in John's grave. Halloran arrests Logan and Eleanor, and Logan persuades the other detective that Halloran set them up.
Jigsaw ending explained
Logan turns out to be a copycat, trained by John after surviving his own test, and he kills Halloran in a laser collar trap. The barn games happened ten years earlier: Logan was the unconscious man in the opening game, and John saved him. Logan says he made the X-ray mistake that left John's cancer undiagnosed. He used the new game to punish Halloran, who freed the man who killed his wife. "I speak for the dead," he says, and walks out.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Jigsaw
Jigsaw isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 32%
Where it fits
What to watch before Jigsaw
In release order, 7 Saw essentials come before Jigsaw (2017), from Saw (2004) to Saw 3D (2010).
Cast
- Tobin Bell as Jigsaw / John Kramer
- Matt Passmore as Logan Nelson
- Callum Keith Rennie as Detective Halloran
- Hannah Emily Anderson as Eleanor Bonneville
- Clé Bennett as Keith Hunt
- Laura Vandervoort as Anna
- Paul Braunstein as Ryan
- Mandela Van Peebles as Mitch
- Brittany Allen as Carly
- Josiah Black as Edgar Munsen
- Edward Ruttle as Matt
- Michael Boisvert as Lee James
Directed by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig.