Spiral: From the Book of Saw

THE GIST: An apparent Jigsaw copycat is on the loose, delivering his own version of twisted justice to his victims. Detective Banks is in charge of the investigation, though soon realizes he might be getting played by the serial killer.

After several chapters in the Saw franchise, making it rather successful, a reboot was almost inevitable. Spiral: From the Book of Saw manages to be interesting enough to sit through, but hardly good enough to leave a mark.

Chris Rock and Max Minghella do a pretty good job; Samuel L. Jackson is good, but seems to be phoning it in; Marisol Nichols is new to me, and doesn't impress.

THE BOTTOM LINE: A few interesting scenes, but the whole plot seems to unspool a bit too fast. Only really for the fans of the franchise.

Grade: 5