A tarnished antenna television pops with static. The three men raise their heads from their gurneys to see the lit screen in front of them. They know. They have become Jigsaw’s next victims!
Jigsaw: I want to play a game. For years, Melton and Dunstan, you’ve been writing horror films together — feeding off the creativity of each another. You think it is a joke to slap something on paper and watch it pass as a Saw sequel? Well, now the joke is on you. You probably noticed the white cords protruding out of your post-surgical abdomens. The ends of the cords that you can’t see have been tied around each of your vital organs. Notice the steel bars hanging down from the ceiling. You have 92 minutes to tie up the loose ends. If you fail, the man on the gurney between the two of you will be forced to pull the strings, and the organs they are attached to, out of your bodies. Some call this karma. I call it justice.
As for the man lying in the middle, David Hackl, you’ve become obsessed with the Saw series, remaining on board through the three previous films as a production designer. With each passing picture, you stew with envy of the directors and feel that you should be given a shot. Well, today you’re the lucky one. Today, you get your chance to prove your commitment. No strings attached for you, only a camera. You must film Patrick and Marcus’s work. Once you look through the eye hole, the camera will be adhered to your eye socket, and the 92-minute clock will start. However, one false move by you, Patrick, or Marcus, and you will get your shot — a .50-caliber bullet, shot from the camera straight back through your eye.Hackl: Shit, I’ve never filmed/directed anything. What are we going to do?
Melton: Shut the fuck up, Hackl. Get a hold of yourself; the real pressure is on us. We have to come up with a storyline.
Dunstan: Okay. Let’s calm down and get to work.
Hackl nervously brings the camera to his eye, and the red numbers of the 92-minute clock begin to tick down.
Dunstan: Alright, Saw V is going to be rated R, right? So, let’s have the first word of the script be “fuck.”
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