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The first Saw film was a brilliant masterpiece (even if it borrowed a number of things from the Abominable Dr. Phibes). Virtually everything was superb in the first film, story, concept, acting, atmosphere, character development. I would say one of the best films of the 00s. The second was pretty good, but not exceptional. Something had been lost from the first to the second. After that it became more of the same and the kills became more and more brutal. I am not a big fan of the torture sub-genre and tolerated it in the first film because on-screen violence was actually not that bad, but after that the series became increasingly more violent (starting with the second film). So, the first film brilliant yes, even high on my greatest horror movies list, the series as a whole I would have to say no.
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