Saw is a 2004 American horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell from a story by Wan and Whannell). The film tells a nonlinear narrative revolving around the mystery of the Jigsaw Killer, who tests his victims will to live by putting them through deadly games). In the film, two strangers wake up in a room chained to pipes and unable to escape. They gradually discover that theyre part of a twisted game orchestrated by Jigsaw, a notorious serial killer who has constructed an elaborate trap with a series of clues that must be solved in order to escape. The film is extremely violent, with shooting, physical fighting, and gore, as well as death and dead bodies shown on-screen. Saw has spawned a significant number of sequels, and the franchise has a complex and intertwined storyline, with nine films in the timeline.