Saw V is the fifth installment in the Saw franchise. The film was released on October 23, 2008 in Australia, & October 24 in the United States, Canada, & United Kingdom.
Saw V was directed by David Hackl, unlike the previous three installments which were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Hackl was the production designer of Saws II, III and IV, & second-unit director for Saw III & Saw IV.
Plot: Seth Baxter (Joris Jarsky), a convicted murderer who was released early from prison on a technicality, is chained to a table beneath a pendulum blade. A videotaped message informs him that in order to survive, he must crush his hands by putting them into two presses and pushing the buttons inside. Even though he does so, the pendulum swings down and slices him in half. The fact that the trap was inescapable marks it as a creation of someone other than Jigsaw.
Cast
* Tobin Bell as John Kramer/Jigsaw
* Julie Benz as Brit
* Meagan Good as Luba
* Costas Mandylor as Mark Hoffman
* Scott Patterson as Agent Peter Strahm
* Betsy Russell as Jill Tuck
* Mark Rolston as Dan Erickson
* Carlo Rota as Charles
* Greg Bryk as Mallick
* Laura Gordon as Ashley
* Joris Jarsky as Seth Baxter
* Mike Butters as Paul Leahy
* Mike Realba as Detective Fisk
* Lyriq Bent as Lieutenant Daniel Rigg
* Athena Karkanis as Agent Lindsey Perez
* Justin Louis as Art Blank
* Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Eric Matthews
* Danny Glover as Detective David Tapp
* Shawnee Smith as Amanda Young
* Bahar Soomekh as Lynn Denlon
* Niamh Wilson as Corbett Reinhart
* Angus Macfadyen as Jeff Reinhart
* Tony Nappo as Gus Colyard
* Tim Burd as Obi Gee
* Sarah Power as Angelina Hoffman
