Please Die Everyone So I Can Go Home

Rating: Null/10 (3 December 2004)

I see this movie has received the full spectrum of ratings. I was bored with it after five minutes and couldn't wait to get out of the cinema. It's all been done before and to much better effect.
Acting: platitudinous (especially) by the two leads stuck in their cell. Some of the outbursts were hilarious. Overall trite and forced. They should have cast Dennis Quaid in the lead - then at least I would have known the acting _WAS_ going to be dreadful.
Characterisation: none. I found Danny Glover's part excruciating. "Jigsaw"'s relevance to the entire film was nebulous.
Gore/Splatter/FX: Feeble. Give me Jackson's Bad Taste any day. I think the hand down the disgusting toilet was about the only thing to make my stomach turn.
Plot: tedious, tenuous and full of holes. No explanation was given as to Jigsaw's motive. Nor was there any conclusion except everyone dies, (or doesn't die as the case may be) and Jigsaw is still alive free to keep on killing.
Twists/Turns: some of cursory interest. Otherwise entirely predictable.
Ending: Yes please.
This movie manages to omit all the "magic" elements that makes Se7en so good. Again, another low budget quasi-horror flick that relies on hype and fails to deliver.
Rating: 10/10 Waste of Time