Lacking acting talent, lacking consistency.......disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2006)

First up, admittedly, I saw the "Saw"s in the wrong order. I just finished watching Saw II a few weeks back and commented (couldn't praise it enough), so following up my astonishment and glee following Saw II I knew I had to see the one that started the sequel.
Saw was disappointing. The acting wasn't very good, I felt it was "twisted" at the end for sake of "wow, didn't see that coming" rather than any real significance to the plot (like Saw II had). The inconsistencies bothered me.... it wasn't a case of human ignorance that led to deaths... it was a case of them being out of luck from the start. The man in the razor-wire...he WAS completing his task to survive...yet still died... Amanda's situation involved no physical self-sacrifice (no wonder she survived!), the key was lost at the start of the movie, so there was NO way they could get out of the bathroom to begin with.... it was just all very inconsistent with the premise of the film. This is something that I believe Saw II compensated for.
Perhaps I had one thing that people that liked this film didn't have.... ....high expectations.
Hopefully Saw III will stay on course the way Saw II did.