Thankfully, he does find land with the post-credits coda showing him docking on an idyllic beach. Sure he escaped from the cursed castle that the beautiful and the damned leads were bound to by an ominous witch, but our protagonist was still adrift on open waters so any happiness perceived from this ending is tinged with a rational fear of "Won't he starve to death if he doesn't find land soon?" Ico initially ended with its titular star lost at sea. Each ones concludes on an ambiguous, vaguely melancholy note before fading away to credits, only to be revisited with a more optimistic post-credits epilogue. It also contains spoilers for Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.įumito Ueda's games all end in a similar manner. Jackson, is releasing after a yearlong delay caused by COVID.As the title implies, this article contain MAJOR SPOILERS about the ending of The Last Guardian. Spiral: From the Book of Saw, a standalone entry starring Chris Rock and Samuel L.
But the box office appeared encouraging enough to continue on for a ninth entry. But by the seventh Saw, the mythology had become too complicated and the grosses (the money kind) were trending downwards Saw 3D was ordered to cram several movies’ worth of plot into one whip-lashing finale.Īfter seven years, the series returned in 2017 with Jigsaw, which enjoyed a critical response that was about as sparkling as could be expected based on previous encounters. But ol’ Jiggy is nothing if not meticulous, and was able to continue his warped games of moral vengeance from beyond the grave (not to mention with continuing appearances from fan-favorite Tobin Bell) for several more sequels. With part III, the story went full Search for Spock and pulled off the Saw equivalent of blowing up the Enterprise: It killed off its main malevolent villain, Jigsaw. But audiences lapped up the visceral thrills, and after the first sequel ramped up the pain and plot twists to box office highs, a franchise was born. The franchise that popularized the torturous trend in mid-2000s horror arguably peaked early with critics: The original 2004 movie is half-appreciated for hardening the genre and for its infamous twist ending, and half-detested for its empty obsession with gristle, gore, and guts.
Saw came, Saw conquered, Saw…stuck around for a lot longer people were expecting. (Photo by Lionsgate/ courtesy Everett Collection) All Saw Movies, Ranked By Tomatometer
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