Spiral (2021 film)

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Spiral
Spiral Official Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDarren Lynn Bousman
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJordan Oram
Edited byDev Singh
Music byCharlie Clouser
Production
company
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$38.5 million[3][4]

Spiral (also known as Spiral: From the Book of Saw) is a 2021 American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. It is the ninth installment in the Saw film series. The film stars Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, and Samuel L. Jackson, and follows police efforts to stop a Jigsaw copycat killer. The original creators of the series, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, as well as Rock and series veteran Kevin Greutert, serve as executive producers.

Talks of another Saw installment began after the release of Jigsaw in 2017, with Chris Rock wanting to branch out into the horror genre. The Spierig Brothers, who directed Jigsaw, were interested in returning for another film but eventually decided against it. The project was officially announced in May 2019, with Rock polishing a script by Stolberg and Goldfinger. The rest of the cast joined in July, with filming taking place in Toronto through that month and August.

Originally scheduled to be released in May 2020, Spiral was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was theatrically released in the United States on May 14, 2021, by Lionsgate. The film received praise from critics for the franchise's new direction but were divided on whether it had fully succeeded in reinventing it.[5]

Plot[]

During a Fourth of July parade, off-duty cop Detective Marv Boswick chases a thief down a sewer drainage pipe. Attacked from behind by a figure wearing a pig mask, Boswick awakens to find himself suspended by his tongue in an active subway tunnel and is given a choice via recorded message: tear out his tongue and live, or remain until the next train arrives, killing him. Unable to escape the trap in time, Boswick is hit by the train and killed. The next day, police Captain Angie Garza assigns Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks a new partner, idealistic rookie William Schenk. Banks and Schenk investigate Boswick's death and Banks realizes this to be similar to the now deceased Jigsaw Killer.

Meanwhile, a homicide detective named Fitch – who several years prior had ignored a backup call from Banks, resulting in him nearly getting killed – is abducted and placed in a trap where he must rip his fingers off to avoid electrocution in a filling water basin; he also fails to escape and dies. Some officers begin to suspect that Banks may be responsible, due to his history with Fitch. A box then arrives at the station, containing a pig puppet and a piece of Schenk's tattooed skin inside. A small vial inside the box directs the police to a butcher shop, which was previously a hobby shop where Banks and his father, retired chief Marcus Banks, would go. Upon arriving, the team discovers a tape recorder and a skinned corpse, identified as Schenk. Deciding to track down the killer himself, Marcus travels to a warehouse, where he is abducted. Shortly afterwards, Garza is kidnapped, and placed in a trap in the precinct's cold storage where she has to sever her spinal cord on a blade to stop hot wax flowing from a pipe onto her face. She fails to do so and dies from her injuries due to the boiling hot wax, with Banks discovering her body.

While chasing a lead, Banks is captured and wakes up at the warehouse, handcuffed to a pipe with a hacksaw nearby. He considers sawing off his arm, but successfully escapes using a loose bobby pin. He then discovers Peter Dunleavy, his former partner who was fired and imprisoned when Banks exposed a murder he committed, chained in place. In front of him is a large glass-crushing machine, which has been modified to rapidly hurl shrapnel at him. A tape recorder explains that Banks can choose to either free him or leave him to die. Although Banks attempts to save Dunleavy, he cannot get the key in time. Moving to another room, Banks then finds Schenk, who is revealed to have faked his own death by using the skinned corpse of the thief who lured Boswick into the tunnels, and has been the copycat all along. He explains that he is actually Emmerson, the son of the person Dunleavy murdered, who was shot because he had agreed to testify against a dirty cop. He also reveals that Marcus, during his time as chief, deliberately protected corrupt officers (including Garza) to "clean" the streets of crime more efficiently under Article 8.

Believing that Banks can be an ally, Emmerson presents him with a final test, revealing Marcus restrained in the air and slowly being drained of blood. Emmerson calls 9-1-1 and claims that he is a civilian being pursued by a shooter, resulting in the dispatcher sending a SWAT team to his location. He hands Banks a revolver with one cartridge, and offers him the choice to either shoot a target that will save Marcus but allow Emmerson's escape, or to kill Emmerson and let his father bleed to death. Banks shoots the target to save Marcus, causing his restraints to loosen and lowering him to the ground, and then begins to fight Emmerson. Shortly after, the SWAT team arrives and inadvertently triggers a tripwire, causing Marcus's restraints to yank him upward again. The movement reveals a gun affixed to Marcus' arm, leading the SWAT team to mistake him for the shooter and kill him. Banks screams despairingly as Emmerson escapes.

