One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Rating: 1/10 (30 October 2004)

There are not words to describe how bad Saw was. Horrific, and not in the scary sense. Hideous. Abysmal. Those merely skim the surface. Where to start?
The Acting: Cary Elwes should turn in his SAG card; the groveling and whining and sobbing just made me embarrassed for him. Leigh Whannell did a marginally better job than Cary, surprisingly, but that didn't make it good.
He was horribly wooden and unbelievable thoroughout most of the movie.
Plot: The plot could have been great. It was certainly a great concept, but the execution was just awful. The flashback scenes were repetitive and eventually became monotonous - especially when it got to the point of nesting flashbacks within flashbacks. The police procedure in the movie was so ludicrously unbelievable that no suspension of disbelief was possible. The relationship between Elwes' character (Lawrence) and his wife was one dimensional and, again, poorly acted. And Elwes' scenes with his daughter were schmaltzy and played in a sing-songy voice that grated.
The *only* redeeming scene in the movie was the jaw-trap scene. It was suspenseful and horrifying - if you skip past the VH1 video on speed part.
I really wish I could write more, but there's nothing more to write. I supposed I could say it was a good effort for an Indie film, but I've seen Indie films that rocked my world, so that's no excuse. There just are no other words.