- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 103 min
- Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Starring: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung ... see all
- Director: James Wan
- Plot: With a dead body laying between them, two men (Whannell and Elwes) wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw" by the police because... Read more
User Reviews
WHAT A BRILLIANT HORROR FLICK
Jul 17, 2008
daniel85225 - yahoo.com
Jul 17, 2008daniel85225 - yahoo.com
THIS FILM WAS NOTHING BUT BRILLIANT. GREAT STORY PLUS ITS ORIGINAL. THE WHOLE THING WITH FLASHBACKS WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA. THE ACTING ALTHOUGH WAS A BIT RIDICULOUS. ESPECIALLY THE MAIN CHARACTER. HE SUCKED. THE TWIST WAS PROBALY THE BEST TWIST SINCE... Full review
Just a Regular Bad Movie
Jul 12, 2008
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Jul 12, 2008b_nugene - yahoo.com
The movie was very unbelievable, and they had to defy reality to make the plot work. I won't spoil it, but there is a reality break that needs to be said. Shotguns really can kill people, including the main characters. Also,... Full review
WOW
May 10, 2008
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May 10, 2008wolfpak999 - yahoo.com
Just go see it!!! Great movie, not a lot of action, you dont see a lot of the murders just the end results but it had some suspense and one of the best endings in a horror movie ive seen in... Full review
Saw did what it was supposed to
Feb 17, 2008
dontcaretoshare - yahoo.com
Feb 17, 2008dontcaretoshare - yahoo.com
This movie, despite some horrible acting scenes, did exactly what it set out to do. It surprised you. No one I have talked to could see the ending coming. The gore is fairly vital to truly grip the horrifying ideas tha... Full review
Tough Stuff
Feb 16, 2008
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Feb 16, 2008ranma_muyo - yahoo.com
For me SAW was the most anticipated horror movie of the year. Now although the movie wasn't scary to me it did a good job at scaring my firends, girlfriend, and sister, so you might find it pretty scary. Buth the... Full review
Another Seven Wanna-be
Jan 27, 2008
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Jan 27, 2008tampabayjay - yahoo.com
Hollywood is used to milking a certain genre after something unexpected takes off. Thrillers were just about on the down cycle when SEVEN hit it big. And so, every few months we're "treated" to a new slant or take on the... Full review
Did you all see what I "Saw"?
Nov 16, 2007
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Nov 16, 2007jarettlee13 - yahoo.com
It amazes me that some people could watch this film and not be ridiculousy disappointed. Granted, after I saw it compared to "Seven" and "Silence of the Lambs" (which were undoubtedly two of the greatest psychological thrillers ever written), I was... Full review
The creative origin of the "Saw" series
Nov 10, 2007
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Nov 10, 2007José Luis Rivera Mendoza - imdb.com
In January 2004, a horror film titled simply as "Saw" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival generating a lot of interest among the audience, and most importantly, winning a distribution deal with Lions Gate Films, which released the movie to general... Full review
Chills
Aug 19, 2007
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Aug 19, 2007gonnabeachef2 - yahoo.com
WOW. thats pretty much all i can say! Well for one i saw this movie as a third wheel so i was already in a crappy mood. But i was lured into the ever increasing downward twist and disturbing images of... Full review
One hell of a game
Aug 03, 2007
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Aug 03, 2007soccer_playa_19us - yahoo.com
This movie has an awesome story, i was never disappointed, well besides the cheesy lines towards the end, but all in all it was excellent. I recommend this all who love suspenseful movies... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Oct 23, 2009Houston Chronicle
There's still this multi-movie subplot, police intrigues about catching the man actually carrying out the long-dead Jigsaw's will, now....But this script, by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, has a more lyrical bent, and a more satiric bite, than any of the other "Saw" sequels..... ... Full Review
| Oct 23, 2009Chicago Tribune
There's still this multi-movie subplot, police intrigues about catching the man actually carrying out the long-dead Jigsaw's will, now....But this script, by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, has a more lyrical bent, and a more satiric bite, than any of the other Saw sequels..... ... Full Review
| Oct 18, 2009The Age
Extreme torture films grate on Saw nerves....apparently marked it out from other, less thoughtful horror films....has produced all six, believes the film's audacity was appreciated by filmmakers and fans.....the festival director, Geoffrey Gilmore, said the film was ''bold, cleverly constructed and flat-out terrifying....The Los Angeles Times called the films ''vile filth'', The New York Times considered them ''a distasteful idea'', and the general view among grown-up commentators is.... ... Full Review
| Jan 29, 2009Urban Cinefile
That's no bad thing, and the tone of the film is well controlled.
Review by Andrew L. Urban: Nothing exceeds like excess, and Saw has excess in spades.
... Full Review
| Jan 29, 2009Urban Cinefile
It's these games, masterminded by Jigsaw, which elevate Saw beyond traditional serial killer territory, lending a shocking sense of the macabre to the pervading atmosphere of terror.
People - that ubiquitous gang who go round saying things - told emerging (or at that stage wannabe) filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell that it was impossible in Australia to get their first feature script made with Wan directing and Whannell starring, especially as Saw is a horror film, a genre not much befriended by Gove ... Full Review
News
Entire 'Saw' Series in 300 Words (or Less)
moviefone.com –
2009-11-12
'Sorrow' optioned by Twisted Pictures
digitalspy.co.uk –
2009-11-09
Saw studio Twisted Pictures has acquired the cinematic rights to Image Comics' Sorrow . Originally released as a four-issue miniseries in 2007, the horror comic was the result of a collaboration between Rick Remender, Seth Peck and Francesco Francavilla. ... Full Article
Everyone knows that Hollywood is addicted to franchises, sequels, reboots and all manner of cinematic rehashings of the pop-culture past. Over 75 percent of the 30 highest-grossing films of the last three years were based on an existing entertainment franchise,... ... Full Article
Carnage with a message
ubspectrum.com –
2009-10-27
William's four trials force him to appreciate the consequences of his actions.
filmthreat.com –
2009-10-26
Beating a dead horse
lfpress.com –
2009-10-24
Here's the thing. It's been three films since they killed off Jigsaw, the putative psycho-killer of the Saw series of slasher films. So at this point, they literally are beating a dead horse. ... Full Article

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