Jigsaw Puzzle
Movie Review
Saw (2004)
Directed by James Wan
Story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell
The movie started with a scene where a man woke up half-drowned in a bath tub in a pitch black room. The voice of a man at the other end of the dark room greeted him, making him realize that he was not alone in that room. After fumbling about, the other man, whose face has not been shown to the audience, finally found the lightswitch. Both men found themselves inside a very dirty and abandoned toilet in an unknown location, with their feet shackled and bound to the pipings at two opposing corners of the room.
A dead body drowned in a pool of its own blood laid between them, holding a tape recorder and a gun.
The other man, the one who found the lightswitch, introduced himself as Dr. Laurence Gordon (Cary Elwes). The first man introduced himself as Adam (played by Leigh Whannell, who also happens to be responsible for the movie's story). Both claimed that they didn't recognize the dead body in the middle of the room. Both also claimed that they didn't know how they could end up shackled in an unknown toilet. After discovering tape cassettes stuffed inside their pockets and playing them in the tape recorder found in the dead man's hand, it was made clear to them by the culprit who's responsible for the whole scene (a serial killer with the nickname of 'Jigsaw Killer') that Dr. Gordon must kill Adam by 6 o'clock that day or his wife, Diana (Makenzie Vega), and his daughter, Alison (Monica Potter) would die.
What follows after that was one of the most entertaining, and very disturbing thriller movie I've ever seen, full of storyline twists and turns. Some people compared this movie with Se7en and well, I don't exactly agree with them but I could understand why they did so. I would say that people compared this movie to se7en because both have very disturbing stories. But a direct comparison seems to be inappropriate. All I could say that this one is different. And more importantly, it was entertaining. The acting was okay, not exceptionally good, but not downright bad either. What will keep the audience intrigued is the story, which is quite good.
A little hint (no spoilers content, I hope), if you like. The title of the movie, in my opinion, has multiple meanings. It could mean saw as a blade (like from chainsaw), since at the beginning of the movie, both men found saws hidden in the room. It could also mean saw as a past tense form of 'see'. Because everything you need to know to understand the twists and turns in this movie is shown in all the scenes in this movie. Hence, you SAW the hint (albeit this realization will come during the later sections of the movie).
So, for those who enjoy thriller, you should see this movie. I give it a score of 8 out of 10.
Saw (2004)
Directed by James Wan
Story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell
The movie started with a scene where a man woke up half-drowned in a bath tub in a pitch black room. The voice of a man at the other end of the dark room greeted him, making him realize that he was not alone in that room. After fumbling about, the other man, whose face has not been shown to the audience, finally found the lightswitch. Both men found themselves inside a very dirty and abandoned toilet in an unknown location, with their feet shackled and bound to the pipings at two opposing corners of the room.
A dead body drowned in a pool of its own blood laid between them, holding a tape recorder and a gun.
The other man, the one who found the lightswitch, introduced himself as Dr. Laurence Gordon (Cary Elwes). The first man introduced himself as Adam (played by Leigh Whannell, who also happens to be responsible for the movie's story). Both claimed that they didn't recognize the dead body in the middle of the room. Both also claimed that they didn't know how they could end up shackled in an unknown toilet. After discovering tape cassettes stuffed inside their pockets and playing them in the tape recorder found in the dead man's hand, it was made clear to them by the culprit who's responsible for the whole scene (a serial killer with the nickname of 'Jigsaw Killer') that Dr. Gordon must kill Adam by 6 o'clock that day or his wife, Diana (Makenzie Vega), and his daughter, Alison (Monica Potter) would die.
What follows after that was one of the most entertaining, and very disturbing thriller movie I've ever seen, full of storyline twists and turns. Some people compared this movie with Se7en and well, I don't exactly agree with them but I could understand why they did so. I would say that people compared this movie to se7en because both have very disturbing stories. But a direct comparison seems to be inappropriate. All I could say that this one is different. And more importantly, it was entertaining. The acting was okay, not exceptionally good, but not downright bad either. What will keep the audience intrigued is the story, which is quite good.
A little hint (no spoilers content, I hope), if you like. The title of the movie, in my opinion, has multiple meanings. It could mean saw as a blade (like from chainsaw), since at the beginning of the movie, both men found saws hidden in the room. It could also mean saw as a past tense form of 'see'. Because everything you need to know to understand the twists and turns in this movie is shown in all the scenes in this movie. Hence, you SAW the hint (albeit this realization will come during the later sections of the movie).
So, for those who enjoy thriller, you should see this movie. I give it a score of 8 out of 10.
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