In which we met psychopathic serial
killer Jigsaw, a man dying of cancer who kidnaps people and puts them
into horrific traps they have to solve to survive. The traps usually
involve physical disfigurement to survive, the catch that surviving
this trap will make you appreciate life and change your wicked ways.
At the end of the film Jigsaw gets away scot free, as we get the
impression he's not quite done yet with his twisted crusade to make
the world a better place.
The first Saw was the definition
of a smash hit, made for almost nothing and turning a huge profit
while getting very positive reaction from critics and fans alike.
Its distributor, Lionsgate Films, knew they had something very
special on their hands and wanted to create a new franchise based off
yearly sequels releasing every Halloween.
One problem though: Saw's
creators, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, had moved on to a different
movie and were no longer available to helm a sequel. With less than
a year from their targeted release date of Saw II and
no one really having any idea what to do, fate handed
Lionsgate a gift in the form of writer/director Darren Lynn Bousman
and his script for a movie called The Desperate.
