Saw (2004 film)

Saw is a 2004 American psychological horror film directed by James Wan. It is Wans feature film directorial debut. The screenplay, written by Leigh Whannell, is based on a story by Wan and Whannell. The film stars Cary Elwes and Leigh Whannell as two men who awake to find themselves chained in a large dilapidated bathroom, with one being ordered to kill the other or his family will die. It is the first installment of the sevenpart Saw franchise.

Adam Stanheight, a photographer, awakens in a full bathtub in a large dilapidated bathroom. He gets out and finds himself chained at the ankle to a pipe. Lawrence Gordon, an oncologist, is chained to a pipe across the room and between them lies a corpse, holding a revolver and a microcassette recorder. Adam manages to retrieve the recorder and they learn from tapes in their pockets what they must do Adam must escape the bathroom before six o clock, and Lawrence must kill Adam before six oclock, or his wife and daughter will die and he will be left to die as well. Using a clue from the tape, Adam finds a bag in the toilet tank containing two hacksaws, though neither is able to cut through their chains. Adams saw breaks and he throws it at a mirror in frustration. Lawrence realizes the saws are meant to be used on their feet and identifies their captor as the Jigsaw Killer, whom Lawrence knows of because he was once a suspect.Flashbacks show that while Lawrence was talking with some medical students and an orderly named Zep Hindle about the terminal brain cancer of a patient named John, he was approached by Detectives David Tapp and Steven Sing about his penlight being found at the scene of a Jigsaw game. His alibi clears him, but he agrees to view the testimony of Amanda Young, a heroin addict and the only known survivor of Jigsaws games, who believes that her experience has made her a better person. ........

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