Cast[]

Further information on the cast and characters: List of Saw (franchise) cast members and List of Saw characters

Tobin Bell, who played John Kramer / Jigsaw in all previous Saw films, did not return in the film, making Spiral the first film in the franchise which does not physically feature Bell or feature the Jigsaw character onscreen beyond photographs. Bousman explained that the film's killer is a "Jigsaw copycat", not the original Jigsaw, stating his intention to not recast Bell in the iconic role.[10] Bell had expressed interest in returning as Jigsaw if the story delved into the origins of Billy the Puppet.[11]

Production[]

Development[]

Chris Rock
Chris Rock approached Lionsgate with his concept for Spiral as a way to renovate the Saw franchise and his own career.

According to Chris Rock, the origins of Spiral came from a chance meeting with the vice chairman of Lionsgate, Michael Burns, at a friend's wedding in Brazil, and he felt doing something in the horror genre would be a new avenue to take in his career, though he planned to include some comedic elements in the film.[12] Rock approached Lionsgate with his ideas of extending the franchise, who became very interested in the concept.[13] Lionsgate's CEO Joe Drake said that Rock's idea was "completely reverential to the legacy of the material while reinvigorating the brand with his wit, creative vision and passion for this classic horror franchise".[14] By January 2018, industry rumors had said that Lionsgate had begun discussions of a ninth Saw film, for which the Spierig Brothers would not be returning.[15] The directors confirmed in an interview with Screen Rant that their film laid the ground work for future sequels.[16] By April 2018, Twisted Pictures was developing a sequel with Jigsaw writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger.[17]

Following the release of Jigsaw, Stolberg and Goldfinger had been pitching a new Saw film focused solely on John Kramer / Jigsaw rather than on any of his established apprentices to series veterans Mark Burg and Oren Koules, but then Burg and Koules called the duo to inform them about Rock's ideas for a new film, with Rock contacting them shortly afterwards to discuss his concept.[18] Prior to that, other writers had pitched their ideas for the next Saw film to Lionsgate, but none of them had succeeded, while Stolberg and Goldfinger had come up with eight different versions for the film before Rock arrived and merged his idea with that of the duo.[19] Burg and Koules instructed the duo to come up with a pitch for Rock. Stolberg and Goldfinger did so, and their pitch was approved by both Lionsgate and Rock, leading them to write their first draft, which was greenlit a week after being turned in. Rock aided Stolberg and Goldfinger during the writing process, rewriting the story when necessary.[18]

An early iteration of the script had Rock's character related to Danny Glover's David Tapp from the first film. Stolberg and Goldfinger opted not to go in this direction as it "didn't pass the smell test".[20] In May 2021, Bousman commented that discussions have taken place about possibly bringing Costas Mandylor back as Mark Hoffman in a future film.[21] Having Tobin Bell appear as Jigsaw in the film was widely discussed by Bousman and the crew until the last day of filming, but they felt that by bringing Bell back, the film would feel like the ninth installment of the Saw franchise rather than a separate film like it was intended to be. As the Jigsaw character was killed off in the third film, Bousman felt that previous films did a disservice by using flashbacks to bring Jigsaw into the story and he didn't want to repeat the same mistake in Spiral nor to disrespect Bell's iconic performance. An idea Bousman considered to include Bell in Spiral was to have Bell singing a Johnny Cash cover during the ending sequence, but dropped the idea for finding it too gimmicky.[22]

Tobin Bell
Spiral didn't feature Tobin Bell reprising his usual role as Jigsaw, making it the first Saw film to not feature Bell.

