Avoid

Rating: 3/10 (7 February 2007)

This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I can't believe how many people think of it as "one of the greatest horror movies of all time". The only reason I gave it a 3 instead of a 1 was because it made be laugh on so many occasions.
Not only is the movie a disgusting snuff film (on several occasions we witness deaths that could have been done without), the writing is absolutely horrendous.
After one of the characters cuts his leg off with a hacksaw (hence "Saw") he tells the other character "I've got to find help soon, or I will die!!", as if he is completely oblivious to the massive amount of blood draining from the bloody stump.
The quote that 'Jigsaw' "never actually kills his victims, they kill themselves...he gives them life lessons" is utterly ridiculous except to the lunatic mind. He sets them up in horrible traps, in which nearly every one is killed, with the lone exception of a woman who is traumatized, and 'surprise!' returns in the next installment as yet another victim!!
How this is supposed to teach a lesson that "people take life for granted" is beyond me. After all, covering someone in propellant, in a dark room, forcing them to look for a combination to a safe out of all of thousands of random numbers painted on a wall, by candle light, only to be roasted alive really seems like the perfect way to teach a lesson.
Hmm... Something doesn't seem right about that. Could it be the fact that nearly every one of his victims dies? Or that the only survivor ends up being a victim of him AGAIN?
All in all, this was a completely ridiculous movie. I laughed so hard that I cried, but not ONCE was I scared. If you are looking for a comedy that wasn't originally supposed to be as such, look no further, but for horror, I suggest that you find a different movie.