Unique series starts so well ...

Rating: 8/10 (21 November 2010)

Having porked my way through 6 of the saw movies in quick succession, I find myself remembering where it all began before it got a bit too clever for its own good. The movie is brilliantly conceived with twists and turns that blindside you. The games unravel throughout the series, but get progressively more "typical Hollywood" of easy captures of victims in hospitals and financial offices with security ... but no matter. The films will have you hiding behind your hands, struggling to watch ... yet you will ... the traps are ingeneous, sick and twisted, and there is lots of gore. Its messy and well ... you need that in this sort of movie.