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Be
prepared
to
be
scared.
James
Wan's
directorial
debut,
written
by
and
starring
Leigh
Whannell,
is a
violent,
bloody,
psychologically
exhausting
and
exhilarating
exercise
in
terror.
Adam
(Whannell)
and
Dr.
Gordon
(Cary
Elwes)
are
chained
in a
vile,
disgusting
bathroom,
separated
by a
bloody
corpse
holding
a
gun
and
a
tape
recorder.
They
are
each
given
a
saw--the
only
obvious
way
out
is
to
cut
one
of
their
feet
off.
A
serial
killer
who
specializes
in
torturing
morally
bereft
strangers
is
playing
a
game
with
them:
Gordon
has
less
than
eight
hours
to
kill
Adam
or
else
the
doctor's
wife
(Monica
Potter)
and
daughter
(Mackenzie
Vega)
will
be
murdered.
As
the
two
men
engage
in a
battle
of
wits,
alternately
trying
to
help
each
other
and
secretly
attempting
to
win
the
game,
a
series
of
flashbacks
reveals
the
history
of
the
madman
and
the
pair
of
detectives
(Danny
Glover
and
Ken
Leung)
handling
the
case.
Some
of
the
torture
scenes
are
excruciatingly
horrible
and
hard
to
watch,
a
real
treat
for
fans
of
the
genre.
Inspired
by
the
work
of
David
Lynch
(BLUE
VELVET,
TWIN
PEAKS)
and
Dario
Argento
(SUSPIRIA,
INFERNO),
Wan
has
created
a
scintillating
suspense
thriller
that
will
have
audiences
continually
shocked,
repelled,
frightened,
and
surprised,
right
up
to
the
very
last
second
(which
Whannell
has
said
was
influenced
by
the
endings
of
such
films
as
THE
USUAL
SUSPECTS
and
THE
SIXTH
SENSE).
The
accompanying
heavy
metal
soundtrack
is
appropriately
scary
as
well.
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