The horror movie Saw
introduces a new classic villain: Jigsaw
The
"teacher" in Saw, Jigsaw, is also a
brutal serial killer who uses some drastic methods of education.
This
movie comes complete with gore,
scares,
suspense and gruesomely great gadgets...and may help you think a bit
more fondly of the nuns from your days in private school.
Starring: Leigh Whannell as Adam Cary
Elwes as Dr. Lawrence Gordon Danny Glover
as Det. David Tapp Ken Leung as Det. Steven
Sing
Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seems to go
right? You know what I mean. Traffic is a mess, work has got
you down, you have an argument with your spouse, you wake up in a
strange dark place with you leg shackled to a pipe.
Needless to say, things have been better.
That is how Saw begins. Adam (Leigh Whannell) and
Dr. Gordon (Cary Elwes) wake up on opposite ends of an old run down
crapper. Both are shackled to a pipe imbedded in the wall. Between
them, on the floor, is a body lying in a pool of blood with a gun in
one hand and a mini tape recorder in the other. Adam finds an envelope
in his pocket containing an audio tape. Dr. Gordon, on the other hand,
finds an envelope with a tape, a key, and a bullet.
Adam’s
tape informs him that he just might be in the room that he is going to die
in. Dr. Gordon’s tape informs him that he is to be
the one to kill Adam. There is a catch though. He has to do it by 6:00
or his wife and daughter will be killed.
Who has orchestrated this dismal
scenario? Through deductive reasoning, they figure out that they are
the latest victims of the Jigsaw Killer.
Technically though, Jigsaw can’t really be called a
“killer” because he never actually kills anyone. He
has the victims do it for him.
His victims, you see, are stalked
and specially chosen for their inability to see how precious
their own life is. Jigsaw, then, kidnaps them and puts them into a
situation where they must complete some kind of gruesome task
designed to have only one of two possible outcomes: complete the task
and affirm that they value their own life, or die.
Is
it really Jigsaw’s fault that they need to be put through
such drastic measures to learn that all life is precious? Is it his
fault that some are just not teachable?
Through well placed flashbacks
and strategic twists and turns, Saw takes the
audience on a sick, twisted and smart tour through the mind of an
ingenious serial killer.
I have to admit that while
watching Saw I liked it but I wasn’t
seeing anything that made it truly special. That was until the end. I
hate that I didn’t see it coming but I
didn’t. I won’t say anything else, just in case
there is still someone out there who hasn’t seen this flick.
James Wan has created an
interesting story that has the self styled
ability to be followed by as many sequels as the imagination can
invent. The only problem that I see is that it also has the capacity,
if done haphazardly, to very easily be screwed up.
With one sequel already done and another due in 2006-2007, we will be
there to gauge how well the sequel-factor progresses.
So, the next
time that you think your day isn’t going quite
the way you planned it and you start getting that “life
sucks” feeling, just remember that it could be worse
- you could be forced to hacksaw your foot off to
escape from a very smelly predicament. Somehow your own situation
starts to seem “not so bad”. Questions
or comments about Saw? Contact us!
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Adam’s
tape informs him that he just might be in the room that he is going to die
in. Dr. Gordon’s tape informs him that he is to be
the one to kill Adam. There is a catch though. He has to do it by 6:00
or his wife and daughter will be killed.
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