Saw Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Sep. 20, 2024

Saw

Director: James Wan

Starring: Tobin Bell • Cary Elwes • Danny Glover • Ken Leung • Dina Meyer

R Horror 1 hr, 40 m

29% WILL SEE 71% WON'T SEE

What's the story about?

Plot: A young man named Adam (Leigh Whannell) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes). Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither man knows why he has been abducted; but instructions left on a microcassette, order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours. If he fails to do so, then both men will die, and Dr. Gordon's wife, Alison (Monica Potter), and his daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by a police detective named Tapp (Danny Glover), Dr. Gordon realizes he and Adam are the next victims of a psychopathic genius known only as "Jigsaw." With only a few hours left to spare, they must unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate in the midst of mounting terror. The killer has provided them with only a few clues and two handsaws—too weak to break their steel shackles, but strong enough to cut through flesh and bone...

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The lead cast starring in Saw.

T
Tobin Bell
Altered Reality, Saw 3D
C
Cary Elwes
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Danny Glover
2012, American Dreamer
K
Ken Leung
Missing, Avatar: The Last Airbender (series)
D
Dina Meyer
Starship Troopers, Amerigeddon
M
Monica Potter
The Girl in the Pool, Running On Empty
S
Shawnee Smith
Christmas vs. The Walters, Bloodline Killer
L
Leigh Whannell
Insidious: The Last Key, Cooties

The Saw behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director James Wan last directed Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Malignant. The film's writer Leigh Whannell last wrote Wolf Man and The Invisible Man.

What we know about the Saw movie production.

Lionsgate will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the theatrical release of SAW, the film that kicked off the most successful horror franchise in history, by bringing it back to theaters nationwide for one week only. The film will open on Friday, October 31st, with select screenings beginning Thursday night, October 30th. The seven SAW films grossed $874 million at the box office worldwide and were hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the 'Most Successful Horror Franchise' of all time.