Aside from some over the top acting at various points, Saw delivers with chills and thrills. I was expecting a tad more on the gore front, but I was still presently suprised by the twists and turns in the plot. I commend the makers for dusting off Cary Elwes and Danny Glover and giving them some much needed work. Mr. Glover was this close to signing on for Gone Fishin' 2: Electric Eel Bugaloo with Joe Pesci. And Cary, well he has made only one film since Princess Bride that was watchable and no one saw it. (The Cat's Meow with Eddie Izzard as Charlie Chaplin) I do question the use of the screenwriter as the second lead in this flick however. He's over the top from jump, but his screenplay was solid considering how easy it is to put together a contrived horror film these days.
I was also thrilled to see Rob Zombie's new flick, The Devil's Rejects, previewed prior to Saw. The gang's all back and it looks demented just like House of 1,000 Corpses. And I saw this other preview that looked interesting, perhaps a foriegn film of some sort (no dialogue in the preview, just a voiceover....common marketing ploy for foreign movies.) and looked like a revenge thriller. High Tension. God Bless IMDB....it's a french film, Haute Tension. Anyway, looks kind of dark and cool.
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