1 de junio de 2010

Saw

Today we speak of the Saw movies. There are 6 films:

-Saw1 is a horror film from 2004 directed by James Wan and starring Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, and Danny Glover. The film's story revolves around two men who awaken kidnapped and chained in a dilapidated industrial bathroom. They are given instructions via a microcassette recorder on how to escape by following the "rules" of their "game". Meanwhile, police detectives investigate and attempt to apprehend the criminal responsible.

-Saw2 is a film features the Jigsaw Killer being apprehended by the police, but trapping the arresting officer in one of his own games while showing another "game" of eight people including the officer's son in progress on TV monitors at another location.

-Saw3 is a film that ends the first trilogy of the series that focuses on a bedridden John Kramer, and his new apprentice Amanda's final tests before he dies. The film contains additional back-story about the two antagonists. The film was dedicated to Gregg Hoffman, producer of the first two films.

-Saw4, the film continues the story of the Jigsaw Killer and his obsession with teaching people the "value of their own lives". Despite Jigsaw being killed in the last installment, the film still focuses on his ability to manipulate people into continuing his work of trapping people into his "games".

-Saw5: David Hackl, who served as the production designer of Saw II, III, and IV, and second-unit director for Saw III and IV made his directorial debut with 'Saw V.

-Saw 6 Saw VI concludes the second trilogy of the series that focused on the posthumous effects of the Jigsaw Killer and the progression of his successor, Mark Hoffman. In the film, Hoffman sets up a new trap for an insurance executive, William Easton while the FBI trails the last living Jigsaw accomplice suspect, Peter Strahm. The film's plot has a heavy emphasis on the 2009 economic struggle of the U.S. government attempting to regulate healthcare.Saw VI was the first film to receive a Película X rating in Spain for violence (this rating is usually reserved for pornographic films), restricting screenings to eight select theaters in that country.