SAW XI (2025): The Game Isn’t Over — It’s Just Become Personal
Brutal, twisted, and disturbingly intelligent, SAW XI drags the franchise back to its psychological horror roots — and proves that after eleven films, Jigsaw still knows how to play with our minds.
Directed by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation), this newest chapter reinvents the formula with more dread, deeper character arcs, and some of the most intricate traps in the series to date. It’s no longer about blood for shock value — it’s about decisions, consequences, and the cost of pretending to be good.
Set ten years after the events of Spiral, the film follows Detective Elise Rowen (played with raw intensity by Jessica Chastain) — a former internal affairs officer haunted by a past case connected to the Jigsaw legacy. When a new string of victims begins appearing across a decaying urban sprawl — all linked by a mysterious cassette marked “Legacy” — Rowen is forced into a horrifying investigation that turns personal fast.
And then comes the twist: Jigsaw’s apprentice isn’t just targeting criminals — they’re targeting liars, people who’ve built their lives on false identities. Including Rowen herself.
The traps? Next-level. Symbolic, cinematic, and morally devastating. A glass maze that closes tighter every time a lie is told. A courtroom chamber where jurors must choose who lives — or die together. A psychological mirror room where the victim is forced to relive their darkest secret, over and over, until they confess… or snap.
The film is masterfully edited — flashbacks seamlessly interweave with the present, slowly revealing the new Jigsaw protégé (a chillingly calm Rami Malek) and his twisted ideology: “Truth is pain. And pain is the only honest thing left in this world.”
The final 15 minutes are jaw-dropping. Multiple timelines collide. A familiar voice returns. And a single, impossible choice forces Detective Rowen to become something she swore she’d never be.
Rating: 8.8/10 – Dark, stylish, and savagely smart. SAW XI isn’t just a horror sequel — it’s a resurrection. The blood may spill, but this time, it means something. Let the truth begin.
