Sunday, August 6, 2023 / 17:51
The director of the tenth part of the SAW horror series, Kevin Grettert, revealed the reason for choosing Mexico as the setting for the events of the film, which is scheduled to be shown on September 29 next.
The movie is scheduled to be released on September 29
The first part of the series was released in 2004 and achieved mass success
During an interview session withThe DirectGretert confirmed that Hollywood is turning to Mexico to film its works, because it contains many “untapped” locations.
He explained that the film’s script imposed a new location, indicating that in the previous parts, the location of the execution of criminal killings was not important in the scenario, but in this part the location plays an important role in the dramatic plot.
The film’s production team resorted to the country’s ancient customs, by highlighting a number of regions, and the gang’s revenge method, which was evident through the design of the Brain Surgery Trap, a metal mask that was used in torture and killing.
Fish out of the water
For his part, the film’s production director, Anthony Stabley, considered that filming the film in Mexico “was a strange task” for the team, especially that the killer’s character leaving his location is like “a fish out of water”, but the adventure was worth it, as he put it.
“When filming began, the location was a mixture of everything, stars from Mexican cinema, with amazing technicians and experts,” he said.
Not a continuation of Part Nine
And about the story of the film, director Kevin Grettert stated that he does not consider the tenth part a continuation of the ninth part, indicating that it takes place in a period of time between the first and second parts, in which the killer “Jigsaw” (actor Tobin Bell) travels to Mexico in search of an experimental treatment for cancer. kill him.
But when Jigsaw discovers that he has been exposed to a fraud, in which criminals take advantage of his illness and his desperate need for treatment, albeit experimental, he begins to take revenge.
The basic story of the crime drama
The first part of the series was released in 2004, and it achieved mass success, and it also received criticism for the large number of crime scenes.
The story mainly revolves around a cancer patient who tries to take revenge on life by entertaining victims who are trapped in an unknown location, amid life-threatening conditions, as a result of “games” related to their desire to survive, relying on physical or psychological torture.
