Mediocre at best

Rating: 5/10 (6 April 2007)

I sat down with high expectations, which, as experience has shown, is never a good idea with movies. I had heard that this movie was like Se7en in some ways so I figured it couldn't be bad, boy was I wrong. The movie claims to be a thriller, yet I felt hardly any suspense at all, probably on account of the story taking place through cut aways, flash backs, etc... The thing that really sucked was the acting, Cary Elwes was never meant for drama, I mean isn't this the guy who did Robin Hood Men in Tights? I kept looking at him thinking "He looks kinda like Will Ferrel, I bet Will Ferrel could do a better job"... They say there are a lot of twists and turns but really its just two hours of two guys chained up in a bathroom and them finding out how they're intertwined...Jigsaw was a pretty cool villain with a pretty sweet name but in the end I came away wondering why people were hailing this movie and why people, teens especially, feed into all these torture movies... Also, if you've ever seen the Twilight Zone, there's an episode called "The Jeopardy Room" with elements eerily similar to this movie... All in all, don't buy into hype unless you're ready to be let down