See Saw again? I'd rather cut my own foot off

Rating: 3/10 (4 October 2004)

I was really looking forward to seeing this film, after some fantastic hype and decent looking trailers coupled with my love of dark films I rushed to the cinema as soon as I could. I wish I hadn't have bothered, what started out as a promising psycho thriller with a nice bit of gore thrown in soon descended into a predictable, laughable and poorly acted turkey. I have to agree with davidcurtis_5's comments on the film, it is a blatant rip off Seven, at least with regards to the killers motives (although when the killer is finally revealed then these motives become quite laughable compared with the ones of Kevin Spacey's John Doe) Unlike Seven though the acting is just abysmal, Cary Elwes is possibly the worst actor I have ever seen outside of amateur dramatic productions at my local town hall and Danny Glover may as well not have been in the film at all given the amount he contributes to both the plot and the tension. As for the rest of the actors mediocre is probably the best word to describe them with the possible exception of Leigh Whannell as Adam. To be honest the only enjoyable things about this film for me were the direction (but even that got a bit clichÃ©d in places) and the pure inventiveness of the death scenes. Overall I would say that this film is one of the biggest disappointments I have ever had at the cinema, the 'shocks' ranged from mildly disturbing to plain laughable, the twist can be seen a mile of by anyone with even a mild knowledge of the genre and a smattering of intelligence and the acting will have you falling about in the aisles laughing. To sum up, if you want to see a great serial killer film watch Seven, if you want a great comedy watch Saw