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★★½ Added by Mumbles

Film Factomundo: Worldwide ticket sales for the Saw franchise put it at just shy of a billion dollars, making it the highest earning horror franchise globally. Fucked up intentions and evil inventions does indeed earn you lots of shiny stuff.

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★★★★ Rewatched by Thom D.J. 15 May, 2013

Holy sh*t! This was NOT a documentary about lumberjacks!!!!

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★★★½ Added by Ferg

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Say what you will about the franchise, Wan's original is a smart, confidently directed nasty thriller. It set-up the story of Jigsaw brilliantly.

I mean, who honestly thought the movie would end that way? In 2004 I was blown away by it's climactic twist.

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★★★★ Rewatched by Michael Kastner 05 May, 2013

Nach wie vor ein klasse Horrorfilm mit toller Stimmung und einem genialen Ende.

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★★★½ Added by Brandon

So thought out. Ending is unbelievable.

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★★★½ Rewatched by Tom Beasley 03 May, 2013

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Film #11 of my 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die project.

"Most people are so ungrateful to be alive, but not you. Not any more."

Ah, Saw. Way better than I remember it. It's still difficult to disassociate this from the unmitigated disaster of a franchise that it spawned. But Saw is actually a very well-made, claustrophobic, engagingly mysterious horror film.

The central performances of Cary Elwes and Leigh Whannell (who also co-wrote the script) are just…

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★★★★ Added by slippers

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★★★★ Watched by Lino 29 Apr, 2013

Οι ταινίες που έχουν τόσα θετικά όσο και αρνητικά έχουν πολλά να πουν. Καταρχήν, να ξεκαθαρίσω ότι η ταινία μου άρεσε. Από αρκετά έως πολύ.
•Έχει σενάριο.
Το σενάριο με bold.
Παρεμπιπτόντως είναι τόσο καλό που στο τέλος είναι ικανό να καλύψει όλα τα προβλήματα της ταινίας.
•Οι ηθοποιίες είναι κακές.
Με μόνη εξαίρεση τον Danny Glover (www.imdb.com/name/nm0000418/?ref_=tt_cl_t3), οι υπόλοιπες ηθοποιίες είναι κακές. Χαρακτηριστικότερο παράδειγμα ο Leigh Whannell (www.imdb.com/name/nm1191481/?ref_=tt_cl_t1) που είναι ένα στάδιο παραπάνω από ρόλο σε ερασιτεχνική ταινία μικρού μήκους. Συγγνώμη Leigh Whannell.
Είναι ένα ψυχολογικό θρίλερ με πολλές εκλάμψεις ταινίας τρόμου. Υπερισχύει το ψυχολογικό θρίλερ.
•Είναι έξυπνο.
Αυτό αρκεί.

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★★★★ Watched by krztn_chan 15 Nov, 2004

Damn you John. Best most riveting twist ever!

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★★★½ Watched by Olivia Tay 13 Apr, 2013 14

Finally got around to seeing this, as I've been craving for something darker and sadistic recently. I was pleasantly surprised at how suspenseful the first Saw was, as opposed to just shock and gore. It actually had a pretty good storyline, that is more than just people trying to kill one another to beat the traps. It rather reminded me of Se7en actually, though nowhere near as masterful.

Another plus point about the movie was the excellent Jigsaw. While we…

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★★★ Watched by J. Crawford 17 Nov, 2006

i didn't dig this so much first viewing but the series grew on me thanks to my daughter Caitlin telling me to re-evaluate. I did.

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★★★ Watched by Charlie Bradbury 02 Apr, 2013

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When I finally got around to seeing this film, I wasn't disappointed so much as I felt kind of indifferent to it.

I've heard so much in the media that this movie is "torture porn" , but if you think this is gory, you're weak as hell. I've seen many films more gory than this that were made in the 1970s!

Hell, Se7en (the film this is clearly inspired by) is far more gory than this - though…

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