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Mood:
- RoughSuspensefulScaryDisturbingMind Bending
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Plot:
- Serial KillerMind GameRace Against TimePsychologicalCaptivityIsolationPsychopathConfined more...
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Genres:
- HorrorIndependentThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Indoors
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Audience:
- Boys' NightTeens
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Praise:
- Award WinnerControversial
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Style:
- Twists and TurnsGory
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Based on:
- Based on Short Film
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- ProfanityStrong Violent Content
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Saw, 2004
English
USA, Australia
Profile of Saw
Saw can be described as scary, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around captivity, isolation, and mind games. The main genres are independent, horror, and thriller. In terms of style, Saw involves twists and turns and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, indoors. Saw takes place in contemporary times. It is based on a short film. The movie has received attention for being controversial and an award winner. Saw is well suited for teens and a boys' night. Note that it involves strong violent content and profanity.
Summary of Saw
Be prepared to be scared. James Wan's directorial debut, written by and starring Leigh Whannell, is a violent, bloody, psychologically exhausting and exhilarating exercise in terror. Adam (Whannell) and Dr. Gordon (Cary Elwes) are chained in a vile, disgusting bathroom, separated by a bloody corpse holding a gun and a tape recorder. They are each given a saw--the only obvious way out is to cut one of their feet off. A serial killer who specializes in torturing morally bereft strangers is playing a game with them: Gordon has less than eight hours to kill Adam or else the doctor's wife (Monica Potter) and daughter (Mackenzie Vega) will be murdered. As the two men engage in a battle of wits, alternately trying to help each other and secretly attempting to win the game, a series of flashbacks reveals the history of the madman and the pair of detectives (Danny Glover and Ken Leung) handling the case. Some of the torture scenes are excruciatingly horrible and hard to watch, a real treat for fans of the genre. Inspired by the work of David Lynch (BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS) and Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA, INFERNO), Wan has created a scintillating suspense thriller that will have audiences continually shocked, repelled, frightened, and surprised, right up to the very last second (which Whannell has said was influenced by the endings of such films as THE USUAL SUSPECTS and THE SIXTH SENSE). The accompanying heavy metal soundtrack is appropriately scary as well.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Australia |
| Release date: | 19 January 2004 |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dr. Lawrence Gordon
as Adam
as Alison Gordon
as Detective David Tapp
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Carla Meyer
Users Reviews
- 05.October.2011
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- by: leegedang
- leegedang rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 09.October.2009
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- by: Matt
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