• Director(s)

    James Wan

  • Production Year

    2004

  • Release date

    31/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover

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Film

Saw

strong bloody violence

Two strangers awake in a room, chained and with no memory of how they got there, only to discover they are pawns in the sadistic, torturous game of a vicious serial killer in this intense, stomach-churning horror thriller.…

Two strangers awake in a room, chained and with no memory of how they got there, only to discover they are pawns in the sadistic, torturous game of a vicious serial killer in this intense, stomach-churning horror thriller.

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violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

rude humour

  • Director(s)

    James Wan

  • Production Year

    2004

  • Release date

    31/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover

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strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
09/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd/ Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd (film)
violence
There are bloody shootings, stabbings and bludgeonings, as well as a scene in which a man is forced to cut off his own leg.
threat and horror
Strong scenes of threat and horror include characters being placed in various sadistic death traps which involve physical and mental torture. A terrified young girl and her mother are menaced in their own home by an intruder; they are tied, gagged, held at gunpoint and threatened with death.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), along with milder terms which include 'prick', 'bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'God', 'damn', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
sex
Verbal references to sex include mention of a 'gang-bang' with multiple prostitutes; there is no visual detail, however.
drugs
Undetailed verbal references are made to drug addiction.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Fleeting, undetailed verbal references to child sexual abuse are made in the context of a police investigation.
injury detail
There are strong gory images throughout, including repeated sight of a bloody corpse with a gunshot wound to its head, lying in a large pool of blood, A character sifts through a man's bloody innards in search of an object and there is close-up visual detail of a man sawing through his own leg. A corpse is seen repeatedly, covered in cuts inflicted by razor wire, and another is shown with severe burns.
rude humour
A man puts his arm into filthy toilet water to search for an object in a darkly comic scene.
theme
There are references to a man's terminal cancer diagnosis and treatment.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Contains strong bloody violence and language
Classified Date:
10/08/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
11/01/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
violence
There are bloody shootings and stabbings. There is a scene in which a man is forced to cut off his own leg resulting in strong gory injury detail. Other gore includes sight of a man's mangled face and of a dead body lying in a pool of congealed blood.
additional issues
There is strong language (‘f**k’).
Classified Date:
14/05/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
Classified Date:
04/10/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
17/08/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
Classified Date:
30/04/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
Classified Date:
30/04/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
Classified Date:
30/04/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
Classified Date:
30/04/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)

  • Classified date

    09/09/2024

  • Language

    English