SAW Review

Written by: Poltergeist   

This DVD disc of SAW has a round saw on the label.

Kidnapped and instantly a victim, Adam (Leigh Whannell) had just gone to bed.  When he awakens, he finds himself submerged into a water-filled bathtub. He gets out and finds another man, Lawerence (Cary Elwes) also in this unclean bathroom. Lawerence is chained to a pipe too. A third man has been killed and is lying on the floor. The men don't remember how they got there. They discover each has an envelope in their pocket with their name on it. Inside the enevelope is a mini-tape labeled "play me", a bullet and a small key.

  They manage to get the tape recorder away from the dead man.  The message for Adam is, "Are you going to watch yourself die, Adam, or do something about it".  Lawerence's message is that he must kill Adam by 6:00am ofr his wife and child will die and he will be left to rot in this bathroom.

  This industrial bathroom contains many more clues for the men.  The small key does not unlock the chains their foot is trapped in, so they must find a way to survive this thing before 6:00am.  They must also find an "X" that marks the spot.

Cast also includes: Tobin Bell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Benito Martinez, Shawnee Smith and Makenzie Vega.

  DVD includes a 2 1/2 minute featurette of the making of SAW.  Rated and unrated version of the music video and another featurette of the unrated version of the music video.  Trailers and tv spots. Audio Commentary with Writer/Actor Leigh Whannell and  Director James Wan.

  Note: Producer, Gregg Hoffman died December 4, 2005. Age: 42. He was admitted to the hospital complaining of neck pain.  He died of natural causes.

Followed by:

SAW II (2005), SAW III (2006),  SAW IV (2007), SAW V (2008).

SAW VI will be released October 23, 2009.  SAW 7 and SAW 8 are planned.