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The Saw Trilogy (Saw/ Saw II/ Saw III)

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Saw 1: ****
Saw 2: ***
Saw 3: ***

The first Saw was by far the best and the most exciting. It was a refreshingly new take on terror and torture, if you are into that sort of thing. That is not to say that this is a sadistic sort of film. It is and it isn't The torture devices that the poor victims suffer through are pretty horrible, and you wouldn't wish it on anyone, and yet, you can't really turn away from the screen. That is what made the first Saw so captivating. Aside from the appalling acting from Carey Elwes, everything else is solid. Oh yes. And the ending of course was jaw dropping. I really didn't see it coming.

Saw 2 was decent enough. The torture devices were more obsene, the acting was ok for the most part. It even had the same type of claustrophobic environment. But it wasn't as exciting as the first film. It was missing something. I sort of cared for the characters in Saw 1. But I really couldn't find myself to care about any of the characters in this one. But, it still had a pretty neat ending.

Saw 3 was actually better than Saw 2. Still not as good as the first. You would think that every trick and torture device was already exhausted by the 2nd film. Well, we find out that that is not really true. Yes, there are even more devious and ridiculous methods to gruesomely kill a human being. The chest ripping thing was a particular ahem, favorite of mine. The acting overall was better than in Saw 2. And the plot for the most part was coherent, while at the same time, bordering ridiculous. But it was still fun. It seemed like a more tense environment, like in the first Saw. And yes, I also liked the ending in this one.

Sooo overall, you must be entirely non-squimish about watching films like this. Really. And if you do not mind watching people beg uselessly for their lives, then you will like this trilogy.

Don't let my two-star rating mislead you - I think the Saw films themselves are terrific. This set, on the other hand, is not. Prior to purchasing, I already owned the three films in their bare-bones fullscreen incarnations. I bought this hoping to get a slew of unique and interesting bonus features and documentaries, and what I got was neither unique or by any definition a slew. Let me use Saw II as an example. In my one-disc FS edition, there is an audio commentary track and approximately 1 hour of behind the scenes, storyboard sequences, and the like. In this "special edition" version, there are two commentaries and about 1 1/2 hours of documentaries. That's right, they used an extra disc to include almost the same amount of content. Even this I could overlook, being a hound for all the content I can get. What really sends this set down the tubes is the quality of the content. All of the content on these discs is pure film school, talking about the roles of the producers, and the DP, etc. The content that makes the Saw films unique - the propwork, the traps, and the real meat of the story itself, is nigh completely absent. My old edition, on the other hand, focused almost exclusively on these unique hooks. Every DVD has content on the moviemaking industry, but only Saw can have content on its own unique style. This box set fails utterly to deliver that. The less than 5 minutes of extra footage in each film for the "Directors Cut" offers nothing more than a few extra shots of gore in scenes that are already present. I bought this used for $20, and I still am unsure as to whether it was worth it. The $33 that amazon charges is inflated, and the sticker price of $50 is outrageous. In summation, only buy this if you are a rabid Saw collector - but if you are, you already own the two-disc sets that this box contains.

Well, when I purchased this item, I had already seen Saw 3 and Saw 1, but I mainly purchased it for the bonus features. I expected to see the movies and about 1 hour of bonus features. Boy, was I wrong. Well, I have a Blu-Ray player, and I played all 3 Saw movies through it. WOW. The picture was better because it was up-converted, and the surround sound we have made the movies even scarier. But, back to the set, I was surprised at how many bonus features these DVD's had. 15 hours all together is ALOT of features. I was impressed overall and can't wait to watch all the bonus features.

I found it at BlockBuster yesterday too ($20). I though maybe Amazon would sell it for less, but after seeing the higher price, I went and picked it up today at BB. It really is worth the price though. 6 disks, and the sweet looking box. Tons of extra stuff too, like games. Also, on the third disk, there's a scene from Saw IV. Not going to ruin it, but it's really creative.

This set is really cool it has a head right on a slip cover over the case and its in a plastic box, this set has 6 discs and is just the coolest dvd ive ever seen, my sister hates horror movies and she is going to buy this dvd just for the case, i bought this set for 2.00 plus 2.98 shipping so for 4.98 you cant really beat it, this set is easily worth the 15 amazon is trying to get. i am very new to the saw movies, i seen my first saw movie just after receiving this set and i think its pretty good definitely different but good.

Despite the fact that the movies are perfect for any gore hound, the packaging is just stupid. Don't get me wrong, it looks cool, but it can not withstand the mail, apparently. I received it with numerous cracks in it. The discs were in great condition, but the plastic casing was shot. If you really need t get this, get it from Target or Half-Price Books.

