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Saw
Saw
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Directed by	James Wan
Written by	James Wan; Leigh Whannell
Produced by	Gregg Hoffman; Peter Block; Lark Bernini
Starring	Leigh Whannell; Cary Elwes; Danny Glover; Ken Leung
Cinematography	David A. Armstrong
Edited by	Kevin Greutert
Music by	Charlie Clouser; Fear Factory; Pitbull Daycare; Front Line Assembly
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release dates	October 29, 2004
Running time	102 min
Language	English
Budget	$1,200,000 (estimated)

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Saw is a 2004 thriller/horror movie, directed by James Wan and co-written by Wan and Leigh Whannell. It was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004 and saw an international release later that year. Saw was released in theaters on October 29, 2004. A sequel, Saw II, was released on October 28, 2005 and another, Saw III, will be released on October 27, 2006.

Plot

Tagline: Every Puzzle Has Its Pieces...

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The film begins with two men waking up in an old, grimy bathroom with no windows. One of the men is a young photographer named Adam (Leigh Whannell); the other is a surgeon named Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes). They are chained to pipes, and in the middle of the floor between them is a corpse, apparently dead after the man shot himself in the head.

In their pockets, they find cassettes telling them what to do: Gordon has a few hours to kill Adam. If he doesn’t, his wife, Alison (Monica Potter), and daughter, Diana (Makenzie Vega), will be killed. They find a pair of hacksaws, but they aren’t strong enough to cut through their chains; they are, however, strong enough to cut through flesh and bone. “He doesn’t want us to cut through our chains,” notes Gordon. “He wants us to cut through our feet.”

David also realizes who’s behind this: Jigsaw, an infamous serial killer who puts his victims in twisted games in an attempt to make them appreciate their lives. Unfortunately, they usually result in their deaths. The case was investigated by Det. David Tapp (Danny Glover) and Det. Steven Sing (Ken Leung). The earlier victims included: A man who faked suicide for attention (He was put in a maze of razor wire), a man who faked an illness (He was burned while poisoned), and a drug addict named Amanda (Played by Shawnee Smith, she was one of two survivors of Jigsaw’s traps after she had to cut open and find a key in a heavily sedated man to prevent her jaw from being ripped apart).

Back in the bathroom, Adam and Gordon discover that they’re being watched and Adam realizes that Gordon’s wife and daughter are being held captive. Meanwhile, Tapp is under the impression that Gordon is Jigsaw. He remembers a few weeks back, when he was injured by Jigsaw and Sing was killed while chasing Jigsaw down an alley (one of Jigsaw's many traps).

Gordon finds a box of cigarettes and a cell phone that only receives calls. Jigsaw has instructed him to poison Adam with the cigarettes, but after an argument, Adam reveals to Gordon that his family is in mortal danger. They decide to fake Adam’s death, but that plan fails.

The cell phone rings, and Diana is forced to tell Gordon not to believe Adam’s lies. Adam reveals that he was hired by Tapp to spy on Gordon when he cheated on his wife. Back at home, Diana is about to escape. At the same time, one of Adam’s photos reveal that Zepp, Gordon’s assistant from the hospital, is the one holding his wife and daughter hostage.

The clock strikes 6:00, ending the time limit. Zepp and Diana fight for the gun while Tapp rushes to save her. The fight turns into a chase as Tapp tries to catch Zepp before he can get to the bathroom. Believing that his wife and daughter are still in danger, Gordon finally saws off his own foot.

Tapp nearly emerges victorious, but Zepp kills him first and rushes to the bathroom. Free of his shackle, Gordon shoots Adam. Zepp arrives in the bathroom and Adam, who is surprisingly alive, beats him to death with the toilet lid. After a tearful goodbye, Gordon leaves, saying he has to "get help, or he'll bleed to death".

Adam, however, is still trapped. He searches Zepp’s pockets for a key, but instead finds another cassette. Zepp was a pawn in Jigsaw’s game all along. The real Jigsaw, it turns out, was the “corpse” on the floor, which rises up and explains what happened: Adam’s key was lost when he first awoke. Jigsaw has been killing people to make them learn life lessons, as he himself is bitter from his approaching death of cancer. Jigsaw shocks Adam and abandons him in the locked bathroom. “Game over,” he says, ending the film with Adam, being trapped in the pitch-black bathroom, screaming into the credits.

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Cast

Leigh Whannell – Adam Faulner
Cary Elwes – Dr. Lawrence Gordon
Danny Glover – Detective David Tapp
Ken Leung – Detective Steven Sing
Dina Meyer – Kerry
Mike Butters – Paul Stallberg
Paul Gutrecht – Mark Rodriguez
Michael Emerson – Zepp Hindle
Benito Martinez – Brett
Shawnee Smith – Amanda Young
Makenzie Vega – Diana Gordon
Monica Potter – Alison Gordon
Ned Bellamy – Jeff
Alexandra Bokyun Chun – Carla (as Alexandra Chun)
Avner Garbi – Father
Tobin Bell – Jigsaw

Similar films

Saw, the 2003 short film on which this full-length movie was based.
Saw II, The sequel.
Saw III, The sequel to Saw II, scheduled for release October 27, 2006.
Cube
Cube Zero
Se7en
Phone Booth
Mindhunters
Taking Lives
Hostel
Wolf Creek
Twilight Zone episode "The Jeopardy Room"
Smallville episode "Mercy"
Scary Movie 4, parodies Saw and Saw II.

Trivia

It's revealed in Saw II that Adam (Leigh Whannell) died shortly after the events of Saw.

It's unclear if Dr. Lawerence Gordon (Cary Elwes) dies after he cuts off his foot because he is not in the movie after that point. Many say its likely that he died though because he says "I'm going to bleed to death if I don't go and get help." Plus he did lose a lot of blood after cutting off his foot and Adam wasn't rescued from the bathroom. Others say he could be alive because from the clue in Saw 3's tagline, "Rules Are Meant To Be Broken". There was also no explanation for why Dr. Gordon's pen was found at one one of Jigsaw's crime scenes. It's likely that Jigsaw took the pen from Gordon's desk after meeting Gordon.

Kerry (Dina Meyer) the cop plays a much bigger role in Saw II.

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 Tapp nearly emerges victorious, but Zepp kills him first and rushes to the bathroom. Free of his shackle, Gordon shoots Adam. Zepp arrives in the bathroom and Adam, who is surprisingly alive, beats him to death with the toilet lid. After a tearful goodbye, Gordon leaves, saying he has to "get help, or he'll bleed to death".
-Adam, however, is still trapped. He searches Zepp’s pockets for a key, but instead finds another cassette. Zepp was a pawn in Jigsaw’s game all along. The real Jigsaw, it turns out, was the “corpse” on the floor, which rises up and explains what happened: Adam’s key was lost when he first awoke. Jigsaw has been killing people to make them learn life lessons, as he himself is bitter from his approaching death of cancer. Jigsaw electrocutes Adam and abandons him in the locked bathroom. “Game over,” he says, ending the film with Adam's blood-curdling screams entering into the credits.
+Adam, however, is still trapped. He searches Zepp’s pockets for a key, but instead finds another cassette. Zepp was a pawn in Jigsaw’s game all along. The real Jigsaw, it turns out, was the “corpse” on the floor, which rises up and explains what happened: Adam’s key was lost when he first awoke. Jigsaw has been killing people to make them learn life lessons, as he himself is bitter from his approaching death of cancer. Jigsaw shocks Adam and abandons him in the locked bathroom. “Game over,” he says, ending the film with Adam, being trapped in the pitch-black bathroom, screaming into the credits.
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