Since "Nattevagten" I
have not seen a Thriller
that has kept me on the
edge of my seat as well
as "Saw". Right from the
beginning this original
story sucks you in and
doesn't let you go until
the very end. Thrillers
as gripping as this one
have become extremely
rare in times like
these, where people have
seen almost everything
and can guess any twist
during the first half of
the movie. With "Saw"
James Wan and Leigh
Whannell, the creative
heads behind this
project, set new
standards. Think you're
hard-boiled? Think again
and watch "Saw", a movie
that will creep you out
and surprise you beyond
your expectations.
"Saw" has been
advertised as the new
"Se7en" and while both
movies are definitely in
the same tradition,
"Saw" does a much better
job at actually being
creepy. Jigsaw is the
creepiest, most gruesome
killer the cinema has
seen in a loooong time.
Wan and Whannel really
came up with a monster
that has no peer. Where
many movies drift into
ridiculousness trying to
establish the villain as
an almost superhuman
evil being, "Saw" does
never get anywhere near
that trap. Sure, the
cops are depicted way
too stupid and the
killer is
unrealistically smart,
outshining each and
every opponent with his
perfect plans, but hey,
"Se7en" and "Silence Of
The Lambs" didn't care
too much about realism,
either, did they?
"Saw" does have some
flaws. Those sped-up
tracking shots have just
been used too many times
by now, the structure of
the script is weird and
jumps from one period of
time to another, some
characters' lines are a
bit clichéd. However,
considering that this
movie was made in only
18 days by two
independent filmmakers
with literally no budget
at all, it's really
inappropriate to be
petty about technical
subtleties, when they
came up with such an
original and stirring
movie.
I can't remember the
last time I've been
surprised by a movie's
final twist, but "Saw"
has an ending that I
didn't see coming at
all. This Thriller is
the most original piece
of independent
film-making since
"Cube". I'm really
looking forward to
seeing how Wan and
Whannell's career
develops after this fine
sleeper.
Superunknovvn
from Austria,
Vienna
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