Saw (2005)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Wonderfully offbeat film!

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival. Saw is a short story by James Wan that was released on 2003 before the actual 2004 film and it's horrible sequels that followed. The short reverses somethings and it was pretty fun for sure but way far from being as good as the actual film. It's only 9 minutes of course but it was also a bit slow moving to say the least. But Wan had something interesting to say with this and he did that for sure although the concept went downhill after. (7/10)

I didn't notice this existed until I was actually browsing through IMDb horror and found it rather highly rated. Before that, I had only seen the first Saw movie, which I felt to be an adequate addition to the torture porn genre, which is also a genre I feel next to nothing for.The reason I though the first Saw movie was not so bad, was not the originality of the concept, but the fact that there weren't any helpless maidens being saved by action hero types. Instead, it was two men of middling attractiveness that had to everything by themselves. But I digress. I definitely can see where the first movie built off of this little teaser. Sure, replacing Leigh with a woman is a bit disappointing, but that's a subject for another time. What it seems to me about at least the start of the franchise is that it wasn't produced to earn some quick cash off of teens. There seems to be real thought,passion and effort behind (at least the start of) the whole thing.

And it's a pretty scary shape. We see a hospital janitor being questioned by the police about recent occurrences. He tells the story of his kidnapping and the horrible thing he had to do in order to save his life from a demented psychopath. The fact that we know he made it out alive doesn't take away any of its horror. The location where he was kidnapped is perfect and adds a great deal of helplessness to this short film.These ten minutes were the unofficial go-ahead for the extremely successful Saw-franchise that runs to this day. Its attention to detail (the instrument on David's head, the almost playful way the kidnapper enters etc.) make this short film worth a watch and should, if possible, be seen totally in the dark and on a big screen to increase the horror element.

Saw starts with hospital janitor Billy (writer Leigh Whannell) in a police interview room being questioned, he recounts the events that lead up to & surrounding him being kidnapped & forced to partake in a sadistic game of survival...Directed by James Wan who would subsequently go on to make the full length horror film hit Saw (2004) shortly after this is a 9 minute short which I presume he shot to help him raise funds for what eventually turned out to be Saw. This is basically exactly the same scene as what Amanada goes through in the full length version, the jaw trap, the body with the key inside it's stomach, the video message from Jigsaw, the location, the colour scheme etc. it's all here. I can't criticise it as it was never meant to be released as a film & at this time is only available on a special edition DVD of Saw & several well known internet download sites, you know the one's I mean! For what it was I liked it, it moved along like a rocket, told a pretty effective story & kept me quiet for 9 minutes and 26 seconds. Enough said.I don't know what sort of budget this had but it actually looks rather good, like a proper film in fact although shot-for-shot it's virtually the same as the corresponding sequence in the final full length Saw right down to the lighting. Having said that it's not necessarily a bad thing, I mean if it ain't broke don't fix it, right? Forget about any gore apart from some bloodstained hands as there isn't any, the budget obviously didn't stretch to special effects. The acting isn't too bad at all even though there's only four people in the entire thing.Saw is a nice glimpse into the thought process of Wan & how he sold the idea of Saw to the money men, had I been one of them I reckon I'd have given him some money to make the full feature but then again I'm easily pleased...