Saw

SAW

Starring: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Leigh Whannell, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson

Directed by: James Wan

THE ONLY SCARY FILM OF 2004

*** Stars

A young man named Adam (LEIGH WHANNELL) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a deserted cell. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (CARY ELWES). Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a gun in his hand. Neither man knows why he has been abducted; but instructions left on a micro cassette order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours. If he fails to do so, then both men will die, and Dr. Gordon's wife, Alison (MONICA POTTER), and his daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by a police detective named Tapp (DANNY GLOVER), Dr. Gordon realizes he and Adam are the next victims of a psychopathic genius known only as "Jigsaw." With only a few hours left to spare, they must unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate in the midst of mounting terror. The killer has provided them with only a few clues and two handsaws too weak to break their steel shackles, but strong enough to cut through flesh and bone.
The movie has the gore and the suspense to make this the best horror movie of the year. Leigh Whannell, who co-wrote wrote the film, gave this movie the best ending to a horror movie in years.