Despite the discussions even taking place after the first test screening and through post-production, Stolberg stated in an interview with Bloody Disgusting that Jigsaw was never included in any draft for the screenplay of Spiral, as they felt that including Jigsaw would alter the "DNA" of the story they were trying to achieve, not intending to diminish the character but wanting to place the franchise in a new direction. Stolberg also felt that due to the franchise's timeline, any possible connection John Kramer could have had with William Schenk / The Spiral Killer should have been when the latter was still a child, taking into account his portrayer's age; Stolberg and Goldfinger proposed at one point to have an after-credits sequence where Kramer met a young Schenk after the murder of the latter's father and bonded with him, possibly giving him the puppet he later uses as the Spiral Killer, to form an intricate relationship like those present in the first seven films, but it was ultimately decided to not film such sequence before trying to include the abovementioned Johnny Cash cover, which Bell actually recorded.[18]

As the film's killer is a Jigsaw copycat who differentiates from the original, it was decided to replace Billy the Puppet with a new puppet in the form of Mr. Snuggles, as Bousman felt that if the original Jigsaw was replaced, the original puppet should go and be replaced with a new one so the new killer can't be compared.[10] Deeming Bell's voice as too iconic, the production feared that reusing it for Mr. Snuggles could have created questions about the relationship between both killers; an early draft actually featured Jigsaw's voice only to then be revealed a digitally altered version of his voice and the story originally had all the speeches as actually being past recordings of Jigsaw's voice using words in a different order to show that the Spiral Killer had digitally rearranged the words to create different tapes.[18] The filmmakers had struggled with finding a new voice for the killer to replace Bell's. Before settling on the computer simulated voice, Bousman went through numerous voices of women, children, and men. The final voice used in the film was selected only two days before finishing the sound mix.[23]

Pre-production[]

On May 16, 2019, the film was officially in pre-production.[14] Former series director Darren Lynn Bousman returned to helm the film, along with Burg and Koules as producers. Rock was involved as an executive producer, in addition to writing the story treatment. The original Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell, along with Daniel Heffner, joined Rock as executive producers.[24] Stolberg and Goldfinger were confirmed as scriptwriters.[14] With the announcement, Rock stated, "I've been a fan of Saw since the first film in 2004. I am excited by the opportunity to take this to a really intense and twisted new place".[14] Bousman, who refused to direct another entry after Saw IV, turned down the chance to direct a Broadway show in New York City after Rock insisted he direct the film.[25][26] Burg and Koules said that Rock's treatment of Saw was comparable to what Eddie Murphy had done for buddy cop films in 48 Hrs., giving the Saw series a "completely fresh perspective".[14] Likewise, Bousman stated that in comparison to previous entries, Spiral included less violence and gore, expressing the conviction that the gore and violence were the gimmick for him back when he started working in the Saw films, but that both elements now serve the story, which focuses more on character, tension and fear.[27] Stolberg also confirmed that the ninth installment would exist in the same canon as the previous eight films, and would not be a reboot or a direct sequel to Jigsaw.[28]

Casting[]

Rock starred as Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks. The character was conceived by Rock, Stolberg, and Goldfinger from the conversations they had before writing the screenplay, with Rock musing about what he would do if he were the original Saw protagonist Dr. Lawrence Gordon and be forced to cut off his own foot, until they decided that it would be interesting if Rock played a cop ostracized by his colleagues.[18]

Samuel L. Jackson agreed to play Chief Marcus Banks out of interest in performing a situation he had never done before, like the climactic scene where his character is hanged up like a marionette.[29] Marisol Nichols was cast Captain Angie Garza; the role was originally written for a male actor, but the producers ultimately gave Nichols the role, who despite being a Saw fan, chose to not see the previous films but David Fincher's Seven in preparation for the role.[30] In an attempt to pursue an acting career on film and television after years acting on stage, coming across with the film, Patrick McManus first auditioned for the role of Detective Marv "Boz" Boswick, but was called back to play Peter Dunleavy while Dan Petronijevic was cast as Boswick.[31]

A fan of both horror and buddy-cop films, Max Minghella took on the role of William Schenk / The Spiral Killer as he yearned of starring in a movie with simple story-telling like the buddy cops of his youth like 48 Hrs., and when he read the script, he felt it was that along with a Saw film.[32]

Filming[]

Principal photography began on July 8, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario, under the working title of The Organ Donor, with Jordan Oram serving as cinematographer.[33] Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, and Marisol Nichols were announced to be starring in the film.[34][35] Lionsgate's CEO Joe Drake stated, "We think Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Rock along with Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols make this film completely special in the Saw canon and we can't wait to unleash this unexpected and sinister new story on fans of this franchise. This is next level of Saw on full tilt".[36] Rock had provided rewrites on set, and completely overhauled the introduction scene for his character.[37] According to Bousman, a scene featuring a trap had to be cut from the film due to it being "too gnarly".[38] On August 28, 2019, filming officially wrapped up.[39] During post-production, editing was completed by Dev Singh.[40]

