Kevin Greutert’s Saw X returns the series to top form, refining one of cinema’s messiest formulas, partly thanks to a tremendous performance from Tobin Bell.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 7, 2025

Saw X is a much-needed return to form for the franchise, combining its trademark gore with surprising character depth.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Jul 12, 2024

It may have taken nine films to get there, but Saw X finally figures out that playing to its strengths and getting in on the joke is the best way out of its own trap.

| Jul 3, 2024

John Kramer: antihero is so, so much more interesting than anything this franchise has done in eons.

| Dec 6, 2023

Saw X is probably one of the best Saw films in over ten years and has rejuvenated and refreshed the series.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 21, 2023

This is the best sequel of the bunch, and it may end up sitting at the top of the franchise. Beyond the shocking moments, this gives us the best John Kramer we have seen yet. Tobin Bell is brilliant.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 10, 2023

Despite being a little too long it does keep the momentum going for the most part, making this the most satisfying Saw movie since Saw VI.

| Nov 9, 2023

Once the blood begins to flow, Saw X tears ahead with brutal, surgical precision and typically excellent practical effects.

| Nov 8, 2023

The path that Saw X traveled to become the best-ever Saw movie was short, brightly-lit, well-marked and so obvious... make Tobin Bell the protagonist.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2023

…drills down on the nasty-ass cruelty that the Saw sequence seems to be all about…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2023

Three movies after a movie erroneously dubbed the "final chapter" in this franchise, we get a surprise: a 'Saw' movie that's actually good (the best since the 2004 original).

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2023

Saw X is by far the most thoughtful movie in the franchise! Of course, that’s like saying it’s the least smelly in a surfeit of skunks.

| Oct 20, 2023

This is the series' best entry since its original of 2004 (which is not saying much)

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 19, 2023

It doesn’t add much to the overall series, and its lamentable attempt to imbue Jigsaw with a heart proves as misguided as the killer’s holier-than-thou agenda.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 18, 2023

Saw X delivers the most personal & bloodiest entry to date, easily making it the best Saw movie sequel & proving there's still life in this franchise.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 12, 2023

This time, it’s all about Jigsaw and his story and God knows, deep down, he is just like any of us - flawed, vulnerable, victimised and often quite unreasonable as well.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 11, 2023

He claims he’s set up situations in which they torture themselves, but this is just as much baloney as some of the comically hypocritical heartwarming moments involving Mr. Jigsaw with people he actually cares about. It’s like watching Hitler pet a dog.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 11, 2023

The core premise of Saw X is at direct conflict with the underlying foundation of the franchise.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 10, 2023

John Kramer reminds us why we fell in love with Saw in the first place. Saw X allows us to live in the world of the icon a little bit longer.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 10, 2023

Newcomers need not apply, but for fans: Saw X is a wonderful reminder of just how good the franchise can be when it's firing on all cylinders. It's the best sequel the franchise has had in over 10 years.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2023