Saw-ful

Rating: 1/10 (1 March 2005)

If a rabbit pooped in the woods and a bunch of art critics determined it was a great work of art, would it really be art or rabbit poop? That is the problem with this movie. It was so heavily hyped that i assumed it would be worthwhile. But, when i actually sat down to watch it, it was-in fact- a big pile of rabbit poop.
The screenwriters have obviously never had a realistic conversation. The dialogue was trite and predictable. They were more distracted by horrific acts of torture than actual plot. While the common complaint about horror movies is that they are just gore with no substance, SAW would be worthwhile if we just admitted that it was gore for the sake of two Austrailian film students getting off. The film style was that of a bad Lifetime Made-for-TV movie and the "plot-twist" at the end was just unfair. It was barely a step above of saying all these horrible things are happening because a drunk squirrel got run over outside of Home Depot. It made no sense.
The biggest victim of this movie(other than me for actually watching it) is Cary Elwes' career. What was once a spotless resume has now been forever stained by the skid marks of this terrible piece of celluloid. Danny Glover should also be chastised but he was not the one who agreed to sit in a room chained to a pipe screaming into a cell phone. Cary Elwes signed that contract and sadly, I will think twice about seeing a movie with his name attached to it.