Saw Movie Review

Saw is such an interesting film. On two levels. The first being that it gets a horrible reputation of just being a gore fest with no point, no moral, and no redeeming qualities. With tripe such as Hostel clogging the movies nowadays, good horror movies get lost amongst the bad rap that they create for the genre.

There is so much more to Saw than there is to a film like the aforementioned torture porn fest of idiocy Hostel. It starts off similarly to another great horror film "Cube". Two men who, seemingly, have no relation to one another wake up in a filthy bathroom chained to the wall. They then learn that they are breathing in a deadly gas that will kill them. The sheer bizarre nature of watching two people trying to cope with horrible surroundings such as these is compelling. But then as you follow the detectives attempting to capture the "Jigsaw Killer", and you learn about the far from perfect lives that our victims have led up to this point the story comes into greater scope. It's not just about a serial killer randomly choosing victims (aside from the fact that he never kills anyone, who has them do it for him) it's about who chooses what is moral and what is not. Obviously Jigsaw is a madman, and a horrible person. But the people he's pitting against each other aren't exemplary either by any means. It brings into question what the entire fabric of society is held together by. A somewhat artificial sense of morality that will be broken when your life is at stake.

The movie is scary. No doubt. But there is so much more here for those who are willing to see it.

Saw gets 4 stars out fo 5.