The Good
Story wise, the movie did a great job developing John Kramer character.
The Bad First of all, you can probably tell what's gonna happen after 20 minutes in the movie. The setup with the fake treatment screams scam and you know that the rest of the movie will be about revenge. Of course, it is reveal that the treatment is a money grab and nothing was done to John.
Then, when all the "participants" are setup, there's 2 majors clues that let you know where this is heading. The first one is the fact that Amanda puts the confiscated phone on a cart that is very within reach of the participants, almost like she wants them to be able to get it (which is the case).
The second clue is that you can clearly see that the trap made for the main scammer needs 2 persons but she's the only one tied. Later in the movie, she's able to make a quick call saying "I was kidnapped" before Amanda throw the cellphone away. Not long after, one of the previous patient arrive, screaming that he's here because he got scammed and that he want's his money back. In the middle of the night..... yeah right.
Of course, the patient is the husband of the scammer and proceeds to free her. They then ask to John and the little kid to tied themselves on the game originally intended for her. What's bogging me the most about this twist is that even if it was planned by John, he or the kid could have died if the couple just had a little more patience. But no, they decide to go BOTH searching for the money, hence triggering the "real" final trap and releasing John and the kid.
Finally, let us not fool ourselves. We go to these movies mainly for the traps.
The first one, apart from being just imaginary, was too easy. Getting your fingers broken (on only one hand) is nothing compared to what we know of Jigsaw.
The brain operation trap was creative but there's absolutely no way someone can pull it without doing brain damage to himself, preventing him to finish the job.
Other traps were basically "cut yourself" or "break some bone", I was expecting more elaborated machinery.
The Bad First of all, you can probably tell what's gonna happen after 20 minutes in the movie. The setup with the fake treatment screams scam and you know that the rest of the movie will be about revenge. Of course, it is reveal that the treatment is a money grab and nothing was done to John.
Then, when all the "participants" are setup, there's 2 majors clues that let you know where this is heading. The first one is the fact that Amanda puts the confiscated phone on a cart that is very within reach of the participants, almost like she wants them to be able to get it (which is the case).
The second clue is that you can clearly see that the trap made for the main scammer needs 2 persons but she's the only one tied. Later in the movie, she's able to make a quick call saying "I was kidnapped" before Amanda throw the cellphone away. Not long after, one of the previous patient arrive, screaming that he's here because he got scammed and that he want's his money back. In the middle of the night..... yeah right.
Of course, the patient is the husband of the scammer and proceeds to free her. They then ask to John and the little kid to tied themselves on the game originally intended for her. What's bogging me the most about this twist is that even if it was planned by John, he or the kid could have died if the couple just had a little more patience. But no, they decide to go BOTH searching for the money, hence triggering the "real" final trap and releasing John and the kid.
Finally, let us not fool ourselves. We go to these movies mainly for the traps.
The first one, apart from being just imaginary, was too easy. Getting your fingers broken (on only one hand) is nothing compared to what we know of Jigsaw.
The brain operation trap was creative but there's absolutely no way someone can pull it without doing brain damage to himself, preventing him to finish the job.
Other traps were basically "cut yourself" or "break some bone", I was expecting more elaborated machinery.