Better than average but not perfect thriller/horror

Rating: 7/10 (12 May 2006)

Saw is one of those sort of movies where the less said about it the better.... but the whole plot surrounds two men who wake up chained in a dirty bathroom who soon discover they are playing a psychopath's game where the only way to escape is for one man to kill the other...
Saw is a pretty interesting movie for the most part - with heaps of plot twists and "killer" scenes - it delivers the requisite thrills and chills that a good horror/thriller movie should.
Some of the scenes are just soo squirming disturbing - it should have the horror fans begging for more...
But for all its pluses - I find that the acting in Saw is a little undercooked. Leigh Whannell, an ex-Australian TV presenter feels a little out of his depth in the more emotional scenes (not to mention that his accent seems to drop in and out of being Aussie) and Cary Elwes character seems to go from "perfectly sane" to "insanely mad" in about two seconds at the climax of the film. That moment (and you would know it if you have seen the movie) - just doesn't gel like it should...
But despite it flaws - Saw is a pretty good movie (for those into gutwrenching horror stuff)...