Who cut off James Wan's strong hand?

Rating: Null/10 (23 November 2007)

This one is passable (and I"ll go into that), but going on my experiences with sequels, I'm sticking with the odds and saying skip them, including "Saw II, III, IV", etc. "Saw" was recommended by a friend. I love films, and this was his first recommendation. The IDEA is an interesting one: layers of psychological challenges that are slowly revealed to the very last moment. We are "set up" more than once, and I fell right into it. I admit it - they got me - but I was disappointed in the answer, which struck me as nothing more than a vehicle for driving sequels down Money Highway. The acting was uneven, and sometimes bad. The sets were good. The makeup and special effects ran the gamet from lousy to good. It's like no one (James Wan) really stood over this film with a strong hand and guided quality control.