The sophistication of technology, as well as the resourcefulness of the antagonist, is just astounding in this movie. How is a device synched to a computer accelerates together with the number of traffic shown on the monitor screen? How is a pulley connected to a computer and can be turned on and off by a mere push of a button on the keyboard? And how does an outside source affect a motor vehicle’s engine, causing it to breakdown?

All these questions were never attempted with an explanation by the writers and it’s a little difficult to sit through these scenes without feeling stupid.

And it all began with the opening scenes when Diane Lane’s character was trying hard to make her career job look exciting, involving and fun all at the same time; because ultimately this job is just plain boring and this Hollywood effort has also failed to spice it up some like how they are usually able to.

At least it’s not a stupid serial killer backdrop. The murders were all well thought-out with reasons. At least the actors were all competent in their portrayal, which was what saved the movie from being even worse than it already was. But Lane’s ending pose was a little over indulgent and became very silly five seconds later when she’s still in the same pose.

The trailer was able to draw the crowd by tagging on the YouTube age and the voyeuristic characteristics that came with it. But the movie was quite boring overall and lacked the intelligence and gore found in the Saw movies, which its killing devices admittedly could rival.

Rating: 4 / 10

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