Saw is one horror franchise that you must have definitely heard about even if you aren’t a horror enthusiast. The series is often dubbed as being torture porn and even though it is nothing special plot wise, its inventive ways of killing people and laying outrageous traps has gathered millions of fans worldwide. Well, this extravaganza of gore and blood is all set to resurface with Saw X. The 10th instalment of the Saw franchise has been directed and edited by Kevin Greutert, and written by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. It serves as a direct sequel to Saw (2004) and a prequel to Saw II (2005). As it happens the film is now out in select theatres and following is the plot summary of the film. Beware that MAJOR SPOILERS follow below!
Saw X: Full Plot Summary and Recap
John Kramer is told that, due to his advanced brain cancer, he has months to live. He attends a cancer support meeting, where he encounters Henry Kessler, who claims to have gotten a terminal diagnosis and plans to fight it. Time passes, and a destitute John is about to pen his last will and testament when he encounters a seemingly healthy Henry, who claims to have been cured by an experimental cancer treatment conducted by Norwegian doctor Cecilia Pederson. John researches this further and, in desperation, contacts her so that he can sign up for her treatment. She refers him to her makeshift clinic in Mexico City. John travels to Mexico City, where he is taken on a quick tour by a taxi driver named Diego, before being taken to the makeshift facility.
He is introduced to Parker Sears and Gabriela, two patients that claim to have been cured by Pederson’s work, as well as Mateo, Valentina, Dr. Cortez, and Pederson herself – all of whom are to oversee his treatment. Finally, John meets a young boy who lives near the facility named Carlos. Surgery is conducted on John, and he wakes up to find Pederson congratulating him and claiming that his surgery was a success. Believing his cancer to be cured, John finds a new lease on life. He fixes Carlos’ bike and purchases a gift for Gabriela. However, when he returns to the facility to present her with the gift, he finds the building ransacked and abandoned. As John investigates the building, he realizes that the brain surgery never actually took place, and the whole operation was a scam.
Deducing that Dr. Cortez was actually Diego in disguise, John kidnaps the taxi driver, placing him in a trap in which he must remove explosives that are wired into his arms by cutting through his flesh. Diego survives the trap and gives up the information of everyone that was involved in the scam. Jigsaw’s apprentice, Amanda Young, dons a pig mask and kidnaps Cecilia, Valentina, Mateo and Gabriela. They wake up to find themselves chained up in the facility, where John and Amanda greet them as the subjects of Jigsaw’s latest game. Valentina is the first to play, where she is tasked with severing her leg and extracting bone marrow from the stump. However, she runs out of time and is subsequently decapitated.
Mateo is next, being forced to drill into his skull and remove a portion of his cerebral tissue to obtain a key to free himself. Like Valentina, he succeeds in completing the task, but he takes too long and is killed by his trap. As the games continue, John and Amanda are approached by Parker, who has returned to the facility to confront Cecilia and get his money back. Parker is chained up, while John shows him Gabriela’s test. Gabriela is suspended in the air from a shackle around her wrist and her ankle, while being subjected to immense heat. In order to free herself, she must use a sledgehammer to break her limbs and free them from each shackle. She succeeds, and John orders Amanda to take her to a hospital. However, before she can, the freed Parker forces them at gunpoint to free Cecilia.
Cecilia kills Gabriela and reveals that she called Parker to try and free her, as he is her lover and also part of the grift. She also reveals that she knows that John Kramer is the Jigsaw Killer. She forces John to chain himself in her place, and is about to do the same to Amanda when she hears Carlos kicking a soccer ball outside of the facility. She brings Carlos inside the building and has him chained up opposite John, wanting to rub her victory in his face by forcing him to watch a completely innocent person die in one of his traps. John and Carlos are subjected to a trap in which the two of them are placed on a see-saw underneath nozzles that water-board them with blood. Both John and Carlos are able to tilt the seesaw by pulling levers, and both make efforts to save each other as they take turns taking the brunt of the blasts.
While John holds onto his lever, forcing himself to be bloodboarded so Carlos can be safe, Parker and Cecilia go to the room where Amanda and John were previously overseeing the games. They find the bag that Cecilia used to store the cash she stole from her victims. However, when they procure the bag, it activates a tripwire that stops John and Carlos’ trap. John reveals that Diego gave up Parker as one of the scammers, so John anticipated his arrival. Cecilia and Parker learn that the room they are in contains their final test, as the doors lock and deadly gas starts to fill the room. Their only respite is a small hole that one of them can fit their head through for ventilation. Cecilia kills Parker, placing her head through the hole.
However, she can only watch as John takes the money she stole and gives it to Carlos, whom he calls a warrior. He, Amanda, and Carlos leave the facility, stepping out into a bright, sunny morning. In a post-credits scene, Henry Kessler finds himself in a trap being overseen by John Kramer and Detective Mark Hoffman
Saw X is now playing in theatres near you.
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