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Old 2nd March 2015, 12:14 PM
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Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)

I'm not the biggest fan of the Saw series of films as you can probably deduce from the length of time it's taken me to watch this final installment.

The story line has two strands. One plot ties in with the other films in the series, the other is stand alone about a man gaining fame in the pretence he escaped from the Jigsaw killer and has written a book about his ordeals. Although everything works it's self out in the end bringing things full circle to the excellent 2004 debut film, the plot is the least of the enjoyment here, because as with all the films it's the gruesome traps that are the draw.

That's where Saw The Final Chapter excells. The traps are tremendous and bone shatteringly gory at times. There's no way this film would have escaped censure in the early eighties. Most of the situations are highly effective utilizing tightly gripping set pieces, some of which had me on the edge of my seat with anguish and the beautiful thing about it all was the sheer amount of them. Just like infamous 80's slasher Don't Open Till Christmas had a murder every other scene, The Final Chapter has a trap every other scene too.

I haven't seen a torture porn film for ages and this was extremely refreshing in it's brutality and i thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Old 2nd March 2015, 12:23 PM
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It sounds a little like Das Boot in terms of the original production and nature of the subject (a microcosm of the war) – is that a reasonable comparison?
Not particularly, Das Boot along with series like Band of Brothers tried to capture the everyman experience of the war - events that happened to a lot of people. With its escape behind enemy lines, partisans and betrayal, Bomber is more of an adventure story.
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Watched....Lock, Stock & Two Smokin' Barrels (1998, Guy Ritchie)
Aptly taken the piss out of by The Fast Show, this "caper" has aged better than Snatch imo. Though that isn't saying much. The comedy scousers especially. Calm down etc.....

Hush, Hush....Sweet Charlotte (1964, Robert Aldrich). Not as Grand Guignol as WHTBJ? but still quite gripping, some decent compostion shots etc.

The Incubus (John Hough, 1982). A story with a slight smattering of HPL, as a teenager can predict through dreams the timetable of the local maniac. An odd film with an odd atmosphere. Recommended!
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Old 2nd March 2015, 04:17 PM
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Watched....Lock, Stock & Two Smokin' Barrels (1998, Guy Ritchie)
Aptly taken the piss out of by The Fast Show, this "caper" has aged better than Snatch imo. Though that isn't saying much. The comedy scousers especially. Calm down etc.....

Hush, Hush....Sweet Charlotte (1964, Robert Aldrich). Not as Grand Guignol as WHTBJ? but still quite gripping, some decent compostion shots etc.

The Incubus (John Hough, 1982). A story with a slight smattering of HPL, as a teenager can predict through dreams the timetable of the local maniac. An odd film with an odd atmosphere. Recommended!
Hvae you seen tv series of lock stock ?
I thought it was pretty decent for a spin of show.
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Not particularly, Das Boot along with series like Band of Brothers tried to capture the everyman experience of the war - events that happened to a lot of people. With its escape behind enemy lines, partisans and betrayal, Bomber is more of an adventure story.
Band of Brothers was a excellent series made it better by fact they involved and got their stories from the people who where there in the war. Making it even more realistic.
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Band of Brothers was a excellent series made it better by fact they involved and got their stories from the people who where there in the war. Making it even more realistic.
True. I have the Stephen Ambrose book but there is hardly any point reading it as the series was so close to the truth.

You feel so guilty when you wish they would kill off the annoying character in some of the middle episodes and then realise you are wanting a real person to die...
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Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)

I'm not the biggest fan of the Saw series of films as you can probably deduce from the length of time it's taken me to watch this final installment.

The story line has two strands. One plot ties in with the other films in the series, the other is stand alone about a man gaining fame in the pretence he escaped from the Jigsaw killer and has written a book about his ordeals. Although everything works it's self out in the end bringing things full circle to the excellent 2004 debut film, the plot is the least of the enjoyment here, because as with all the films it's the gruesome traps that are the draw.

That's where Saw The Final Chapter excells. The traps are tremendous and bone shatteringly gory at times. There's no way this film would have escaped censure in the early eighties. Most of the situations are highly effective utilizing tightly gripping set pieces, some of which had me on the edge of my seat with anguish and the beautiful thing about it all was the sheer amount of them. Just like infamous 80's slasher Don't Open Till Christmas had a murder every other scene, The Final Chapter has a trap every other scene too.

I haven't seen a torture porn film for ages and this was extremely refreshing in it's brutality and i thoroughly enjoyed it.
Only seen the first one Dem and have no idea why I never followed up with the rest. I recently bought the box-set for about £13 for all 7 unrated films, now its just finding the time. I'm sure there are some on here who will tell me which are the bum films in the collection? are all ok?
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Old 2nd March 2015, 06:46 PM
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I didn't think much of The Iceman. I watched it a couple of years after reading the book and thought the film was very slight, only really scratching the surface. The performances were fantastic and it was well made, I just thought it failed as a biopic.

There is some debate over how many people Kuklinski murdered, he apparently took 'credit' for killings committed by others and came across as unreliable during interviews.

He gave a series of interviews to HBO which they made in to a documentary, it used to be up on YouTube, it's well worth checking out.
That sheds some interesting light on the film. It always gives films a different slant of analysis when you've read the book. Thanks for the heads up on the YouTube documentary but if he did not kill more than a 100 he's just gone down my estimations!
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Only seen the first one Dem and have no idea why I never followed up with the rest. I recently bought the box-set for about £13 for all 7 unrated films, now its just finding the time. I'm sure there are some on here who will tell me which are the bum films in the collection? are all ok?
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I would say all are ok. They do get bogged down a bit though and tend to blend into one after the second film which is very good.
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I would say all are ok. They do get bogged down a bit though and tend to blend into one after the second film which is very good.
I really like the first one, and the next two make for a decent trilogy. However, after the way to the end, the next few are just daft and gratuitous.
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