Part of something bigger

Rating: 7/10 (2 June 2009)

Saw is as a standalone film a quite good piece of gruesome and disturbing violence of the worst type. However, I think one has to see Saw with at least Saw 2 and 3 to actually get the entire picture of Jigsaw's mind and why the things happen and why he he orchestrates the kind of torture he do.
Technically the films are not great, but keep a fairly standard style in camera works. The acting is OK but in a few cases, it feels like either over the top or a bit stiff. What confuses me however is how Jigsaw manages to keep track of all things so dependent on timers so to speak, and I find this to be one of the few flaws - everything goes too smooth for Jigsaw, simply put.
In the wave of torture films (Saw, Hostel and others) I think I have to say the Saw 1-3 trilogy to be the best, not watched on a full stomach.