![]() Saw Jigsaw Killer 7" Figure With Pig Mask From Saw 3 $19.99 The Jigsaw Killer is a fictional character in the Saw franchise. Jigsaw made his debut appearance as the primary antagonist in the first film of the series, Saw, and later Saw II, III, IV and V. He is portrayed by American actor Tobin Bell. Jigsaw, introduced in the series as Jonathan Kramer,[2] was a patient dying from an inoperable frontal lobe tumor that had developed from colon cancer. In the series, Jigsaw usually created deadly tests for his subjects, where often a symbolic representation of what could be seen as a flaw in the person's life. He claimed that he was attempting to help his victims to appreciate their life by jump starting their survival instincts by placing them in life-threatening situations. The Jigsaw Killer character was introduced in the 2004 film Saw through the character Dr. Gordon's recounting of his first killings. Jigsaw is described as a mysterious person who kidnaps people he sees as wasting their lives and attempts to "save" them by administering various inhumane tests. As opposed to other killers, Jigsaw does not actually intend to kill his subjects. The purpose of his traps is to see if the subject has the will to survive, and thus inflict enough psychological trauma for the subject to appreciate their life and save themselves from their own demons. As his victims increase, the media dubs him The Jigsaw Killeror simply, Jigsawbecause of the jigsaw puzzle-shaped piece of flesh that he cuts from an unsuccessful subject, a practice explained in Saw II as reflecting the subject "was missing a vital piece of the human puzzle; the survival instinct". Throughout the first film, his identity remains mostly unknown; the unstable ex-cop David Tapp suspects he is in fact Dr. Gordon, one of the film's two protagonists, and near the end of the film Gordon and fellow protagonist Adam Faulkner are led to believe it is the hospital orderly Zep Hindle. |
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