Tries so hard to be chock full of plot twists that it forgets to have a plot to twist.

Rating: 4/10 (10 November 2006)

All I wanted out of this movie was people trying to outwit sick twisted traps. Is that too much to ask? I won't spoil the movie by giving details, but most of the movie ends up being simply about a psycho chasing people with a knife (there is more to it than that but that's what it boils down to). Gee, how original.
We don't even get to see most of the traps that Jigsaw designed for the victims. There is no character development of anyone at all except hyper-basic traits that govern everything they do. Finally, the ending tries to put so huge a surprise twist on the movie that there ceases to be an explanation for what the point of everything we've seen in the movie is.
Even the concept of the Saw franchise is abandoned. Instead of helping people by reawakening their self-preservation and rewarding those who are willing to suffer pain to save their own lives, the way the trapped house is set up simply rewards physical strength and intimidation. So what the hell is the point? I actually enjoyed this movie while watching it because I liked the beginning and was hoping that the ending would make the pointless knife chasing scenes worth it. But in the end it feels like a ripoff. The movie has zero rewatch value, but is kind of entertaining while you watch before you get to the idiotic ending.