 Differences in UNCUT Edition! |
| Review Date: December 25, 2005 |
| Reviewer: KiWiSouP, Minneapolis, MN USA |
Here are the differences for those of you wondering between the theatrical release and the uncut version. These shots were cut to retain an R rating, about 8 seconds total:
-When they first notice the body in between them in the bathroom, there is an extra close up shot of the head.
-During the "razor wire" scene a few close up still shots of the wounds are inserted.
-In the "reverse beartrap" scene, there are inserted shots of Amanda sifting through the intestines.
-During the confrontation or Jigsaw, the demise of Detective Sing is longer.
-In the scene where Adam is about to be kidnapped. The music playing while he is wearing headphones has been changed back to the original score which in my opinion is far better, rather than the band song that was only there to promote the soundtrack.
-The hacksaw scene is slightly longer.
-The color tones of the movie have been improved also
On top of that you get new bonus features and an entire second disk:
-An audio commentary with the writer/actor who plays Adam, the director, and actor carey elwes who plays Dr. Gordon, replaces the old commentary with just the writer and director.
-DTS ES 6.1 surround sound!
-An additional commentary with the producers and filmmakers.
-A making of featurette that recycles some of the footage from the old making of featurette but adds a lot more.
-Original short film "Saw", which is an early version of the reverse beartrap scene, filmed with the writer who plays Adam instead of the girl Amanda, which was filmed to sell the movie.
-A fake special report on the Jigsaw murders, kind of cheesey.
-An alternate storyboard sequence that shows how the scene with the detectives in jigsaws lair was originally planned to be.
-Director's art gallery
-Jigsaw's workshop, lets you make your own puppet on the computer.
-Saw II trailer and preview of the intro scene.
*The only features lost were the music video for "Bite the hand that bleeds" by Fear Factory, and the making of the music video.
*Although the packaging for the initial dvd release was awesome...this one definatly tops it. It is a clear slim case with blood that trickles when you shake it. |
A Horror Classic
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| Review Date: May 25, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Joshua Seraphim, Arizona, U.S.A. |
SAW is a true horror classic no doubt about it. Damn he {or she} who remakes this film...EVER. In the world of gore-porn and endless remakes or "re-imaginations", {I have to say this ~ Rob Zombie is pathetic for "re-imagining" Halloween...thanks for trashing it Rob} SAW stands alone as a film that is sick, very disturbing, scary, intense, frightful, mentally numbing, thrilling, avante garde, theatrical, spontaneous, evil, and macabre! This is a film where the villains recorded voice is as disturbing as his actions..and the villain is not even revealed until the last minute of the film...literally the final scene. The film cannot be compared to Se7en because we see most of the torture in the film and the villain takes up more time giving his monologue than Jigsaw's "Most people are so ungrateful to be alive...but not you...not anymore."
Two men wake up in a grimy abandoned bathroom chained and unable to escape. We see a dead man laying in the middle of the floor. His tape recorder reveals the two men are part of a deadly "game" in which only one of them will survive...if he can find the primal instinct..the "will" to survive. As the film progresses we learn about "Jigsaw" who tortures his "test subjects" in order to make them appreciate their lives they have apparently abused. Jigsaw's "test subjects" include: Jeff a man who attempted suicide but failed, Amanda the drug addict, Adam the voyeur photographer and loser, and Dr. Gordon a doctor who neglects his wife and daughter. Jigsaw makes them realize their blessings in his tortuous devices where the subject must maime his/her self or another to escape.
The films gives us clues to the identity of Jigsaw, directing attention to the orderly called Mr. Hindel aka "Zepp"...or is the killer one of the men chained in the bathroom? Dr. Gordon? Adam? The film is a Hitchcockian mystery to figure out 'who is doing this...and why?' that draws you to an intense and disturbing {not to mention disgusting} climax that will leave you stunned.
I like the film because like Se7en there is a sick twisted pathos that is plain and painfully clear in our times: "most people are so ungrateful to be alive...."
The Curse of Aleister Crowley: Descent into Lies and Madness |
The Beast is Disease, blood is merely a symptom
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| Review Date: March 1, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Schtinky, California |
With some of the PG-13 tripe coming out as horror nowadays, SAW is a refreshing step back into the good old days where horror meant blood, and blood meant horror. No annoying harpies or pretty pictures of hell or tragically humanized vampires here, just an ingenious killer with an obscure motive.
