Holy cow, cops responded!

The planets must have aligned on a Friday the 13th with a full moon. In scary/thriller/gore movies that almost never happens and here it did. I'm impressed. Yeah, that one cop they always send out to investigate did get killed on location but backup arrived which never happens... and I am sort of curious why the ambulance didn't have an escort.

I find it improbable, though not impossible, the Collector managed to topple that ambulance and send it flying. Near me some time ago there was an error in communication with the local PD and fire department. One cop managed to smash into and knock over a fire truck but only because he was going so damn fast to an intersection to clear it. Ewps.

At LEAST the 911 call was investigated. I hate it in movies when dispatch hangs up or says 'please hold', which is something I thought they can't do. It's an emergency line. There's no holding, and I doubt everyone in the city is being linked to the same response center. I know how it works and nowadays it's a little harder with mobile device signals being spidered out to random response teams but that's being worked on... but still, 'please hold?'. People have died while being put on hold.

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Annnyway, I applaud this weird movie even though it's mindless violence. Creative violence actually, which is another reason I like many of the Saw movies. The best thing however is the use of practical effects and no stinky CGI which is friggin' everywhere these days. I saw this as a ridiculous advancement from the Home Alone traps. Imagine if Kevin McCallister had done the same setup to Harry and Marv. 😨

I must ask though, do we always need a brief sex spot in this genre? It's like a rule or something. Mind you, it's nice once in a while but we all know those who get involved are dead within the next 5 minutes.