Saw- This is where the games began, and started an entire franchise of Saw films. Before there was Hoffman, Strahm, Jill, and Erickson, it was just Jigsaw testing Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in an old dirty and filthy bathroom with a dead body in the middle. They hear a tape by Jigsaw that tells Dr. Gordon to kill Adam by 6:00 a.m., or his wife and daughter will die. Zep has his family hostage and Detecive David Tapp still thinks that Dr. Gordon is linked to the Jigsaw murders. Throughout the time in the room, we see flashbacks of Jigsaw's other games, and why Adam and Gordon are in the room. If you love horror, and twists, you'll love SAW!!!

Saw II- This was a really awesome sequel, and just as thrilling as the original! I like the S.W.A.T team scenes and the traps and twists! After bailing his son out of jail, Detective Eric Matthews finds out where Jigsaw is hiding, but for Jigsaw, getting caught is all part of the game. Eight people are trapped in a house. Included in the game are Amanda from the original, Eric's son; Daniel, Xavier, Obi, Gus, Laura, Addison, and Jonas. They all must find an antidote for the poison gas they are breathing. Later, Xavier chases Amanda and Daniel to the classic Saw bathroom. Eric is finally enraged by Jigsaw that he beats him up until he tells him where the house is. If you love horror, Saw, and twists, you'll love SAW II!!!

Saw III- To me, Saw III is more epic because it's longer and has more soap opera elements to Amanda and Jigsaw's character. Tobin Bell does another awesome job as Jigsaw, who is now on his death bed. Jigsaw has Lynn kidnapped and brought to him so he can stay alive long enough to see if Jeff makes it through his test. Jeff has been a depressed dad for three years because his son was killed by a driver named Timothy Young. Jeff has three tests and must learn to forgive the people responsible for the death of his child. My favorite trap in this one is the Pig Vat when Jeff has to save the judge from drowning in ground up pig intestines. I love when Lynn has to perform surgery on Jigsaw and removing some of his skull to relax his brain. Will Jeff learn to forgive? Will Jigsaw live? Let's play a game and find out! If you love Jigsaw and the Saw movies, you'll love SAW III!!!

Saw is definitely one of my favorite movies & when I found out that my boyfriend had never seen any of them, I knew that The Saw Trilogy pack would be a great start. I bought this with Saw IV & Saw V... by the end of Saw V, my boyfriend told me we have to see Saw VI. I love it when a plan comes together. :) I love the casing on this DVD set & how Jigsaw pops right out at you... The special features are amazing & it was just an overall great purchase! :)

Very creepy, gory, brilliant minds of the directors & interesting. Keeps you wanting more. Keeps you wanting to see whats next.

In Saw 1, two men named Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) and Adam (Leigh Whannel)wake up in a filfty uncleaned bathroom chained to their feet as a mysterious cold-blooded killer named Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) has them trapped. His motives are to make people play deadly torturous games in order to survive or die. However Dr. Gordon's family is in great peril as he must be done as he's told. Next "Saw 2" continues off the first movie as Jigsaw returns for he gets unmasked, this time he traps a helpless group of people such as Amanda (Shawnee Smith) with others (Glen Plummer, Franky G., Emmanuell Vaugier and Tony Nappo) in a booby-trap filled house as they have many hours before the poison in their blood devours them as they must find the antitode and Detective Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) has discovered that his son is part of his sick game and wants to help him. Finally "Saw III" takes place a month after part 2, Amanda becomes Jigsaw's helper for around round of gruesome torture to unfortunate people as they kidnap a female doctor named Lynn (Bahar Soomok) so they can help him with his cancerous problems, a new victim named Jeff (Angus MacFayden) must go through a maze of important tasks including trying to find who murdered his child and put a stop to Jigsaw.

All three amazing movies from writers-directors James Wan and Darren Lynn-Bousmann started a unique trilogy of movies. Starting from the excellent first movie, it was originally gonna be a direct-to-video movie that later became a theatrical flick after positive response from film festivals to be in theaters thus Lionsgate picked it up then it became a well received box-office smash. A thrilling "Silence of the Lambs" and "Se7en"-esque thriller that goes to the jugulear veins and never lets go, Danny Glover gives a great performance in the first movie and the film has an amazing ending. The second movie is a brilliant and better acted movie then the first movie as it gives some memorable traps like the infamous needle-pit sequence which is guaranteed to make anyone cringe and finally the third movie is very weak but still a nice end to a trilogy unlike the other sequels of the series as they went downhill from their. All movies are quite gory and realistic with ideas, brains and chilling atmosphere with a great sense of fun for any horror fan.

All three movies in this package are the unrated director's cuts with footage not shown in the R-rated versions as they have great extras like two short movies including the one that spawned the 2004 movie, commentaries, trailer on part 2, behind the scenes footage, featurettes, a fun game on part 2, trivia, Art gallery on part 1 and Documentaries.