Haven't seen a thriller like this in a long time.

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2004)

Saw is grotesque with the best of them. Initially it was difficult for me to start taking the movie seriously because of Cary Elwes playing a main part (because of Men in Tights and the Princess Bride). But I got past that quick, and I must say he pulled it off quite well.
Saw is the most on-the-edge-of-my-seat thrilling movie I've seen in a long while, with a few jumpy scares placed evenly throughout. If this movie doesn't manage to make the palms of the toughest sweat, I don't know what will.
The story line is well told, very rounded, and has several 'twists' that seem to come out of the cliché of your typical movie with a twist-ending. Although gruesome at points, none of it was fanfare or unjustified. NOT for the easily unnerved. =]