Saw Page #2

Synopsis: Photographer Adam Stanheight (Leigh Whannell) and oncologist Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) regain consciousness while chained to pipes at either end of a filthy bathroom. As the two men realize they've been trapped by a sadistic serial killer nicknamed "Jigsaw" and must complete his perverse puzzle to live.
Director(s): James Wan
Production: Lions Gate Films
  8 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
49%
R
Year:
2004
103 min
$55,100,000
Website
4,136 Views


You are a perfectly healthy, sane,

middle-class male.

Yet last month, you ran a straight razor

across your wrists.

Did you cut yourself

because you truly wanted to die,

or did you just want some attention?

Tonight, you'll show me.

The irony is that if you want to die,

you just have to stay where you are.

But if you want to live,

you'll have to cut yourself again.

Find the path through the razor wire to the door.

But hurry. At 3:
00 that door will lock

and then this room becomes your tomb.

How much blood will you shed

to stay alive, Paul?

The door was on a timer.

It was unlocked until 3:00.

Then it slammed shut.

He was given two hours.

Jigsaw piece.

I think we're gonna be here for a while, Sing.

The newspapers started calling him

the "Jigsaw Killer. "

Actually, technically speaking, he's

not really a murderer.

He never killed anyone.

He finds ways for his victims

to kill themselves.

Hello Mark. If you're so sick,

then why do I have

so many photos of you up and about?

Let's put your so-called illness to the test.

Right now,

there is a slow-acting poison in your veins.

The antidote is in the safe.

The combination to the safe

is written on the wall.

Hurry up and program it in.

But watch your step.

And by the way, that's a flammable substance

smeared on your body,

so I would be careful with that candle,

if I were you...

Help!!!!!

...or all the people

you've burned with your act

just might have their revenge.

I found something else.

Well, two things, actually.

There was someone standing outside here

watching through this peephole.

Looks like our friend Jigsaw likes to book

himself front row seats to his own sick little games.

He was there at the last one as well.

Only this time, he left us his penlight.

Get a rush on the prints.

Copy that.

Okay. This patient has an inoperable

frontal lobe tumor

extending across the midline.

Started as colon cancer.

The patient has come in

for a standard checkup

by which we are able to monitor the rate

at which his condition is declining.

The patient had...

His name is John, Dr. Gordon.

He's a very interesting person.

Thank you for that information, Zep.

As you can see, our orderlies

form very special bonds with the patients.

Continuing on, the patient...

Dr. Gordon, Dr. Lawrence Gordon, please page the operator.

Obviously, someone doesn't want me

to tell you what the patient has. Excuse me.

Dr. Gordon, I'm Detective Tapp...

this is Detective Sing, City Homicide.

Very impressive.

Oh. Thank you, I do my best.

Sorry to interrupt you while you're working.

That's fine.

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Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2011), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell has directed two films, Insidious: Chapter 3, released in 2015, and Upgrade, released in 2018. Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the "Adam Stanheight" character in four of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties. more…

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