Saw is a 2004 horror movie, and the first installment of the Saw film series. It was directed by James Wan and co-written by Wan and Leigh Whannell. The movie took only 18 days to film and was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004 and saw an international release later that year on October 29. The film is #3 on Bravo's Even Scarier Movie Moments. The film spawned two sequels, Saw II and Saw III, which were released on October 28, 2005 and October 27, 2006 respectively. Another Saw installment, Saw IV, will be released on October 26, 2007 and will pick up where Saw III left off. Saw V was also announced for a possible 2008 release.
The film is focused on two men who find themselves trapped in a disused bathroom with instructions to kill each other, or be killed in turn. The two characters attempt to escape the trap, while police seek the man who trapped them in their predicament, the "Jigsaw Killer", and his other victims.
The film was originally rated NC-17 for strong graphic violence. This version is available as Saw: Uncut Edition, a DVD special edition of Saw released around the same time that Saw II was released theatrically. The difference between the R rated and the unrated version is minimal.