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\n\u201cSaw\u201d helps prove that the much talked about horror movie revival isn\u2019t really<\/u> happening. A horror movie doesn\u2019t function if you can\u2019t build some tension, show some gore and have characters that we can actually root for. \u201cSaw\u201d take a good premise and waters it down with bad acting, overly arty direction and super-silly plot twists. The movie centers on two fellas trapped in a nasty bathroom and trying to escape from Jigsaw, a killer who has little moral lessons he wants his victims to learn. We start in that bathroom and find out about Jigsaw through a series of flashbacks. And just how exactly are we supposed to be scared of something that has already happened? These flashbacks help kill any tension that the director trys to build. Then there are the actors. Cary Elwes and Leigh Whannell (vanity casting if there ever was such a case \u2026 he wrote the screenplay) are so bad that you really could care less what happens to them. I was actually rooting for Cary Elwes to buy it before the end just so we wouldn\u2019t have to endure any more of his \u201cemotional\u201d outbursts (see above photo for an example). Danny Glover does his typical \u201cgood cop\u201d routine. Haven\u2019t we seen that in about a thousand movies already? Grrrrrr. If you want a good serial killer\/morality play just watch \u201cSeven\u201d again. It\u2019s a great example of how a movie\u2019s tone and mood can creep you out without showing you lots of violence just for violence sake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"