Every Saw Movie Ranked Worst To Best

9. Saw V

When reflecting back on the nine Saw movies which have come before Saw X, the worst of the bunch is Saw V.

Of course, this is the first film that fully put Jigsaw to one side in favour of another villain. Sure, John Kramer was dead during the events of Saw IV, but at least that picture centred around Jigsaw's final game, ending with the revelation that Detective Hoffman was also an apprentice of Jigsaw's.

With Saw V, that put Hoffman front-and-centre as its main antagonist, and the result was a disappointing one. We did once again get to see Kramer in flashback sequences, but that wasn't enough to save what is the most formulaic, bland instalment in the series.

For Hoffman, he's got FBI Agent Peter Strahm on his tail, although Strahm himself becomes the prime suspect of being Jigsaw's latest apprentice. Unfortunately for the FBI man, Saw V ends with his death after being outsmarted by Hoffman and indeed being framed as having served under Jigsaw.

Saw V was just very vanilla, with Hoffman obviously nowhere near as compelling a villain as Kramer, even though a delve into his backstory was meant to flesh out the character more. Instead, that backstory - including the death of Hoffman's sister - was all just a bit dull.