Starring: Tobin Bell, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Michael Beach, Renata Vaca, Shawnee Smith, Paulette Hernandez, Joshua Okamoto, Octavio Hinojosa
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
Story:
Horror sequel directed by Kevin Greutert. Set between the events of Saw and Saw II, Saw X (2023) centers on a sick and desperate John Kramer (Tobin Bell) who travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.
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Best Quotes
Cancer Support Group Leader: Today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.
John Kramer: How much time do I have? A year?
Doctor: Months. At best.
John Kramer: I still have a lot of work that needs to be done.
Doctor: My advice? Retire. You know, at this stage, everyone always searches for a way out. But sometimes, those who accept their fate, have an easier time.
John Kramer: Easier time? What? Dying? So, your advice to me is to die easy?
John Kramer: I’d like to play a game. Perhaps one that addresses those sticky fingers of yours. I’ve had my eyes on you, and I do not like what I see. Your job as a custodian is a noble one. Sanitizing and sterilizing the hospital, helping patients avoid sickness. But there is a sickness inside you that needs to be excised. You have the ability to not only save your soul today, but your sight. All you have to do is click the dial across the five positions, and you will live to see another day. You have sixty seconds.
Henry Kessler: [referring to his cancer operation scar] It’s my war wound. I know it looks bad, but it was totally worth it.
Henry Kessler: Hey, John, good luck, man. Okay? I’m rooting for you.
Cecilia Pederson: [referring to her cancer treatment] The results have been stunning. Over ninety percent success rate. I know it’s a long trip, Mr. Kramer, especially in your condition, but I want you to know that we found a very beautiful location for our clinic outside Mexico City.
Gabriela: [to John, referring to Cecilia] She saved life. My life.
Mateo: Very nice to meet you, Mr. Kramer, and welcome to our clinic. You’re in very good hands with us.
Parker Sears: Thyroid cancer, advanced. You?
John Kramer: Brain.
Parker Sears: Ah. You win.
Cecilia Pederson: And what do you do, John?
John Kramer: I’ve been a civil engineer and an architect most of my life. Now, I have a few hobbies.
Cecilia Pederson: Let me guess. Classic car renovation.
John Kramer: I help people overcome inner obstacles. Help them make positive changes in their lives.
Cecilia Pederson: Like a life coach, yeah?
John Kramer: Something like that.
Cecilia Pederson: Sounds nice. I can’t think of anything more important than helping others.
John Kramer: “My sun sets to rise again.”
Cecilia Pederson: Your sun is rising again, John. We will make sure of it.
John Kramer: You speak English, Carlos?
Carlos: Que?
John Kramer: That’s about as good as my Spanish.
John Kramer: After that, what happens then?
Cecilia Pederson: Your whole life happens then.
'This is not retribution. It's a reawakening.' - John Kramer (Saw X) Share on X
John Kramer: Dr. Pederson, just so you know, I’ll wire the second half of the payment tomorrow morning.
Cecilia Pederson: Thank you, John. Have a good life, John. A long, good life.
Diego: [in Spanish] Where are we going?
John Kramer: To Hell.
John Kramer: Hello, Diego. Or, should I call you Dr. Cortez? I’d like to play a game.
John Kramer: Detective, I could use your assistance in locating some people that are in need of our services.
Cecilia Pederson: I’m not an angel. It’s pure science.
'Sometimes we get sucked into things that are against our nature.' - Amanda Young (Saw X) Share on X
Amanda Young: Get some rest, Cecilia. You’re going to f***ing need it.
Cecilia Pederson: John! What is this? We were only trying to help you.
John Kramer: That game is over. And a new game is about to begin.
John Kramer: Valentina, did my blood ever make it to the lab? Or did you just suck it out and flush it down the drain somewhere?
Gabriela: Mr. Kramer, I meant no harm.
John Kramer: I would really like to believe you, Gabriela. You’ll have a chance to prove yourself.
'Everyone deserves a chance. An opportunity to redeem themselves.' - John Kramer (Saw X) Share on X
John Kramer: The key to your freedom is inside that box.
Valentina: What the hell is that?
John Kramer: It’s a Gigli saw.
Valentina: I thought you said there was a key?
Amanda Young: He was speaking metaphorically. He does that a lot.
Valentina: When I get out of here, I’m going to kill both of you m**herf***ers!
Amanda Young: That’s a good plan. You’re going to want to really listen carefully to the rules in order to pull that off.
Amanda Young: The CliffsNotes version? It’s going to cut your head off.
John Kramer: All of you. You promised dying people. Dying people! That you could save their lives. And in doing so, you took advantage of the only thing that they still possessed. Hope.
Cecilia Pederson: No, John. We’ve worked to heal people. Your case was different.
John Kramer: And still you lie.
John Kramer: [to Cecilia] You’ve been doing this larcenist dance now for more than eight years. Eight years. That’s more than eight million dollars. That’s a lot of pain to inflict on others for your own enrichment.
Amanda Young: There was no healing going on there, b**ch. They’re all underground. I checked. We know everything. We have everything.
'This will not be easy, but then, nothing worth having, like life, ever is.' - John Kramer (Saw X) Share on X
John Kramer: Now, refusing to play the game is not an option. If you refuse, you will remain in this room. Forever.
Amanda Young: You’ll make it. So long as you keep your head.
Cecilia Pederson: This is not right.
John Kramer: Not right? A lecture in moral decency? From you?
John Kramer: Gabriela’s next. What?
Amanda Young: Sometimes we get sucked into things that are against our nature. Drugs are vicious as they are powerful.
John Kramer: We all have free will. Gabriela had her own free will. And if you can’t handle this, how will you handle the rest of our work?
