Broken Saw

Rating: 3/10 (9 May 2006)

This review might be seen by many as blasphemy and I cannot help to change that idea. All I can give is my personal feeling towards the film.
My first and foremost reaction was that the film was poorly acted and poorly written. The major actors in the movie (with the exception of Danny Glover) had no grasp of who their characters were or why the audience should care for their situation. Throughout most of the movie I found myself cringing, not due to the "graphic" content, but due to the way actors delivered their horribly written lines.
Any comparisons made to Seven are horrific misrepresentations of this film. While Seven may have had flaws and problems, the sheer horror and chilling atmosphere of the movie made it far superior to the trash that is Saw. Saw merely attempts to rehash this atmosphere, and fails miserably.
One major problem that occurs throughout the film is the dismal acting of Leigh Whannell (Adam) and Cary Elwes (Dr. Lawrence). Both characters remain at one, boring, completely unbelievable level from scene to scene, until I found myself not caring whether they live or die at the end. And, given that Whannell helped in writing the script, his performance is that much more tragic.
My advice to anyone who wants to watch Saw: rent Seven and imagine what it would be like if Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman couldn't act.