Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.5
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.0

Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman December 24, 2022

Nothing screams the holiday season like the Saw franchise, am I right? (At least if the emphasis is on screaming.) Via Vision Entertainment is offering fans of the series some rather luxe packaging, but a release that is a bit odd in that it combines 4K UHD and 1080 offerings of the Saw films. The release more or less duplicates the releases that fans on this side of several ponds have seen, and so while I'll point to links of the individual films in this set below, those reviews may in turn have links pointing to Region A reviews (several of which I did myself). This review offers a few looks at the interesting packaging, which includes a mock bear trap (I don't think it's operable, but maybe a disembodied voice will suddenly inform me how to use it). That is ensconced as a veritable crown in packaging that also offers a drawer with a DigiBook containing all the discs in individual heavy card stock sleeves. For Region A fans who are interested in this release, as with many Australian releases from Via Vision Entertainment, most but not all of these (1080) discs played fine in my Region A players. Saw 3D, along with Jigsaw and Spiral are all locked Region B and both of the latter probably not so coincidentally offer Sony and StudioCanal mastheads before the actual film presentation gets to the Lionsgate masthead. The 4K UHD discs are of course no problem.

For reviews of the discs in this set, please click on the following links:

Saw 4K Blu-ray review

Saw II Blu-ray review

Saw III Blu-ray review

Saw IV Blu-ray review

Saw V Blu-ray review

Saw VI Blu-ray review

Saw 3D: The Final Chapter Blu-ray review

Jigsaw 4K Blu-ray review

Spiral: From the Book of Saw 4K Blu-ray review

Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements included on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally, this comes with a Bonus Blu-ray offering a glut of supplements tied to the first seven films. Many of these seem to have been German in origin, and a couple have pixel aspects that we don't always see in the United States, like 720x576. In order to try to get this review up in a relatively timely fashion, I didn't list all of the cast and crew interview participants for each film, but they typically include Tobin Bell and the principal co-stars, along with creative staff like Darren Lynn Bousman.

Saw

• Behind the Scenes (SD; 36:10)


• Sawed Off: Inside Sneak Peek at the Making of Saw (SD; 2:29)


• Billie: The Jigsaw Puppet (SD; 2:19)


• Full Disclosure Report (SD; 14:28)


• Cast and Crew Interviews (SD; 18:13)


• Saw: Behind the Scenes On Location (SD; 14:48)

Saw II

• The Making of Saw II (SD; 49:36)


• Zombie (SD; 2:15) is a short film, also available with an optional commentary.


• Cast and Crew Interviews (SD; 28:31)


• Bits and Pieces - the Props of Jigsaw (SD; 4:36)


• The Traps of Jigsaw (SD; 20:07)


• Jigsaw's Game (SD; 2:59)


• Storyboard to Screen (SD; 11:43)


• Photo Galleries

  The Art of 'Saw' (HD; 1:20)

  
  

  The Visual Concept of 'Saw II' (HD; 1:35)

Saw III

• Cast and Crew Interviews (SD; 25:29)


• Interview with Darren Lynn Bousman (SD; 23:12)


• Discussion with Darren Lynn Bousman at the German Premiere (SD; 10:33)


• Saw Make-up Workshop (Looking Tortured) (SD; 13:50)


• Saw III Behind the Scenes (SD; 5:45)


• Killer Inside (SD; 3:31)


• Choose the Death (SD; various) offers brief looks at the traps.

Saw IV

• Cast and Crew Interviews (SD; various)


• Saw IV Behind the Scenes (SD; 7:20)

Saw V

• Cast and Crew Interviews (SD; various)


• Saw V Behind the Scenes (SD; 6:41)

Saw VI

• Cast and Crew Interviews (HD; various) are all in fairly small windowboxes.


• Behind the Machine (HD; 5:19) is again pretty aggressively windowboxed.


• Actor Tobin Bell Responds to Fan Questions (SD; 4:56)

Saw 3D: The Final Chapter

• Cast and Crew Interviews (HD; 29:22)


• Saw 3D: The Final Chapter Behind the Scenes (HD; 6:32)

Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

I am sure there will be some Saw "completists" who will want this pretty extravagantly packaged set in their collection, and the packaging, while obviously on the macabre side, is very nicely done. The technical merits duplicate the generally excellent video and audio the Region A releases offered (at least for the newer and/or remastered releases), with the same often enjoyable supplements, and the bonus disc of supplements should also be enjoyed by diehard fans of the series. This is obviously not going to be a "must buy" release for some, especially those without some pretty deep pockets, but it's well presented and nicely packaged. For Saw "completists" if for no one else, Recommended.