Weak horror with way to much fuzzy camera-work

Rating: 3/10 (11 August 2006)

Saw's trailer did get me a little bit excited. I had seen Se7en recently and since I was amazed at it, it was only natural I wanted to see more like it. However, I didn't bother to see this is a theater. I only just now rented the DVD.
It starts off kinda promising, with the room and the setup, and I liked the stories of the other victims of Jigsaw, but a good concept is not enough to cover the clichés, the sad acting, the bad pacing, the plot holes, and worst of all, the horrible camera-work. It might be original, but there's a reason no-one has done it before; it sucks.
The speed-up technique used to "pump" the intense moments takes whatever coolness they could have had and turns it into more of a head-ache. Especially the car chase looks really retarded.
In the end, we are rewarded with a sad excuse of a plot twist that was pretty easy to spot. I knew it from before, but my brother had never heard the story but he was onto it almost from the beginning. A lot of questions arise too, due to the sloppy script-writing. Why do that? Why wait so long? Why make this movie? In the end, Saw is nothing more than a quick cash-in at Se7en's popularity. It's much talked-about gore and sadism is weak and those who has seen good horror will not flinch or even care. Don't bother.