Amazing movie

Rating: 7/10 (17 March 2008)

"Saw" is a movie that was originally scheduled for a straight-to-DVD release. After positive reviews at a test screening, the green light was given for a theatrical release. The rest, as they say, is history.
The plot is simple. Two strangers awake from a drugged stupor to find themselves chained in a decrepit, unused warehouse bathroom. With them are instructions by a psycho killer, which they must follow if they want out this room alive.
The twist at the end is so amazing I think it makes the whole movie memorable.
The only flaws I can see with this film is poor dialogue (sporadic -- not all the way through), bad acting (most notably from Leigh Whannell) and poor editing. But, we should cut the film makers some slack because they had a tight budget, and their result is something they should, and will be, proud of -- regardless of these flaws.
Not so much of a horror movie, as some people tend to call it. More like a psychological thriller, in the same way as Seven.