This disturbing and violent movie gleefully plays with our minds as it twists and turns through its tricky, menacing plot.
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09/19/04
Saw (2004)
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Reviews Counted:158
Fresh:74
Rotten:84
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: A twisted and gory horror film that's not for the squeamish.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: How far would you go to save your own life? Prepare yourself for a gut-wrenching trip into the heart of terror with SAW, Lions Gate Films’ gripping horror film starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover,... [More]
Starring: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Monica Potter, Danny Glover
Director: James Wan
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10/06/04
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06/24/06
Top CriticA creepy raw classic. This movie is terrifying.
10/28/04
A constantly surprising and extraordinarily tense Halloween treat.
11/02/04
just another collection of horror movie cliches
11/07/05
Showcases gratuitous gore and the ubiquitously macabre bells and whistles that pass themselves off as fear.
10/26/04
... the most extreme entry yet in the bleak and dusky splinter of American thrillers about criminal geniuses with messianic egos and sadistic torments...
10/28/04
James Wan's feature directorial debut is chock full of narrative holes and gratuitous gore.**
11/02/04
Why don't serial killers just kill people anymore?
10/28/04
On the strength of a grippingly original concept and 90 strong minutes of building action, Saw gets a recommendation, but only if you like this kind of thing.
10/25/04
A gore movie with no teeth.
10/29/04
Having lifted itself up so high in some ways, it's a shame that, in the end, the film sinks down to the level of just being another dumb horror movie.
01/20/09
While a tad derivative, Saw shows promise of better things to come from Whannell’s imagination and Wan’s composition.
11/01/04
Neither a deep, psychological thriller nor a mindless slasher flick, this is one skillfully made, if admittedly superficial, creepout.
10/29/04
There is such a storm of terrible dialogue in Saw as to legitimately draw comparisons to none less than Ed Wood.
09/27/07
My only disappointment after the arterial mayhem here is with the final resolution, but I'm not going to be so aberrated as to tell you what it is.
10/12/04
In this age of cookie cutter thrillers, here's one that, for better or worse (or a bit of both), stands apart from the pack.
10/27/04
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