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This film was such a saw ripoff


This was a Saw ripoff, especially Saw 5, complete with collars, tape recorder, and even surveilance photo in the clothes package that was shot in exactly the same style. That was annoying.

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Then where are the traps and the tortures ? It looks more like "Cube" in a way but "Saw" is not an exemple of original script, the concept of the collars was far from being new.

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I didn't think it was a rip off of saw at all. It was a lot more like a combination of Battle Royale and Cube. Battle Royale had the explosive collars with people receiving unique items to kill their classmates, kind of like what people received with their jump suits in this. The social experiment was similar to Cube as far as back story.

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Cube was more similar but I got the feeling that it is closest to the Killing Room, except the Killing Room gives more explanation and the plot is a little better.

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sounds kind of similar to 13 Tzametti.

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It reminded me of the killing room, now that was a good moving about psychological research and government programs.

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13 Tzamettis US remake is just called "13" though. It's from 2010 if you wanna look it up.

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I thought it ripped off Wild Wild West what with the collars and electricity.

I get really tired of the A ripped off B and the excuse it was an homage.

People don't seem to understand that everyone has their own ideas, and someone taking the an idea and putting their own spin on it is not "ripping off".


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Within the first few minutes and based on the description, this film made me think of The Cube.

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its cube or killing room that is similar, saw is a long shot.

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how you compare this to saw v is beyond me.. saw v takes particular people some former victims who havnt learnt their lesson so here we go and their in a house filled with horrors.. ready for each person something awaits their demise..

to see stranger made to wear boiler suites some blue some red.. and paper noted with fact or details regarding a particular person like telling the latino chick number 4 the one who played a character that was mentally challanged ..to where it was simple to ignore him as he pulled it off that socially he was disfunctional and unable to make sense or partake any conversation of worth ..
the object of the game was for the winner to get the prize of living through what would be systematic killing one by one.. and some thought there has to be reason if we determine why we are here we might all survive...
and yes i never would have thought that blonde .. so horrible thrown in a room dominated by men half naked ..it was staged for those in the room..and us the viewer to feel empathy for the way she was just thrown into a space without forcing her exposure .. humiliating for any woman to have to go through.. i never once suspected her part in the game ..was she was an inside job.. and probably the one killing one of them at a time.. for then to go further and she leave that room into a complex where many ppl sat behind screens watching particular characers behaving under extreme enviroment how they react when while alone found a HINT note .. as it gave them knowledge they had no reason but to let it be kept for their use...in possible details ..helping them toward a chance more so of winning the game ..by staying alive.. it seemd clear as she walked yo a desk of her own ..government played a part in some experiment for some reason never revealed or reason as to why the game was played and to prove what? i dont know.. that failed the whole film and it seemed worthless if you watch a movie ..and your kept till the end to be given real reason ..with a twist as why or how it ended..,, but this film played a senario of random killings of ppl from average lifestyle no reason to take them out of a good life with family and use them like rats..seen worthless and use needed for experimental governmet research .. with no motive.. no one found a common bond with each other.. vague in every way.. and ending with your imagination having to try fill a void of if it was governemtn funded experiment.. secret and working with selected ppl who were psychopathic in nature so their job if it be killing innocent ppl.. psychopaths.. see no reason to think twice..but just routine procedure they took as a job that paid well.. considering the host on the screen was oh so feminine and gay .. it doubt he be seen serious classified job title.. as use of men hard and brutal that talked about a game that was going to beplayed out and no options or reason forcing ppl into a game.. the person on screen would not be effeminate and soft spoken.. nothing made sense..
so compared to saw v ur am idiot to level in quality this film to that of the quality saw movies took pride in..
how this lame vague motiveless random killing of innocents..for reaons never revealed so we understood about cause to kill ..and you watched it and it felt like watching high credited famous series of movies named SAW.. ur brain dead son..

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