Music[]

Spiral: From the Book of Saw Soundtrack
EP by
21 Savage
ReleasedMay 14, 2021
Length13:40
Label
Producer
  • Kid Hazel
  • OZ
  • Taurus
  • Turbo
21 Savage chronology
Savage Mode II
(2020) 		Spiral: From the Book of Saw Soundtrack
(2021)
Singles from Spiral: From the Book of Saw Soundtrack
  1. "Spiral"
    Released: April 30, 2021

The soundtrack extended play of the movie was created by rapper 21 Savage.[41] It was released alongside the movie's release on May 14, 2021. The EP features guest appearances from his cousin Young Nudy, Real Recognize Rio, 21 Lil Harold, SG Tip, Millie Go Lightly, Gunna, and Young Thug. The production on the EP was handled by Kid Hazel, OZ, Turbo, and Taurus. The opening and title track of the EP was released as the lead single alongside its official music video on April 30, 2021. In addition to this, 21 Savage was also confirmed to be the executive-producer of the soundtrack of the film.[42]

Track listing[]

Spiral: From the Book of Saw Soundtrack track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Spiral"
Kid Hazel2:51
2."You Ain't Hard" (performed by Young Nudy)
  • OZ
  • Kid Hazel
3:46
3."Down Bad" (performed by Real Recognize Rio, 21 Lil Harold, and SG Tip featuring Millie Go Lightly)
  • Mario Wesley
  • Harold Glenn
  • Kalil Smith
  • Melissa Griffiths
  • Clouser
  • Bailey
Kid Hazel4:05
4."Emergency" (featuring Gunna and Young Thug)
2:57
Total length:13:40

Release[]

Marketing[]

The film was known under the working title The Organ Donor,[43] until the name Spiral was leaked to the press on January 22, 2020, along with Mongrel Media as the Canadian distributor.[44] The first teaser poster and trailer, released on February 5, 2020, confirmed Spiral as the title of the film.[45]

Theatrical and streaming[]

Distributed by Lionsgate Films in the United States, Spiral was originally scheduled to be released on October 23, 2020. In July 2019, it was moved up to May 15, 2020.[46]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film's release was delayed to May 21, 2021, taking the spot previously scheduled for John Wick: Chapter 4.[47][48] It was later reschedule to a week-earlier release on May 14, 2021, as theaters began reopening.[49]

On May 25, 2021, Lionsgate announced that Spiral will stream exclusively on Starz, starting on October 8, 2021, in the United States.[50] Spiral was released on PVOD on June 1, 2021, in Canada.[51]

Rating[]

According to Darren Lynn Bousman, the film was given an NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association 11 times before finally cutting enough scenes to get an R rating.[52]

Reception[]

Box office[]

As of August 18, 2021, Spiral has grossed $23.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $15.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $38.5 million.[3][4]

In the United States and Canada, Spiral was released alongside Those Who Wish Me Dead, Profile, and Finding You, and was projected to gross $10–15 million from 2,811 theaters in its opening weekend.[2][53] The film made $3.7 million on its first day (including $750,000 from Thursday night previews), lowering projections to $9 million. It went on to debut to $8.8 million, topping the box office (the sixth time for the series) but marking the lowest opening weekend of the franchise. Audiences reported on were 56% male and 75% under the age of 35, with a positive response appearing more frequently along the East Coast of the United States.[53] It remained in first place the following weekend, dropping 48% to $4.6 million.[54]

Critical response[]

Critics praised Spiral's "attempts at changing up the franchise formula" but said it "ultimately falls short of giving Saw the major boost it needed to regain relevance."[5] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 37% of 218 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Spiral: From the Book of Saw suggests an interesting new direction for the Saw franchise, even if the gory sum is rather less than its parts."[55] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, which sampled 33 reviews and calculated a weighted average of 40 out of 100, Spiral received "mixed or average reviews".[56] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 63% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 43% saying they would definitely recommend it.[53]

