The Screen Addict Recommends โ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ
Saw ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ) the other day (solid fun) and it prompted me to revisit the first film.
I knew I had liked it, but the rewatch made me realize how great it actually is โ and more importantly: how much potential this concept has.
I know the box-office results of either film werenโt exactly stellar โ a decent $150 and $100 million worldwide respectively โ however, with prime video & amazon mgm studios now involved in the sequel, it is quite clear to me where this franchise is headed.
TV series.
As it should be!
Iโm sure there will be a third film eventually, but these characters were just made for the small(er) screen.
Iโd love to see a serialized version of ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐. Harbor Neuroscience could function as the hub through which new, neurodivergent characters are introduced. A bit like The Continental from the John Wick Universe, but with slightly less suspension of disbelief required.
They say there is no such thing as a professional hitman or hired assassin in real life. It is pure fiction. But how would we really know? After all, it is not exactly a profession youโd brag or write a book about, for obvious legal reasons.
Also, films like ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป (๐ญ๐ต๐ด๐ด), ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ (๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ณ), ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ) and ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฏ) have proven that conditions like OCD and high-functioning autism โ however perhaps distressing โ make for rich, fascinating characters, and I think itโs just a stroke of genius on screenwriter Bill Dubuqueโs part to combine that notion with the concept of contract killing.
That truly is high-concept thinking.
Seek โem out & get your fix.