Saw Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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...

Horror Suspense Thriller

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  Tobin Bell

  Altered Reality, Saw X

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  Cary Elwes

  Dead Man's Wire, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

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  Danny Glover

  2012, Jumanji: The Next Level

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  Ken Leung

  Project Hail Mary, Last Days

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  Dina Meyer

  Starship Troopers, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

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  Monica Potter

  Eulogy, The Girl in the Pool

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  Shawnee Smith

  The Other , The Island

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  Leigh Whannell

  Insidious: The Last Key, Insidious: Chapter 3

Who is making Saw – Crew List

A look at Saw behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director James Wan last helmed Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Malignant. The film's writer Leigh Whannell last penned Wolf Man and The Invisible Man.

Director

James Wan

Screenwriter

Leigh Whannell

Producers

Mark Burg
Gregg Hoffman
Oren Koules

Production – What we know about the Saw

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Key Facts

• 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.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

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