Decent outing for new-comers Whannell and Wan, but....

Rating: 6/10 (23 February 2005)

I only give it a 6/10 for reasons that I can't go into too much detail because of spoilers. Spoilers that I won't post and ruin what is potentially a good movie for other people who might think the movie is great.
I can say I took off points for it being un-resolved at the end. Sorry, but I think a movie should be made for the intent of making one movie for one story and then finishing it off. I don't like movies that are obviously made for a sequel (Saw 2 is already in "pre-production"...) Also, several comments were made during the movie that were never followed up on, while just about every other small detail was tied back to a previous occurrence. I kept seeing things and saying "What the...?" and then later on they would get explained, but a lot of stuff wasn't, and I felt the writer/director should have taken the same care with the other stuff too. And, more points taken off because some of the "jump"-in-your-seat sequences weren't really all that "jumpy". They could have been done a lot better. Even some ambient sounds/music used at the right places would have been much better, but some of the scary moments just left me "ho-hum".
All in all, it was a good movie, but I don't think I'll be watching it again. Maybe these guys will grow into something spectacular one day and not turn this franchise into another "Jeepers Creepers" fiasco.