In the bathroom, Lawrence finds a mobile phone that can only receive calls and a cigarette and lighter he and Adam use the latter two items to try to stage Adam's death, but an electric shock through Adam's ankle chain foils this plan. After being discharged, Tapp began stalking Lawrence. Jigsaw managed to make a run for it after slashing Tapp's throat, and Sing was killed by a shotgun booby trap while pursuing him. Flashbacks show that he became obsessed with the Jigsaw case after viewing Amanda's testimony, and that he and Sing illegally entered a warehouse they knew to be Jigsaw's lair and saved a man from being killed by drills aimed at his neck. Their house is simultaneously being watched by Tapp, who was discharged from the force. Meanwhile, Lawrence's wife and daughter, Alison (Monica Potter) and Diana (Makenzie Vega), are being held captive in their home by a man who is watching Adam and Lawrence through a camera behind the bathroom's mirror, while tormenting Alison and Diana. One of the detectives revealed that Jigsaw frequently watched his victims die - he "liked to book himself front row seats to his own sick little games." Other victims of Jigsaw's games included Paul, who was trapped in a cage filled with barbed wire, and Mark, who was trapped in a room with a flammable substance all over his body along with a candle to help him read the walls covered with numbers that hid the combination to a safe. He viewed the testimony of Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith), a heroin addict, who is the only known survivor of Jigsaw's games she barely escaped from having her jaws ripped open during her game by a "reverse bear trap" and believes that her experience made her a better person. Flashbacks show that while Lawrence was talking with some students and an orderly named Zep Hindle (Michael Emerson) about the terminal brain cancer of a man named John Kramer ( Tobin Bell), he was approached by Detectives David Tapp ( Danny Glover) and Steven Sing (Ken Leung) about his penlight being found at the scene of a Jigsaw "game". Jigsaw Killer, whose name is a misnomer he never directly kills anyone, instead putting victims in situations or mechanical traps (which he refers to as "games") in which they must go through physical and/or psychological torture to survive and escape with a better appreciation for life. Despite mixed reviews, Saw was a financial box office success. Some critics denounced the entire film as nothing more than a "sadist gore fest" and a "low quality" and "cheap snuff film", while others praised its stylish visuals and called it a true "chilling" and "terrifying" horror film. The film was originally rated NC-17 for strong, graphic violence, though after being slightly re-edited, it was released with an R rating.Ĭritical responses varied. It was then screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 18, 2004, with theatrical releases on October 29, 2004, in the United States and December 2, 2004, in Australia. The film was first screened January 19, 2004, at the Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews. Meanwhile, police detectives investigate and attempt to apprehend the criminal responsible. They are given instructions via a microcassette recorder on how to escape by following the "rules" of their "game". The film's story revolves around two men who awaken kidnapped and chained in a dilapidated industrial bathroom. It is the first installment of the Saw film series. The plot of the film was conceived of by James Wan, while Whannell wrote the screenplay. Saw is a 2004 American-Australian horror film directed by James Wan and starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, and Danny Glover. Saw II Images of Saw Check out the Saw wiki for more information about the film.
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