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Short Take: More contemporary than usual, while still unusual

Director: Kevin Greutert

Screenwriters: Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Saw IV, Saw V)

Cast: Tobin Bell (Saw), Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith

Length: 1h 30m

Synopsis: The maniacal Jigsaw (Bell) has long since been dead, but his “games” continue to be played. The next main target is a health insurance executive (Rolston) who has denied coverage to persons in need of it, resulting in their deaths. The man carrying on Jigsaw’s work, detective Hoffman (Mandylor), forces the exec to come to terms with what he’s done. The goal of his games remains the same as all the others: to test a person’s will to live. Read the rest of this entry »