Ten movies in, Saw X comes at a time when the franchise it’s representing has tried to mix things up to varying degrees. With a surprise prequel, a pseudo-spin-off, and now another surprise return to the past in the project on the 2023 movie schedule, director Kevin Greutert is returning for his first entry since 2010’s Saw: The Final Chapter. It sounds like we're in for a treat, too, because he’s promising something that sets John “Jigsaw” Kramer’s latest exploits apart from his past history.
In the case of Saw X, fans who have been sitting with this morality play since the beginning are going to see the longest installment in franchise history. Speaking as a guest at Midsummer Scream 2023 (via The Direct), the film’s director promised this wasn’t just a case of padding the film’s length, as there’s a good reason for the subjectively lengthy experience:
