good, original, but has unforgivable plot holes

Rating: 6/10 (31 October 2005)

Saw is a new and fresh kind of horror movie that I haven't seen before. I really liked the film, but there are 2 critical plot holes that can not be explained or forgiven and that keep this movie from being truly great. Firstly, Zep is the one person that stuck up for jigsaw and showed that he valued life. for jigsaw to involve him in one of his sick games ruins the reason behind the point of the entire film. OOPS!!! and just as ridiculous, Zep taunting Dr. Gordon's wife and kid while he has them tied up. Why? Seriously, even if it was part of Zep's instructions to cruelly play with the wife and child, HOW WOULD JIGSAW KNOW? he was laying on the floor the entire film. He didn't know what Zep was doing. He had no control over Zep at all. It was just pointless and illogical tormenting that was used to "fool the audience" into thinking that Zep was jigsaw. Not only do cheap tricks like that not work, but they end up ruining the logic of the film as a whole. Saw may be clever, but not clever enough to save itself.