A mixed bag

Rating: 7/10 (2 December 2004)

Not scary enough, or gory enough
In the same vein and Se7en and The Cell but nowhere near as tense as Se7en, or as crap as The Cell
It's not a slasher film nor is it, as the hype suggests, a gore movie. The plot is acceptable if you stop trying to guess who Jigsaw is. Had the movie finished without the "twist" I probably would have enjoyed it more - but it just didn't make any sense and left me thinking "why?". Holes in the plot were exposed by the "twist" that I would have been happy to ignore had it ended after the much-hyped (and pathetically lame) foot sawing.
Overall worthy of a viewing - just remember to turn your brain off and try not to guess who dunnit...