So does it live up to the hype? Well it’s definitely messed up (or fucked up; if you saw the R rated teaser instead).
Is it worth watching? DEFINITELY. So go see it before reading any further because i’m gonna go into spoiler territory now.
DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN SAW.
So. AT FIRST, i was pretty disappointed that i had the movie all figured out. Yep. Totally figured out who the bad guy was within like, the first 15 minutes or so.
See, Saw used the exact same trick that The Bone Collector pulled. They made the bad guy show up at the beginning of the movie, say one line of dialogue, and then disappear, never again to be seen until right before the end of the flick. That happened in The Bone Collector, and it happens in Saw.
Sure, there was that scene that implied that Danny Glover was the bad guy, but i didn’t buy it. Plus, it just wasn’t logical. Good try with that red herring though.
So yeah, i was disappointed that i had it all figured out…
UNTIL THE MOVIE UNLEASHED ITS SECOND TWIST ENDING RIGHT AT THE END!!!!
Never saw that coming.
Had the movie ended on that first twist, i would’ve given it a B+
But that second twist ending totally bumps it up to an A-
An A- because the acting is pretty terrible in some parts. What the hell Cary? You were so good in The Princess Bride and Robin Hood: Men in Tights!
By the way, let it be known that they cut out like 8 seconds from the sawing the foot off scene (is that where the got the idea for the title of the movie?) for the R rated cut of the movie. It’s probably a lot gorier in the unrated cut.
Most of the violence happens offscreen by the way. Boo.
Anyhow, i’ll talk about the movie some more in the comments. Lemme know what you thought of the movie.