SAW dives right into the depths of the madness too, opening with our killer's current victims, two men chained on opposite ends of a filthy restroom, a body in the center clutching a cassette player and a handgun. Each man is given a tape to play, which provides him with a nice dilemma to ponder during his captivity. The background of the killer and the events leading up to the men's current situation unfolds nicely during narrated recollections and well-placed flashbacks, while the actual motive stays hidden underneath the obvious delight the killer derives from the simple pleasures of torture.
Because SAW also brings to film an excellent `Whodunnit?', I am not going to elaborate on the storyline any further. Suffice to say that Cary Elwes and Danny Glover give excellent performances (Elwes surprising me since I have only seen him in comedy roles), the photography is good, the killing methods tasty, the blood not really overdone but still dosed out well, and the plot sustainable.
Lets face it fans, we don't go to horror movies to learn how to do decoupage, we go to get scared and grossed out. SAW fulfills that primal hankering, leaving you to utter `blech' and `bravo' in the same troubled breath, and wondering what your punishment would be like under the careful ministrations of this psychopath.
Aficionados of the genre are going to love SAW's mixture of gore, insanity, ingenious traps, and filth, while non-lover's of the theme should stick to `Sleepless In Seattle' and other such ilk. SAW put the taste of terror and gore back in my mouth, something that has been lacking in some of the recent sugar-coated intruders into this bloody domain. Enjoy!!
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YOU WANT SCARY AND UNSETTLING - THIS IS SCARY AND UNSETTLING!!!
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| Review Date: December 6, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Nicholas Bryant, Cape Town, South Africa |
After all the shlock, schlock, horror, horror that gets churned out these days, we have an offering that is truly genuine, fresh and bloody frightening.
The terror comes in the form of reality. Not far-fetched, not supernatural, and no special effects.
RAW, UNCUT and GRISSLY.
We are forced to examine the PRIMAL INSTINCTS within in order to survive.
The question is, if you were locked in a room with a stranger and were told : To survive, kill the other person in the room. As simple as that! We'll, that's what's not so simple is it. Could you do it? You've got the whole movie to think about it!!!
Danny Glover, Cary Elws and Monica Potter star in this low budget, but spectacular and exceptionally clever film.
Elwes is chained up in a dark bathroom with a stranger and has to work out how to get out in order to save his family!!! The two are played against each other in a series of games in order to get the one to do the unthinkable. The story reveals that neither of them are in fact total strangers nor are they both entirely innocent.
Written and Directed by first time "nobodies" - LEIGH WHANNELL & JAMES WAN : who believe me after this are going somewhere. Names will be in bright lights soon!
JIGSAW is the warped psychopath pitting everyday people against the impossible in order to survive! Chances of making it - very slim unless you do what you'd never even dream of attempting.
The film is very unsettling and most will battle to sit through it... but I highly recommend seeing it.
It really is a MASTERPIECE and hopefully the already highly talked about sequel will keep the same pace and same originality and not conform to the basic sequel rules that turn so much of the garbage we see these days into the quickly forgotten. This one will haunt you for a while.
Oh, and please hold on for the ending. It'll take your breath away!!!
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not for the light hearted
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| Review Date: April 27, 2005 |
| Reviewer: waverace, columbus ohio |
| First off let me say if you are a light hearted person this movie probably isn't for you. The dvd itself has ok extra's.. it comes with 5 trailers and a music video. Now the movie is visually nice. The story is pretty twisted and sick.. I am a huge horror fan but I have to say I was pretty disgusted watching this movie.. it has alot of torture scenes that will make your stomach turn and disturb your sleep if you are weak hearted. One of the things that makes this movie so disturbing is the fact that there are real life people that actually go through sort of the same chainings and torture that the charachters in the movie go through and that is very unsettling to think bout.. The acting I felt was ok.. it could have been done better.. the charachters don't show the emotion that you would expect a person to have under the cirumstances that they were in.. all in all I give this movie 5 stars because the plot is brilliant.. and the ending is soooooooooooooo unexpected that you'll find your self saying WOW once you see it. Very .. very sick movie but a good one nevertheless. |
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