December 10, 2004
2004
Directed and co-written by James Wan
Starring: Cary Elwes as Lawrence, Leigh Whannell (the other co-writer) as Adam, Danny Glover as Det. Roger Murtaugh David Tapp, and Monica Potter as Alison
J-Rock's Review: You can't spell awesome without s-a-w.
SAW was fucking cool.
In other words, you must see SAW
Oh, you want more details? Oh all right. Lawrence and Adam wake up in some dingy bathroom - and neither of them knows how they got there, and they don't know each other, either. As they piece together the clues around them, the story unfolds that they are the latest victims of a serial killer known as the Jigsaw Killer, for the puzzle pieces he leaves at each scene.
Soooo, it turns out Danny Glover has been chasing Jigsaw for years, and was so convinced that Lawrence is the killer that he snapped, and was then kicked off the force. Some guy kidnaps Lawrence's wife and daughter, Danny Glover gives chase, hilarity ensues.
The story is so-so (basically a morality play like Se7en), but the deaths (and one near-death) are pretty freaky and cool.
Some yummy examples:
This young gentleman found himself in a room filled with broken glass along with a safe; the combination to the safe was on the walls (somewhere), and his only light was that candle. Oh yeah, he was also covered in flammable gel. You can guess how this ended.
This fine fellow awoke inside a maze of razor wire with only three hours to escape before the cellar door above him would close. He didn't make it too far. Now if that were me, I would've turned the tables and actually used the razor wire to free myself and escape. But that's just me. I'm a genius.
Next we see Cary Elwes struggling to reach his cell phone. Apparently, our killer has been to New Canaan, Connecticut, and knows that being away from a cell phone for more than five seconds would in fact be torture for the people there. Especially when they're driving. Slowly. In the left lane of I-95.
And finally, Adam and Lawrence realize they're doomed and start playing charades. In this picture, Adam (on the right) is trying to get Lawrence to guess "Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias".
What looks like blood is actually a puddle of tears. Tears of joy.
Ok, that's enough fun for one day. Time to get off the computer and go to the fridge, I mean outside.
More info from IMDB: SAW
