What can I say besides "Bad"?

Rating: 3/10 (5 May 2005)

Finally, a movie that "almost" makes the horrible "Grudge" look good in comparison.
I gave this movie a 3. One star for each minute of the movie that is worth watching and all three of these minutes are at the very end. Read the summaries of the movie and then watch the last 3 minutes and it will be worth your time.
How can producers, directors and actors take such a well-written screenplay and destroy it so thoroughly? If not for Leigh Whannell's extensive involvement in this film beyond writing the screenplay, I'd suggest he sue them.
All in all, the movie reminded me of an old 70's horror flick. And although these films were classics and the best horror movies around, we expected them to be made cheesy because that was film quality back then. I don't know if the makers of this film were trying to imitate that or what but the result was just plain cheesy. The acting is absolutely unbelievable. Even Danny Glover's performance reeked. At one point in the film, the surgeon's family is in jeopardy and he is giving the performance of his life as a "distraught" husband and father and the result is laughable literally. I burst out laughing several times throughout this movie and from what I can tell, not a single moment of it was intended to be funny.
The acting is just plain horrific. The set is cheaply done with the exception of the basement bathroom. The characters take the typical "horror stupid people actions" to a whole new level. (I.E. If someone is about to kill YOUR child and you wrestle the gun from them, do you pull the trigger and shoot them dead between the eyes, or do you say, "Don't move!" and let him have the opportunity to get away? Umm DUH????) The acoustics are just plain bad only adding to the overall "cheap" effect of this film.
The storyline to "Saw" is one of the most creative and original ideas in a long time when it comes to horror flix. To take such an ingenious piece of writing such as this and turn it into the garbage that was produced here is downright sinful and should be against the law.