What is the point of the Saw movie series?

Answer 1

Two men wake up at opposite sides of a dirty, disused bathroom, chained by their ankles to pipes. Between them lies a dead man loosely clutching a hand-held tape player and a handgun. Each finds a tape the perfect fit for the player in their back pocket. They play the tapes. One is threatened, the other isn't. But they have a task: One must kill the other by 6:00, or his wife and daughter will die. They find hacksaws in a toilet, and try to cut the chains, but it doesn't work. They are the two newest victims of the Jigsaw Killer. In a flashback, we learn of Amanda, a girl who falls victim to the Jigsaw Killer. On her head is a mask, which is hooked into her lower jaw. There is a timer on it. Only one key will unlock it, and that key is in the digestive tract of her cell mate who lies paralyzed on the opposite side of the room. If she doesn't unlock the mask in time, her lower jaw will be ripped wide open. She survives, but her cell mate doesn't. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn of more victims, and of the nearly-successful capture of the Jigsaw Killer, who doesn't actually kill his victims. Instead, he gives them a chance to survive.

Answer 2

Despite personal rants, the series focuses on the central subject of a man whom has been given a death sentence by inoperable cancer and then uses his remaining time to instill the value of human life to people whom he deems do not appreciate theirs, and is in one way or another mistreating or wasting their life. So in the end, it is a pretty bold statement to society in general to not waste their lives. All this is presented in a pretty warped and twisted way, but John does not set out to actually kill these people whom he chooses. He genuinely wants them to succeed and to live; it's just simply at a cost to them. They will carry the scars or disfigurements with them but these will serve as a reminder for the rest of their days what they sacrificed to remain alive, and that will to live is what he is trying to awaken in them.

Answer 3

Wikipedia has great story lines for movie spoilers like no other website I have found so far. Although the bad recognition for anyone able to edit it, most of the times, Wikipedia gives reliable information on many movies.

Answer 4

saw is to this day a 7 parts serie about a serial killer... not just any serial killer hes nickname is jigsaw, the actual movies are way better that any i can write, i suggest you to watch them all...

Saw (2004)

The film's story revolves around two men who awaken kidnapped and chained in a dilapidated industrial bathroom. They are each given instructions via a microcassette recorder. One is told he must escape the bathroom, while the other is told to kill him before a certain time, or his family will die. These are the "rules" of their "game". Meanwhile, police detectives investigate and attempt to apprehend the mastermind behind the "game."

Saw 2 (2005)

The film features the Jigsaw Killer being apprehended by the police, but trapping the arresting officer in one of his own games while showing another "game" of eight people-including the officer's son in progress on TV monitors at another location. It also explores some of the Jigsaw's back story, providing a partial explanation for why he chose to become "Jigsaw".

Saw 3 (2006)

The film ends the first trilogy of the series that focuses on a bed-ridden John Kramer, and his apprentice Amanda's final tests before he dies. The film contains additional back-story about the two antagonists.

Saw 4 (2007)

The film continues the story of the Jigsaw Killer and his obsession with teaching people the "value of their own lives". Despite Jigsaw being killed in the last installment, the film still focuses on his ability to manipulate people into continuing his work of trapping people into his "games".

Saw 5 (2008)

The film focuses primarily on the events that led up to Detective Mark Hoffman becoming an apprentice of the Jigsaw Killer, as well as his efforts to prevent anyone else from learning his secret.

Saw 6 (2009)

Saw VI concludes the second trilogy of the series that focused on the posthumous effects of the Jigsaw Killer and the progression of his successor, Mark Hoffman. In the film, Hoffman sets a new trap for an insurance executive, William Easton, while the FBI trails Peter Strahm, now suspected of being Jigsaw's last accomplice.

Saw 7 aka Saw 3D (2010)

The film focuses on a man who claims to be a Jigsaw Survivor and writes a book detailing his experience, becoming a local celebrity. He soon finds himself part of a real Jigsaw game where he must ultimately save his wife. Meanwhile, Jill Tuck explains to an internal affairs officer that rogue Detective Hoffman is the man responsible for the recent Jigsaw games; Tuck is put under police protected custody while officers search for Hoffman.

Answer 5

A lot of people think it's because in the first movie the victims only chance at survival was using a saw to cut of their own limbs. The movie title Saw actually comes from the fact that the media in the movie gave the serial killer the name Jigsaw.

Answer 6

Suspense Horror, often dubbed as Torture-porn, for the reasons that most of the movie is watching people dying after being tortured for a short period of time.

Answer 7

They are gruesome and they are horror.