Saw

The first in the growing series, Saw brings a more unique approach to horror. Instead of a slasher hacking his way through idiotic characters, Jigsaw, our villain instead sits back and watches the victims kill themselves in his various traps as they try to escape. It reminds me a bit of Cube in the end, though I don't really recall that movie too well.

We find our two...leads trapped in an old bathroom, chained to pipes by a foot. What follows is a very long feeling movie. The characters are a tad hard to like, or feel tons of sympathy for. When it comes to Lawrence, I feel bad for his family who is drawn into things because of him. As for Adam, I suppose some sympathy can be lent to him for getting stuck in this mess, though I'm still rather iffy on things.

Jigsaw chooses his victims based on their life, if they don't seem to appreciate life then you can bet they will wind up in a trap of sorts. As for other characters we get Detective Trapp and Detective Sing, whose storyline sort of loses me. At times it appears they are hunting down Jigsaw during present day, but it's actually flashbacks? Either I'm missing something or it was just handled a bit poorly. Probably the former, just due to my lack of interest in things.

Visually, the movie is pretty good especially compared to some older slasher flicks. The movie can be rather creative at times when it comes to the traps. Though the complexity of the situation our two main characters are in can be harder to follow with the various backtracking to show previous events.

It's watchable, and not all bad. Worth a look for the curious, or those not wanting to see the umpteenth entry in a slasher series. Though watch out for this series is growing steadily itself.