Saw (2005)

I didn't notice this existed until I was actually browsing through IMDb horror and found it rather highly rated. Before that, I had only seen the first Saw movie, which I felt to be an adequate addition to the torture porn genre, which is also a genre I feel next to nothing for.The reason I though the first Saw movie was not so bad, was not the originality of the concept, but the fact that there weren't any helpless maidens being saved by action hero types. Instead, it was two men of middling attractiveness that had to everything by themselves. But I digress. I definitely can see where the first movie built off of this little teaser. Sure, replacing Leigh with a woman is a bit disappointing, but that's a subject for another time. What it seems to me about at least the start of the franchise is that it wasn't produced to earn some quick cash off of teens. There seems to be real thought,passion and effort behind (at least the start of) the whole thing.

Firstly I walked out of the cinema very satisfied with Australia's new talent.I was very inspired to keep on pursuing my own film career after this flick came out. Saw has a refreshing and very original feel to the horror genre and has a compelling and rich story to engage us all in the depth of the characters and has us desperately trying to guess the ending. Which in my opinion is phenomenal script writing. SO yes there is a twist and i promise you, YOU wont guess it!You cannot compare Saw in the same category to The Sixth Sense as its not as professionally directed, Though this movie was a brilliant start for the new Aussie Directors and have truly came up with originality in there work. It does succeed in being very scary in moments and i cant wait for there next film which lets hope will be even better and more mature, which i'm sure it will be after a fantastic start to film making.

This is a review for Saw uncut and the short film 'Saw' --Saw: Uncut-- Saw uncut is the original NC-17 version of the R-rated film that appeared in the Sundance Film Festival and a few others. This movie is practically the same movie. A few things you may notice are different, but others you won't notice though they are.The coloring to the movie is different for most of the movie, but like the scenes in bathroom mostly look the same. The music is different when the man goes through the razors and such, you can see his stomach torn open and his cuts better. Also, the Reverse Bear Trap scene is extended. Originally, you saw her looking through intestines or something and then she has the key. In this movie, she pulls out a liver or something, digs into it, and then finds the key.Also, the ending has different sound effects. In the R-rated film, you heard blood splattering when the Dr. sawed his foot off. In this one you hear it sawing through bone, flesh, vein, and you hear the blood splattering. This film is more disturbing, making you feel more like the character. Better than the first, but not by much.--9/10-- --Saw: The Original Short-- This is the short film that the writer and director both used to convince Lion Gate Films to make it. It is the Reverse Bear Trap scene, only with Leigh Whannell (writer) as the girl, only of course a guy. It is a good short, and it is very well directed and cut like a real film not a low budget hope-you'll-let-us-shoot-our-movie film. Good, and must see for fans of the movie. But other than that, it was okay but I don't care to watch over and over again.

This is a feature on the second disc on the Uncut edition of "SAW". James Wan and Leigh Whannell wanted to have something to show the American Studios so they quickly made this. This is basically just the "Reverse Bear Trap" except Leigh Whannell is playing the roll of Amanda. I believe this is pretty good for a nine minute short which later lead to the release of the actual movie "SAW". The interrogation scene in this short I believe is much better than the interrogation scene that make it to the final cut. In this you actually get to see how jigsaw captured David (Leigh Whannell). As you can see I am running out of things to say about this so I will just finish with this: This is a great extra on the second DVD of the Uncut version of SAW.