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...
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...