Saw
Movie Title: Saw
Description: A young man named Adam (LEIGH WHANNELL) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (CARY ELWES). Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither man knows why he has been abducted but instructions left on a microcassette order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours. If he fails to do so, then both men will die, and Dr. Gordon's wife, Alison (MONICA POTTER), and his daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by a police detective named Tapp (DANNY GLOVER), Dr. Gordon realizes he and Adam are the next victims of a psychopathic genius known only as "Jigsaw." With only a few hours left to spare, they must unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate in the midst of mounting terror. The killer has provided them with only a few clues and two handsaws - too weak to break their steel shackles, but strong enough to cut through flesh and bone.
Critics Reviews | |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bob Longino "Saw is one of those disturbing horror movies that demands commitment." | C+ |
| Boston Globe, Wesley Morris "...[manages] at times to knead your tummy like dough, using real suspense for a rolling pin." | C+ |
| Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert "Saw is an efficiently made thriller, cheerfully gruesome, and finally not quite worth the ordeal it puts us through." | C+ |
| Chicago Tribune, Robert K. Elder "...Saw is oddly satisfying, though the gag reflex never entirely goes away." | B |
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