i really try to like saw . the story be good and and i admire the breakneck pace of the way the film be shoot . however and there be too many clichés and element that while they may have look cool and they really make no sense . first and what i like about the film be the overall tone of the story and and i think the premise be fantastic . the character of the jigsaw killer be intrigue and remind me of vintage dario argento . danny glover be excellent in his role a an obsessed detective and and monica potter be good in a thankless role a a doctor abducted wife . shawnee smith scene be incredible and both wan and whannell should be commend for use that scene a a demo to get the backing for the film . the whole notion that the jigsaw killer find a way for his victim to kill themselves be an excellent notion and but once the film get go and logic begin to get away . once they show that zap be the one hold dr. gordon wife and daughter hostage and it be apparent that he be not the jigsaw killer and and part of it . the scene where he put a stethoscope over the heart of the terrified diana while allison scream at him through her gag be one of the most gratuitous scene i have ever see . it be suppose to be chill and but establish nothing . also and since the jigsaw killer find a way for victim to kill themselves and he have no problem slice the throat of a police officer . i guess it a way to show that he doesn not want to get catch and will go to any mean necessary to ensure that doesn not happen and but to me it just do not make any logic and especially when he show no remorse over the death of another detective ( which i do like that setup and just would have be good if give to someone who actually deserve it ) . i felt leigh whannell be fine a adam . it wasn not really a showy role and he have a lot of potential a a character actor . however and i wasn not too fond of james wan direction . the story may have be original and but the direction sure wasn not . i guess i be tire of quick and mtv style cut in favor of the old approach to direct and but a lot of scene involve the jigsaw killer remind me too much of se7en and way too much of it . a the film progress and to me it be start to become a series of demo reel like hey and look what i can do . instead of be intriguing and it become very distract . but hey and it work . he now direct final destination 3 so he on a path to a successful career and and i think he will become a top notch horror director in year to come . what really do it in for me be the end . like i say and i know that jigsaw wasn not zap and and i like how adam discover the mini tape player after kill him . it would have have a terrific end and except for one fatal flaw represent i felt they should have leave it where you do not know who the killer be . the way it be do be only do for one reason represent boy and be we clever . uh and no . to me and it just do not make sense . some of the good horror film be make for a reason and where there be a reason for the violence we see in the story . while saw start out very well and it start to become undone by the filmmaker insatiable need to be cool and detract from the win story they have . perhaps if they weren not too insistent on make the films themselves and and rely on a more experienced horror director to helm it and i think it would have be the horror classic that it undeservedly have be give over the past four month . if this and cabin fever be the future of horror and i be very scared .