I "Saw" it "two".

Rating: 2/10 (19 November 2005)

This is an immature and decidedly teenage thriller movie. Unfortunately, the violence in this movie gets in the way of the potential horror of the script. The premise contains enough material to construct a half-way decent horror film, (as did the very similar "Cube"), however, it cannot resist temptation, and indulges itself continuously with low-end graphic-novel style violence.
Sure, the odd hack/stab/bullet/club is effective, but, with so many identical and self-referential films in this failing genre, each action halves the effect of the next. What impact does the first bullet have, say, after watching 60+mins of additional violence? Very little. It is it's own worst enemy.
By the way, notice how for the length of the entire movie the swirling, "tortured", rubbishy atmospheric soundtrack? This just further undermines any potential long-term horror as it consistently blending every scene into the next - every scene is equal. I've never seen a movie with so much violence and gore lack so much power.
Thankfully the cinema I went to shows these films at a reduced price, so I'm too upset about this hunk of trash. Not scary, not suspenseful, not funny, not reasonable, but (thank God) not too long.