Saw

Starring: Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Dina Meyer, Monica Potter

Directed by: James Wan

RS: 3of 4 Stars

2004 Lions Gate Films Thriller

"This is the most fun I've had without lubricant," moans petulant photographer Adam (Leigh Whannell), struggling to escape a room where he and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) awaken to find themselves shackled. As these pitiful pawns are maneuvered across what looks like the desiccated set of a Nine Inch Nails video, shots from surveillance cameras provide the perspective of whoever is -- perhaps -- engineering this madness. Utterly nihilistic and relentlessly tense, Saw is a must for horror freaks.