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Jigsaw Killer, as the serial killer is known, sets himself up as God
in this universe, and people are expected to play by his rules. He
is the ultimate judge. The motivation given to the serial killer is
that he is dying, which has given him a unique perspective and appreciation
for life. |
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—Overview
—Review
and Blog by Maurice Broaddus
—Review
and Blog by Mike Furches
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
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| CREDITS |
|  Directed
by James Wan
Story
by James Wan
Screenplay by Leigh Whannell
Cast
(in alphabetical order)
Tobin Bell .... John
Cary Elwes .... Dr. Gordon
Danny Glover .... Tapp
Ken Leung .... Sing
Dina Meyer .... Criminologist
Monica Potter .... Diana
Shawnee Smith .... Amanda
Leigh Whannell .... Adam
Produced
by
Lark Bernini .... associate producer
Peter Block .... executive producer
Mark Burg .... producer
Jason Constantine .... executive producer
Daniel J. Heffner .... co-producer
Gregg Hoffman .... producer
Oren Koules .... producer
Richard H. Prince .... co-producer
Stacey Testro .... executive producer
Original Music by Charlie Clouser
Cinematography by David A. Armstrong
Film Editing by Kevin Greutert
MPAA: Rated R for strong grisly violence
and language. (edited for re-rating; originally NC-17)
Runtime: USA:100 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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| SYNOPSIS
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| Obsessed
with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic
serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them
to play horrific games for their own survival. Faced with impossible
choices, each victim must struggle to win back his/her life, or else
die trying... A young man named Adam (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 (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 (Potter), and his
daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by
a police detective named Tapp (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... |
 Review
by MAURICE BROADDUS
 "How
can you walk through life pretending that you're happy?"
That is the question that apparently only
a serial killer can help you answer. Such is the premise of the
movie Saw. Saw is either a cynical
look at a moral(less) universe or a cynical look at a moral(less)
God. The movie sets itself up as Seven meets Phone Booth, being
about judgment, atonement, and redemption.
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 Review
by MIKE FURCHES
 On
the surface, SAW is a movie many will consider
a horror film. Deeper though, deeper in its intent, SAW
is something that many great horror films represent: exploration into
self and the realization that we all have weaknesses that we need
to work on. While other movies do this, the total horror of the extreme
consequences we face is shown in the darkest of ways through the films
in the Horror genre.
Review
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