It seems that the killer has left a message for Eric who's suddenly drawn into the investigation when he and Kerry learn that Jigsaw is back to his old tricks again. This time he has Daniel as one of his potential victims trapped inside a house with a bunch of strangers. They learn via audiotape that if they want to survive their booby-trapped environs -- before a slowly vented nerve gas kills them in two hours -- they must figure out various abstract clues about themselves and the house in order to get out.
One of the victims, former addict Amanda (SHAWNEE SMITH) has first-hand experience with this situation as she was a previous victim of Jigsaw's morality experience who managed to prove she had the survival instinct the killer seems to be testing. Unfortunately for Gus (TONY NAPPO), he fails that and becomes the first victim, thus causing muscle-bound drug dealer Xavier (FRANKY G.) to take charge, much to the chagrin of fellow former convicts Jonas (GLENN PLUMMER) and Addison (EMMANUELLE VAUGIER). Meanwhile, mousy Laura (BEVERLEY MITCHELL) can't handle the predicament in which she finds herself, unlike Obi (TIMOTHY BURD) who may know a thing or two about what's occurring.
Eric and Kerry quickly apprehend the killer (TOBIN BELL) in his lair, but he wants to play a twisted game with Eric, stating that if he plays along, he can save his son. With time running out, Eric tries to figure out the killer's mindset and tricks, all as the potential victims race against the clock, the progressively worsening effects of the nerve agent, and some of them turning against the others.
Violence consists of lethal and bloody acts where people are killed by various means and in various fashions (including but not limited to being shot, burned alive, having a head crushed in a steel trap, being bashed in the head with a spiked bat, etc.), while a cop severely beats a suspect. All of that has very bloody, gory and grisly results and may, along with various moments of potential peril (and scenes of vomiting blood from being poisoned, etc.), be unsettling, suspenseful or downright scary to some viewers, particularly younger kids and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material.
Bad attitudes are obviously present, while a woman shoots up heroin or something similar in a flashback, while comments are made about drinking and a person smokes several times. A character is noted as having cancer, a father and son have some tension between them and some of the behavior on display (mainly referring to setting up similar booby-traps) might be enticing to some to imitate.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, a great deal of camera movement (shaky, whip around, handheld, etc.) is present throughout the film).
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(2005) (Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Heavy
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
Heavy
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
Moderate
Extreme
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Mild
Mild
Moderate
Extreme
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Reviewed October 24, 2005/ Posted October 28, 2005
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