This film has been out for a long while, and has started a whole Francaise of movies, some video games, and has even been considered one of the best horror films of the last decade. Due to protective parents (and rightfully so), I only had the opportunity to see this film last night, in the best type of experience, windows closed, lights off, only the glow of the TV lighting up the room. And what an experience.
Saw follows the story of Jigsaw, a serial killer who kidnaps his victims and gives them a choice: Either sacrifice a part of yourself (Your foot, Your humanity, etc) and live, or keep all of that and die. His latest victims are Adam and Larry Gordan, two men who find themselves chained up in a wash room, a dead body between them. Through a series of clues and puzzles, they find two rusty saws (hence the title), and figure out that they have to cut off there own feet to escape, and that Larry has to kill Adam to see his wife and daughter.
I think one of my favorite parts about Saw is the simplicity of the premise: Two guys stuck in a room. That's what it boils down to, and that helps to add to the atmosphere. Theres no sex, and while there are a few jokes here and there, It never gets in the way of the intensity of the movie. The fear and scary bits come in when you finally see them panic, break down, and do something extremely drastic, just get out of what they see as the all time low of the situation. The acting is pretty bad, with some of the lines (especially the profane ones) delivered with some force. This may be due to the actor playing Adam having an accent, and trying to keep it down, but that doesn't really subtract from the overall brilliance of the film. Some of the quotes are funny, including:
Adam: My name? My name is very-f***ing-confused, whats yours?
Larry: Don't worry. Don't worry. I will get help. I will come back. If I don't, I will bleed to death.
The last thing I have to say about Saw that DOESN'T have to do with just gawking over the overall awesome ness of it all, is the ending. I won't give it away, for the 3 of you that haven't seen it, but lets just say that this is the first time in my very short life that a film has left me on the edge of my seat with my mouth hanging open, and that the screaming is the scariest part of the film.
All in all, Saw leaves me with both feelings of both happiness and depression. Happiness because I just watched one of my favorite movies for the first time, and spent 100 minutes of my life on something descent, but depression because I realize that with 7 of these films, none of them will be this good.
And because I don't own it on blu-ray. :(
Saw: 9.7 out of 10.0
P.S. I realize that I'm editing this to the point of bastardizing, but cut me some slack, okay? This is my first review. They will get better. :)
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