Saw V [Unrated] [Director's Cut] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) might be dead, but his traps live on in this fifth Saw entry, which finds the series' production designer David Hackl at the helm for his debut directing gig. Costas Mandylor reprises his role as Hoffman, the detective whose involvement in the string of grisly murders turns out to be more than meets the eye. Picking up where the fourth entry left off, Hoffman is revealed to be a hidden accomplice in Jigsaw's grisly games of death, which look to be continued by the lawman. The plot bounces back and forth from the beginning of their relationship to the present, as Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) delves farther into the case. Also in the cast are Dexter's Julie Benz and One Missed Call's Meagan Good as victims of another one of Jigsaw's lessons in morality. Saw IV scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan return to pen the screenplay for the Twisted Pictures/Lionsgate co-production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: DTS
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • Audio commentary with director David Hackl and assistant director Steve Webb
  • Audio commentary with producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg and executive producers Peter Block and Jason Constantine
  • The pendulum trap
  • The cube trap
  • The coffin trap
  • The fatal five
  • Slicing the Cube: editing the cube trap
  • Theatrical trailer

AWARDS

• Alliance of Women Film Journalists

•     Won Sequel that Shouldn't Have Been Made Award - 2008

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Tobin Bell - Jigsaw/John
       Julie Benz - Brit
       Meagan Good - Luba
       Costas Mandylor - Hoffman
       Scott Patterson - Agent Straum
       Betsy Russell - Jill
       Mark Rolston - Erickson
       Carlo Rota - Charles
       Greg Bryk - Mallick
       Laura Gordon - Ashley
       Mike Butters - Paul
       Joris Jarsky

• Director:

  David Hackl

• Producer:

  Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Gregg Hoffman

• Screenwriter:

  Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton

• Cinematographer:

  David Armstrong

• Composer (Music Score):

  Charlie Clouser

• Editor:

  Kevin Greutert

• Production Designer:

  Tony Ianni

• Art Director:

  Elis Lam

• Associate Producer:

  Troy Begnaud

• Executive Producer:

  Daniel Jason Heffner, Peter Block, Jason Constantine, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Stacey Testro

• Costume Designer:

  Alex Kavanagh

• Set Decorator:

  Liesel Deslauriers

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Greg Chapman

• Casting:

  Stephanie Gorin

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Shelley Cook

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Mark Gingras

• Special Effects Supervisor:

  Jeff Skochko

• Re-Recording Mixer:

  Andrew Tay, Keith Elliot, Mark Zsifkovits

• Prosthetic Makeup Effects:

  Francois Dagenais

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  John Douglas Smith

• Visual Effects Supervisor:

  Jon Campfens

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Geoff Raffan

• Second Assistant Director:

  Steve Webb