Friday, November 28, 2014

Saw

I was recently given the Blu-ray of the complete Saw series, so I decided to watch them all and see if they seem as ridiculous if you watch from beginning to end and try to catch everything that happened.

The short answer is, no. It doesn't seem any less ridiculous that new accomplices are added in each movie and are explained through scenes from previous movies that are re-shot from a different angle to show that said accomplice was involved all along (I'll explain this as we go). But this is my review of the first movie, and we will go from there.

The original Saw movie was more of a thriller and less of a straight horror movie than the movies that came after, when the writers realized that people would show up more for the gore than for a good mystery. Anyway, in this one we see Dr. Gordon (Cary Elwes, otherwise known as Sweet Wesley) and Adam (Leigh Whannell, who I learned after many viewings was the writer of the film) locked in a room and chained to pipes. There is a lot of the usual, this is your fault, you put me here, how do we get out of here bickering between the two until everything starts to develop and we see how Jigsaw is working for the first time. And then there's the twist in the last three minutes. But I don't believe in spoilers (ever since The Sixth Sense was ruined for me by a magazine article, I take care not to ruin movies for others) so I won't say much more.

This is a real crime thriller and mystery, an honest film about chasing a serial killer who has a unique signature. But we all know what happens after this one - or at least you will after you read my next reviews. But the point is, if you only watched this Saw movie, you would get a decent thriller with a twist ending and some OK acting (wish I could say the same for the rest of the movies). 

In short, whether you like the rest of the Saw movies or not, this one is different from the rest and I do recommend it.



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