I SAW this, and it SAWked

Rating: 3/10 (16 February 2005)

I thought this movie was going to be good. Mistake number one. I didn't set my standards very high, but it still didn't meet them. Clue number one that I was watching a bad movie, when Cary's character is telling the story he gives a detailed description of the cops point o view at the various murder scenes. But I gave it the doubt and kept watching. The plot is established that Jigsaw wants the Dr to kill the photographer. This would be the most interesting element in the story if they would have made the characters actually think about doing it. But the instead want to help each other. When the Dr. saw the photo of his family it should have set him off on a kill rampage.. but later when it's "too late" and his wife is actually calling him to say she was alright, he snaps cuts of his foot and attempts killing that photographer... bad story telling.
THE ORDERLY! When I saw him first pop his head into the movie, I sarcastically thought to myself, "Wow, I'll never see that guy again." And like clockwork he returned holding the family hostage. But there must be a second person working with him, cause how could he kidnap the to captives and be at the Dr.'s house. Seconds later... The cop is spying on the orderly. OH i sad, he's the murderer and he's gone Crazy! Next scene, shows that he's not the murdered and he's crazy for another reason. BUT THEN was the purpose, later, of making the "shocking" plot twist of having the Adam actually knowing the DR. He was spying on him, for the crazy-ex-cop. And they already ruled out the cop as a suspect in our mind. And if Adam's only connection to the Dr is the cop, why did the murderer choose him to be locked up? No good reason any way. this movie drives many unsuccessful plot twists.
Also... Adam's diologue was so contrived. There was about 5 lines he said were he tried to be funny, but it came off just really stupid.
One part I did like **super spoiler** was the body getting up at the end of the movie and scaring Adam... but then he just leaves him there screaming in the dark... and I thought, well that was cool, but wtf? now what?
Here's the other parts I did like. In an attempt to remake Seven, (ha, an f grade on that one) they had a bunch of crazy death scenes. The reverse beartrap was a cool scene, despite us already knowing she would make it. The other death scenes were neat too... Unfortunately there was nothing to back up the blood lust. And the death scenario behind Dr. and Adam was pretty weak, mostly because they didn't pull it off at all. The entire saw off your foot instead of the chain scenario was taken from the comic book WATCHMEN.
Ridiculous, anyone who wants to see more movies like this needs to demand some plot and/or a boot to the head.