Horror movies of the 21st century have been known for there terrible writing and dialogue and predictable story-lines. movies such as Prom Night and Black X-mas are just a couple of the many dreadful horror/suspense movies that have plagued the movie industry for sometime. That was the norm for some time until one unexpected cult film came seemingly out of nowhere. Sure its sequels aren't nearly as good as the one that started the franchise, but it is still one of the only recent horror movies that is even remotely memorable. Unlike most horror films of late, this movie requires your immediate attention in order to understand figure out how and why the mysterious psychopath know as Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is committing these murders and how is latest victims, Adam (Leigh Whannel) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) are connected to all of the recent murders that have taken place. From the beginning, you are immediately thrown right into the thick of the story with Adam and Dr. Gordon first finding out that they have been taken captive and chained in some room which can only be described as desolate and an almost unnervingly perfect locale to entrap these men. From there its just a matter of these two characters trying to figure out why they have been placed here and what they have in common would place both of them in this situation. At first you get the feeling that the plot is going the usual route of most horror movies (victims find out where they are, proceeding to panic and trying to break the bonds which they already know are impossible to break but still doing in anyway because they fail at first to ask themselves the obvious question: "why are we here?"). Thankfully however, this doesn't last long with the characters eventually coming to grips of what their in for and ultimately trying to find a way out of this small, enclosed tomb. Of course, the whole movie doesn't take place in this one little room, rather it is simply there to state that "this is the present, this what is happening now", with other sequences that take place outside of the room being past events to help flesh out each of the characters backgrounds and purpose while moving the plot along in a gripping and suspenseful fashion.
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Horror movies of the 21st century have been known for there terrible writing and dialogue and predictable story-lines. movies such as Prom Night and Black X-mas are just a couple of the many dreadful horror/suspense movies that have plagued the movie industry for sometime. That was the norm for some time until one unexpected cult film came seemingly out of nowhere. Sure its sequels aren't nearly as good as the one that started the franchise, but it is still one of the only recent horror movies that is even remotely memorable. Unlike most horror films of late, this movie requires your immediate attention in order to understand figure out how and why the mysterious psychopath know as Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is committing these murders and how is latest victims, Adam (Leigh Whannel) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) are connected to all of the recent murders that have taken place. From the beginning, you are immediately thrown right into the thick of the story with Adam and Dr. Gordon first finding out that they have been taken captive and chained in some room which can only be described as desolate and an almost unnervingly perfect locale to entrap these men. From there its just a matter of these two characters trying to figure out why they have been placed here and what they have in common would place both of them in this situation. At first you get the feeling that the plot is going the usual route of most horror movies (victims find out where they are, proceeding to panic and trying to break the bonds which they already know are impossible to break but still doing in anyway because they fail at first to ask themselves the obvious question: "why are we here?"). Thankfully however, this doesn't last long with the characters eventually coming to grips of what their in for and ultimately trying to find a way out of this small, enclosed tomb. Of course, the whole movie doesn't take place in this one little room, rather it is simply there to state that "this is the present, this what is happening now", with other sequences that take place outside of the room being past events to help flesh out each of the characters backgrounds and purpose while moving the plot along in a gripping and suspenseful fashion.
Jakob187: yea its a shame this series went to such a waste... could have been so much better. I think I have heard of Feast... don't really know much about it but the title alone sounds intriguing. thanks for the heads up!
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