![]() ![]() Schenk begins the film as the new partner of Detective Zeke Banks (Chris Rock), seemingly the only decent cop in town. The new killer is a self-styled moral crusader named William Schenk - or at least that's his alias - who believes Jigsaw had the right idea, but instead of just applying tests to individuals, he seeks to clean up the city's corrupt police force. He's not an apprentice, and he's seemingly never met the man. Not only that, for the first time in the Saw franchise, the killer has no direct connection to John either. John is mentioned multiple times by characters, and some old police photos are shown of him, but that's it. Sadly for at least some Saw fans, John "Jigsaw" Kramer (Tobin Bell) does not appear in person in Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Did the same hold true for Spiral: From the Book of Saw, or is John Kramer finally gone for good? Even if his screentime was brief, he always managed to make a difference to the plot. Yet, that hasn't stopped John from playing large posthumous roles in every Saw movie since. Related: Saw Cast & Character Guide (Every Movie)Īppropriately, Jigsaw met his end in Saw 3, and just to make sure fans knew it wasn't a swerve, his autopsy was shown in excruciatingly graphic detail in Saw 4. Whether they would've done that if they thought their little horror movie would become an enormous franchise is a question worth asking, but in the timeline that did happen, Jigsaw had a built-in shelf life, barring a miraculous and eye-rolling sudden cure. His first appearance in Saw came with a ticking clock, as co-creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell wrote their big bad as being a terminal cancer patient. Of course, Jigsaw, at least not the John Kramer genuine article, literally wasn't long for this world. ![]()
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