SAW Kills.

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2004)

SAW could possibly be the best horror/crime/thriller movie since the magically works of David Fincher when he created Se7en. SAW delivered in every way possible, from the intriguing plot, to the gruesome scenes of torture, to the moderately good acting. Did it live up to the hype? It did more than you ever thought.
Right off the bat we get into the problem where Adam (Leigh Whannell) wakes up in a bathtub in the dark chained up with Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) chained up on the opposite side of the wall already awoken. The room is a rundown, drenched, shabby bathroom with a dead body lying in the middle of the room with a gun in one hand and a tape player in the other. Both men discover a tape in there pockets, and when they play them, the message says: Play my game, or face a grievous repercussion. Let the games begin!
The plot was something very fresh and unique. We haven't seen this kind plot in a very long time. The man behind all of this, which has been named 'Jigsaw,' is a one of a kind mastermind that puts his victims in a set scenario that makes them give up something for their life. It was highly enjoyable to see how Jigsaw came about with using flashbacks of his previous crimes, all remorseless in there own way.
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the Muppet did have a symbol behind it, which is like Jigsaw is the Muppet Master and all the victims he picked are his Muppets. So in a way he controls them by giving them a choice to make, which is basically live or die.
What I can say made SAW standout was the setting. Everything was perfectly set so you could feel the dark, gloomy, creepy setting. In that bathroom, you actually felt like you were in another world, in another dimension, if you may. The whole movie felt dark, which created the perfect atmosphere throughout the whole movie, so you never actually felt like smiling during the movie.
The acting was far from perfect. An underused Danny Glover, who played the part of Detective David Tapp, didn't help the acting situation either. However, it was decent enough to get by in the movie, and the rest of the good things in the movie helped out cover the bad performances.
SAW in the end works out to be a very disturbing film that delivers in more ways than imaginable. SAW took us to a place where we haven't been in a long time, and it was refreshing to see a film with the likes of Se7en being made. SAW had one hell of an illogical ending, but I just didn't care, because it all made sense in the end. James Wan gave us one hell of a twisted movie, and after it was all said and done, SAW kills.
Story: A+ Acting: D+ Visuals: A Cinematography: A Overall: A- (Not an average)