Loved it and am recommending it!

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2009)

After having rather low expectations for this film, I was pleasantly surprised. I expected a gore-filled, plot less, no-brainer, but I was met with a film with not much blood and quite a deep plot.
The film is about two men, a doctor called Lawrence and a photographer called Adam, being locked in a bathroom with a corpse between them. In order to get out, they have to play a serial killer's, named Jigsaw, game. For Lawrence it is not just his life that is at stake, but also his wife's and daughter's. The film skips from the bathroom, to Lawrence's wife and daughter that have been kidnapped by the same man that placed the in the bathroom, or to the past, showing Adam's and Lawrence's lives before they found themselves captive, and two detectives who are on Jigsaw's case. I didn't expect as many flashbacks, and the main characters' stories to be told. The amounts of gore in this film are rather small, also something that surprised me. When there was gore/violence it was quite clever, and well-made, especially seeing that the film's budget was rather low. This film is not a no-brainer. It involves the audience-it gets you to think about what is happening. Why Adam and Lawrence? Is Lawrence going to do it? Who is the Jigsaw killer?
There isn't much more to say about this film. I don't have much more to add. I highly recommend this. It is quite a complex thriller, and if you have low expectations for it, you are likely to be surprised, just like me. But, on the other hand, if you do want a slasher/gore/violent flick, or an actual horror, I doubt you will like it. Decide for yourself though. As for me, I loved it, and I will recommend it further.