# New Movie - Saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-saw/271763 "2004-10-29T00:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-saw/271763/1 "2004-10-29T00:51:52Z")
Just saw the preview they showed on CSI this evening… What _can_ cops do in that situation - the psycho has some guy strapped in a chair. The 2 cops burst in with guns, and the psycho in asome sort of hooded creepshow monks robe or something gets told to put his hands up, so he hits a red switch and some driills start up. He tells the cops to sod off, the victim has 20 seconds, so they need to decide if they are going to threaten the psycho or save the victim. On a personal level, I would _so_ blow the psycho away, damn the paperwork…you should be able to blow the bad guy away and save the victim in 20 seconds…So many movies would not make it past the first commercial break if people did the sensible thing and blew away the psycho instead of trying to hold him for the cops, or psych ward… ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-saw/271763/2 "2004-10-29T01:01:46Z")
Shoot the Hostage! ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-saw/271763/3 "2004-10-29T03:45:42Z")
They did pretty much what I would’ve done in that situation. In fact, I was telling the guy on TV to shoot the drill bits off! Would have worked fine, except stupid Danny Glover was standing like 2 feet away from the suspect, jeez. Maybe he IS “getting too old for this shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Sayid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jack\_Sayid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Sayid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-saw/271763/4 "2004-10-29T03:54:03Z")
Cop #1 goes after pyscho. Cop #2 works on saving the hostage. From the previews and reviews I’ve read, **Saw** looks like it’s gonna be one heck of a good movie. I can’t wait to see it!