The movie shows what you would do when your life is at stake

Rating: Null/10 (29 October 2004)

A sadistic serial killer known as 'Jigsaw' by the police is kidnapping people to teach them the value of life by making them choose between losing a part of their body and/or hurting someone else to survive. One of his victims is a young man named Adam (Leigh Whannell) who awakens in a bathtub to find that he is chained by the leg to a pipe in the basement of a crumbling building. Adam sees another person chained on the other side of the room; his name is Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes). They both discover a dead man, who committed suicide, laying between them in a pool of blood with a gun in one hand and a tape recorder in the other. Dr. Gordon finds a tape in his pocket with orders to kill Adam within eight hours or both men will be killed, and Dr. Gordon's family will also be killed. A police detective named Tapp (Danny Glover) is on the trail of Jigsaw, and he is trying to capture this serial killer before he plays his murderous game again. As time goes by, both men try to figure a way out without someone dying. Jigsaw has left two dull metal hacksaws for his victims to use, which can't cut through their steel chains, but they can cut through flesh and bone. This is one psychological thriller that will put you on the edge of your seat at times. The movie shows what a madman can make you do to others and yourself, when your life is at stake. The storyline was good, but as a horror movie, it won't scare you that much. It does have a surprise ending. (Lions Gate Films, Run time 1:40, Rated R)(5/10)