While I do think that Saw is most definitely better than the films that follow it, and while I admire Carey Elwes almost always, I cannot say that it is so fun to watch people suffer for 103 minutes. Thankfully, though, this is about as far away from torture-porn as the series gets, in that, while there are viscous deaths, the movie has substantially more to do with the human element than its sequels. That, though, is not enough to save a film that is just balls to the wall ridiculous.
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