What could've been a good movie is destroyed by poor casting, poor scripting, and mediocre directing

Rating: 4/10 (20 October 2006)

I didn't understand the reason why people all screamed about how good this movie is. Clearly the director did not feel that the movie was successful since he only became the producer for the next movies. I saw the premise of the movie to be near the lines of Se7en. The story follows the serial killer, showing shots of his previous crimes while at the same time show the current crime with the two people in the locked room. There is also the detectives trying to solve the case. Se7en didn't share the same level of importance on the victims... except for the last four, however the script, actors, and directing was perfect. Saw would've been a good movie if instead of just skimming over past crimes and half heartedly following the detectives and the victims, choose one group to follow. Then you have to cast good people to play the roles. Directing will then follow and be at least much better. It was a huge disappointment.