a true jawbreaker

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2004)

Well, this is not about finding the identity of the killer and it's not about the psychology of the killer: Saw is about the "game" between killer and victims. And it's Seven's claustrophobic shocks revisited and rejuvenated with more psycho twists than you can shake a stick at, the meaner sicko "Jigsaw" and Ã¼ber-inventive, gruesome torture trickery.
Saw is one hell of a memorable treat from young first-time director Wan and a scary future genre classic. What have we learned? Guns don't kill people - jawbreaking, head-crunching helmets do. And victims (at least at Saw) aren't subjects, but objects - which is the most frightening concept here.
One-liner: When someone wins, someone has to lose.