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Not for the squeamish.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Oliver M. Pulumbarit, Contributor
GOOD horror movie villains are often the ones who score with the most memorable dastardly deeds, if not the best rationale for their deranged behavior.
Whether it's Hannibal Lecter showing off his culinary touch, or the talky sniper playing elaborate mind games in "Phone Booth," these characters leave their victims as macabre calling cards. Thus, the most creative cinematic murderers, no doubt, are also the most morbidly fascinating.
In the new gore-fest "Saw," we are served a scenario that only deeply disturbed individuals-or, in this case, two very imaginative storytellers-can whip up. Director James Wan and co-writer and actor Leigh Whannell, both 27-year-olds, present a story focusing on two strangers, mostly set in a room where they are held captive by a masked madman dubbed by puzzled cops as "The Jigsaw Killer."
This isn't just any regular knife-wielding psycho. He carefully picks his victims and places them in situations where they do terrible things to themselves-or to others, so that they may save themselves from violent deaths.
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