Saw, 2004 – ★★★½ (contains spoilers)

from https://letterboxd.com/ceecide/film/saw/ at 2:44 am on July 17, 2025

This review may contain spoilers.

so ridiculous, not much to say that hasnt been said before, the culture at the time surrounding the war on terror, rise of gore videos on the internet, gitmo, gay subtext, etc.
i thought it was interesting that this movie contains so many motifs, all of them actually, that make the Saw franchise what it is, from the crazy editing to the flashbacks within flashbacks to seeing a scene 4 different times from different angles to unwinnable games to the pig mask, its all here, its a solid film and the ending is legendary