In his review for Variety, Owen Gleiberman wrote that the film "takes an unexpected twist or two but considering that [...] it's a thriller pegged to the issue of police immorality, the film confronts that theme in a weirdly untopical, almost garishly generic way."[57] William Bibbiani of the TheWrap wrote: "The screenplay captures the grizzled-cop-movie tone and draws some memorable characters, but the storyline is rote, the mystery is frustratingly predictable, and the imaginative deaths are less imaginative than ever. Spiral sacrifices entertainment value for respectability and in the process doesn't quite achieve either."[58]

From The Hollywood Reporter, Lovia Gyarkye found Spiral to be "a legitimately frightening, if unevenly paced, detective thriller" while also criticizing its screenplay for failing to convey the "potential tensions" between the father-and-son relationship of its main characters.[59] The San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle gave praise to the acting and Spiral's "straightforward but compelling premise" but also gave remarks to the voice of the mysterious killer, who he said sounded like Kermit the Frog, and said that "for this movie's real audience, the screams and the gore aren't things to be endured. They're actually the appeal."[60]

Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film one star out of five and criticized its ending, writing that he felt it was "rushed and half-assed" and "stupidly written and worst of all increasingly dull", ending his review by saying "Game over."[61] Brian Tallerico, in his one star and a half review for RogerEbert.com, gave the film negative remarks for its tone and Darren Lynn Bousman's direction, which he said disappointed him due to his praise for the cast, calling it "downright illegible" for its lack of tension, story, and progression in the plot.[62] Lena Wilson, of The New York Times, praised the opening scene but found it to be the only good part of the film, summarizing it by writing that "the premise is disingenuous at best and [...] fearmongering at worst. Like Jigsaw offering one of his facile riddles, this film is not as clever as it thinks it is."[63]

Siddhant Adlakha of IGN gave the film a 3 out of 10 rating, stating that "A sequel that hopes to court Saw fans and mainstream audiences alike, Spiral: From the Book of Saw is likely to alienate them both. It's a hollow imitation of the series, unable to meet its most basic visual and narrative expectations. It's also a bad film in general, which tries to tell a socially relevant story that it can't seem to handle." He also criticized the film for its lack of connection to the Saw franchise, stating that "Spiral: From the Book of Saw is barely a Saw film, delivering only briefly on the visceral thrill of mutilation, and on none of the series' other tenets. It's also the most artless, tactless version of what it plays like instead: a rejected pilot episode for a rote police procedural."[64]

Katie Rife of The A.V. Club said that "It's not a waste of a concept, exactly. But it's not the reinvention that the franchise needs, either. Rock's involvement brings some new blood to Spiral, but after a promising start, the film just becomes a pretty okay Saw movie with some bigger names than usual—one whose jaundiced lighting and procedural storytelling recall David Fincher's Se7en more than anything. If the game was to see if a fresh take on a long-running franchise could survive being sliced and diced by the sequel machine, consider it lost."[65]

Chris Evangelista of /Film gave the film a negative review, stating that "Spiral blunders through its central mystery without grace or style, or even much thought. Even the death traps are weirdly uninspired." He acknowledged the film had potential, saying that "The most frustrating thing about Spiral is that there is a better, smarter movie lurking beneath all the nonsense here; all the quick cuts and speed ramping scenes; all the terrible dialogue that's shouted at full volume. Spiral is ultimately a film about corrupt, and even murderous cops suddenly facing a reckoning, and that sort of material has the potential to be both subversive – for a Hollywood movie, at least – and timely" but said that "Spiral is almost maddening in how little it seems to care about any of this. It simply wants to shed a lot of blood – and it does."[66]

Future[]

Sequel[]

In April 2021, a sequel film, titled Saw X, was confirmed to be in development with Twisted Pictures.[67] However, Bousman stated that it was a premature announcement that surprised him and the film's producers. He said, "Just because we made Spiral doesn't mean Saw ceases to exist. Just because Spiral is here, that doesn't mean there won't be a Saw IX. This is not the ninth film in the Saw franchise. There easily could be a Saw IX that follows Jigsaw. I think they're waiting to see how [Spiral] goes and how audiences respond to determine what happens next."[68]

Television series[]

In an April 2021 interview with Deadline Hollywood, Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs announced that Lionsgate TV is in early talks to develop a television series based on Spiral, alongside Mark Burg and Oren Koules' Twisted Television productions.[69]

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