It could have been amazing

Rating: 3/10 (13 April 2007)

I am a big fan of films that I can get my teeth into, sit and watch and try to uncover the plot and I must say that SAW had the makings of being an amazing film. However, I found this film to give nothing more than a feeling of disappointment before the film had even finished and then once it had finished I was wishing that I had done something more worth while with the time then watching a film that could have been so much better. The film is a mess, it's jumpy the camera work isn't all it's cracked up to be and the gore..well sorry but I've seen more gore when i've cut my finger when cutting vegetables. I'd heard so much hype over this film, and people telling me how gory it was, but gory wouldn't be the word I would use, yes it was sadistic, a little bit sick in places and prehaps yes just a wee bit over the top with graphic scenes, but the only bit I would consider to be anywhere near the phrase 'GORY' would be when Lawrence is chopping off his foot.
The plot isn't much better either, however, as I've repeated, it could have been fantastic all the fittings were there they just didn't fit into the right places in my opinion. How on earth did that 'dead' guy on the floor stay playing dead for so long without breathing or making any kind of noise at all, everyone knows that if you try and hold your breath for too long, you start to choke and come back up for air. I know this is Hollywood but you can't just make out that a living person can just stop breathing and still have a pulse.
Why they have even bothered to make a third film, let alone a first doesn't makes sense to me, for this film sure as hell wasn't a hit for me, and I'll give everything a chance.