A model (Elisha Cuthbert) awakes to find herself prisoner in a cellar. In an adjoining cell is a man she makes a close bond with, as they try to stay sane as their kidnapper tries to drives them psychologically mad. Eventually the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.It's a case of a lot of style over substance in this Saw knockoff. There are a lot of elaborate traps and gizmos (do all these killers have engineering degrees or what?) for torture and a twist or 2 to keep you guessing how it's going to end. The killer's ID is kept a mystery for most of the film with a hood or whatever, despite the fact he has no interest in letting the victim live. Not sure why he cared if she saw his face. Who's she going to rat him out to? God?
I read a whole lot of really bad reviews on this film and a lot of critics were just flat out disgusted with the content, but I really didn't find it all that bad actually. Maybe I was just prepared (or desensitized). Sure it's a bit demented and cruel at times, but it's still the basic survival story of how much a human can endure before snapping. It's pace is decent, but perhaps a bit dull at times, and it's dark feel is typical of a lot of these grungy looking flicks. Gore? Well, it's got some nastiness for sure, but not an abundence.
Overall, it's not a particularly smart film as I saw any twists coming a mile away and I didn't find it too exciting, but it's not as awful (if you like horror) as you might think from reading some of the reviews. It is a mean movie at times though.
5/10
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