It can be hard to remember two decades later that the original “Saw” was less interested in gore than morality.
In “Saw,” Cary Elwes’s character verbalizes the tension and appeal of the franchise: “He doesn’t want us to cut through our chains.
“I’m going to try something else you haven’t seen before.”The classic tropes within “Saw” — serial killers, haunted detectives, creepy puppets — are mashed together and inverted around the undeniable binary of its core choice.
In “Cube” (1997), an offbeat Canadian science fiction horror film, prisoners in a mysterious jail travel through rooms rigged with traps.
Wan never directed another “Saw” movie, while Whannell contributed to “Saw II” and wrote the screenplay for “Saw III.”In the decades since “Saw” was released, Wan has directed tentpole franchise entries like “Aquaman” (2018) and “Furious 7” (2015).
Persons:
Cary Elwes, ”, Shawnee Smith, ” Cary, Lionsgate Elwes, Westley, “, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Wan, ” Wan, “ I’m, Rube Goldberg, David Edelstein, Eli Roth’s, John Kramer, Tobin Bell, Kramer, ” Bell, ” Whannell, Stacey Testro, Testro, Evolution Entertainment — Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg —, ” Burg, David Fincher’s “, “ Se7en, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Whannell, Se7en, —, Elisabeth Moss, ” Billy, Freddy Krueger
Organizations:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Shawnee, Lionsgate, Evolution Entertainment
Locations:
“, London, New York, Wan, Hollywood, United States