Decent Thriller

Rating: 7/10 (2 March 2014)

Pretty low-budget and filmed in just a few days, James Wan's controversial debut "Saw" quickly grew out to be one of the more successful horror franchises of the 21st century, even though all its sequels, with no exceptions, are dread-awful, uninspired gorefests, whereas the original actually has a lot of suspense going on for it next to all the creative torture. The twist at the end (the reveal of Jigsaw's identity)'s quality is debatable, but I found myself very intrigued and satisfied by it. Doesn't make it the big leagues (Hitchcock! Kubrick!) quality wise, but it's no doubt worth a watch if you want to see horror done right.