a low budget thriller genius

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2006)

this movie along with many others proves that you can make an entertaining thriller that audiences can enjoy without the 100 million budget, if your into movies like this. It was only made for like 1.5 million dollars and it grossed 50 mil in the US alone and i think another 50 mil overseas. It is a graphic thriller that pits 2 strangers in a cellar somewhere and they are forced to play this game from this serial killer named Jigsaw and they only have until a certain amount of time to complete each of their task or both will be killed. It is a cool concept that teaches the victims the value of life, not like all these other serial killer movies. The little ventriloquist puppet was a freaky looking thing. The movie has some cool flashback scenes to tell the story (or lack there of) of the Jigsaw killer and how he captured the 2 guys stuck in the cellar. As the movie goes along you start to understand more and more about the detectives that chase the killer, the Jigsaw killer himself or herself, and the 2 main characters stranded in the cellar, you find out why he/she chose them. There are Hitchcock moments and many twist and turns but not so many that you don't know whats going on. If you like "Se7en" you will like this one. It reminds me more of the Christopher Lambert movie "Resurection" but most people haven't seen that movie so...