The Editing (Spoilers)

Am I the only one who thinks the editing of this movie was terrible? And no, I’m not talking about the film not having the fast paced, edgy, Nine Inch Nails editing like the previous films. I’m talking about the back and forth between the story with the cops and the story at the barn. The editing of all of this gave away the twist early on, and just made the movie drag until the twist is dropped.

Edgar Munsen gets shot at 12pm, kickstarting a game. We cut to the barn people, who go through the spinning saw blades, and Buckethead is never seen again. Cut back to the cops and Edgar Munsen is in a barbiturate induced coma because a sniper rifle bullet lodged into his heart. Cut back to the barn as Anna, Mitch and Carly drop their names. Anna confronts Ryan that games can be won. Cut to 7am next day at a public park, where a female jogger and a group of others find Buckethead hanging from the bridge. Logan Nelson and Eleanor Bonneville are called in to perform an autopsy. Cut back to the barn as the Billy puppet makes his entrance. And it is here where it is noticed that Ryan and Anna are IN THE SAME EXACT positions as they were the day prior when she said games can be won. Hell, it looks like the same time of day. So, within the first 15 or 20 minutes, the movie expects you to think that the barn people were stuck in that room for little under 24 hours before that Billy puppet comes rolling out on his tricycle.

Shorly put, within the first 10 to 15 minutes of the movie, the film failed to hide the twist (the barn story occurred over a decade ago) before it’s reveal, all because of crappy editing. Maybe I’m being harsh, maybe I’m the only one who thinks this, but seriously, the editing choices of this movie are kind of baffling to me. And this is from the guy who not only edited most of the previous films, but directed the last two as well.