John Kramer: Right now, Amanda, these people deserve to be tested.
Amanda Young: That lady doctor deserves nothing.
John Kramer: Everyone deserves a chance. An opportunity to redeem themselves. You should know that more than anyone.
Amanda Young: [to Cecilia] Begging won’t help. Trust me, you’re not the first to try.
John Kramer: They’re all con artists. And we, we were the suckers.
John Kramer: What’s your life really mean to you, Parker? Have you ever thought about that? Because if you find the meaning of your life, what you’ve found is your soul.
John Kramer: [to Parker] I’m going to give you an opportunity to do something significant with your life. Right now.
John Kramer: Rules are rules. Consequences for breaking them will be dire.
John Kramer: I promise you, Amanda. One way or another, it’s all going to work out according to plan.
John Kramer: Hello, Mateo. It’s time to play a game. The rules are simple. Place a big enough piece of your cerebral tissue into the glass enzyme tank and you win.
John Kramer: The brain is a remarkably resilient organ. There have been accounts of people undergoing complete anatomical hemispherectomies. Half their brain removed, only to have it rewire itself, so that the patient not only survives, but thrives.
John Kramer: The only thing I have not provided is your anesthetic. But trust me, you will want to remain alert. And if you fail to act, the consequences will not go well for you. Do not waste time. Live or die. The choice is yours.
Parker Sears: You guys are f***ing sick.
John Kramer: We’re sick? These people kill with false hope.
John Kramer: Amanda, you know as well as I do people will say almost anything to save their own life.
John Kramer: Amanda, the reality is I’m dying. I am dying. You have to face that. But our work’s not going to end. And I’m trusting you to carry on.
John Kramer: Although you all pretended to cure my cancer, I have spent years in treatment. Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation. Radiation machines are not to be trifled with. So, follow my instructions carefully, Gabriela. The only way out is to free your hand and ankle from the shackles. Use the tool above you.
John Kramer: Broken bones heal. Flesh can be grafted. This will not be easy, but then, nothing worth having, like life, ever is.
Cecilia Pederson: I thought you forgot about me.
Parker Sears: Not a chance. You know I’d die for you, baby.
Cecilia Pederson: [after she hits Amanda] I’ve been wanting to do that since the moment I met you.
Cecilia Pederson: [to John and Amanda] New game. It’s called we live, you die, f*** you. Simple enough?
Cecilia Pederson: So, tell me, John. You’ve been doing this for a very long time, haven’t you? How did I stop you? Am I just that good?
John Kramer: Don’t flatter yourself. I just had a lapse in judgement. That’s all.
Cecilia Pederson: Yeah, I agree. For a guy as smart as you are, John, you kind of overplayed your hand here, wouldn’t you say?
Amanda Young: You don’t give a s**t that all your friends are dead because of you?
Cecilia Pederson: Friends? Not friends. They were loose ends, sweetheart. Nothing but loose ends. Do you want to know what I thought when I watched them each die? One less person to split the money with. So, thank you. You did me a favor.
Amanda Young: You know she’s eventually going to kill you too, right?
Parker Sears: F*** off, Amanda.
John Kramer: Amanda’s right. She’s going to burn you. You just can’t see it yet.
Cecilia Pederson: When I realized who you really were, Jig-f***ing-saw, I got a bit worried. God’s honest. And now, the great John Kramer is going to die in one of his own traps. There’s some wicked irony. And the crazy thing is, that you could have just walked away. Acknowledged that you got beat, got conned. But, no. You just had to come back, didn’t you?
Cecilia Pederson: You know, this f***ing a**hole is dead in two months, but I want him to suffer like he made me suffer. I want his last memory to be watching someone innocent die.
Amanda Young: If you think I’m innocent…
Cecilia Pederson: You? Not for a second.
Amanda Young: [referring to Carlos] John. Who is that?
John Kramer: A friend. And a terrible, unforeseen consequence.
John Kramer: Please, don’t do this. The boy is innocent.
Cecilia Pederson: Exactly. So, if you let him die, it’s all on you.
Parker Sears: How do we get this thing started?
John Kramer: It’s activated by the subject.
Cecilia Pederson: Of course. Because you wouldn’t be responsible for killing anyone, would you? F***ing hypocrite.
John Kramer: This is not right. It’s not right.
Cecilia Pederson: Oh, really? A lecture on moral decency from you? You’ve got ten seconds, or I hit the lever myself. And I don’t have a silly moral code like you, trust me.
Cecilia Pederson: Not waterboarding, huh? Blood-boarding.
Parker Sears: I can’t believe they fell for the whole damn thing, hook, line, and sinker.
Cecilia Pederson: I know.
Parker Sears: F***ing idiots. But if you were the last player, who was supposed to be on the other side of that plank with you?
John Kramer: [to Carlos] You are a warrior, my boy. A warrior.
John Kramer: Cecilia Pederson. Parker Sears. You’ve each been working a grift. Playing a role, working together, continuing to play out your scam. Never realizing that you have been the marks all night long. You were given a chance for redemption, but at every turn, you chose death, instead of life. You have played your last con game, but not your last game. The two of you have worked together to destroy others. Now, you will work against each other. Only one can survive. And the choice is yours.
John Kramer: [mid-credits lines] Where is your scar, Henry? Thank you, Detective, for locating my fellow cancer patient.
Hoffman: Out of all the men to cheat, you picked John Kramer? I mean, I call that epic bad luck.
Henry Kessler: Please. John, please. Please, don’t kill me.
John Kramer: That’s the last thing that you should be worried about. Now, I want to play a game.
