Dear James Wan, Please don't make a second Saw!

Rating: 1/10 (14 March 2005)

Mullholland Drive, Terminator 3, Shanghai Knights, and Speed 2 were the bottom of the chum barrel for me. Then along came this movie and wow! It was conceptually a good idea. But the execution was awful. Actually awful would be a compliment. Our theater was in an uproar of laughter when the film was supposed to be at it's scariest and most intense moments.
To explain how horrible this film was is almost impossible. It's almost worth renting to see how to NOT make a movie. I joined IMDb only to put in this review. People need to know what's up before they waste $1.99 at the Wherehouse.
I'd compare watching Saw to rubbing wasabi in your eyes while drinking pepper spray when walking on shards of glass in a room filled with agent orange. I know it's a horror and the acting is supposed to suck... But Carey Elwes reached a new low. His performance was so brutally bad that it made is role in "Robinhood: Men in Tights" look Oscar worthy. His accent kept changing throughout the film like Madonna's did in the 90's. He was just so bad. I love Danny Glover but he was so miscast in this p.o.s. that it was unfair to him as an actor. His part should have been played by Beetlejuice from Howard Stern or Bobcat Goldthwait. Then maybe it would have been believable.
This brings me to James Wan. Is his dad the producer? Who would look at this movie and go, "Yep! We got a masterpiece!"? The editing, directing, and acting were super sketchy and it is James Wan's fault. He needs to not make a movie ever again. Now someone is producing a sequel to Saw for him to direct? If you want a scary film see the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Winnie the Pooh's Heffalump Movie. If you want the side splitting comedy of the year get Saw. I'm going to go swallow some thumb tacks now.