Two men, one with no respect for life and the other with no love for his family and no responsibility for his patients, so John Kramer decides to punish them to show them how precious life is, since he himself is suffering from a terminal illness.
Synopsis -
When young Adam gradually awakens from his coma, he finds himself locked inside a rundown basement, and not far away from him is another man who doesn't know what to do with his life - Dr. Lawrence. On the floor between the two of them was a man who had been dead for a long time, the dead body covered in blood and holding a .38 caliber pistol in his hand. Neither Adam nor Lawrence knew exactly how they came to be in this place, and as the two men wondered, the auto-playing cassette tape left in the house went off, and the tape ordered Lawrence to kill Adam within eight hours, or both men would be killed, and Lawrence's wife, Allison, and his daughter would be killed as well.
That's when it suddenly dawned on the two men. Recalling the recent murders being investigated by Detective Tapper of the local police department, they realize that they have become the pawns of a psychopathic killer nicknamed "Hacksaw" and will soon be the next victims to be killed, and with only a few hours left to overcome their fears and figure out the elaborate trap. An elaborate setup. The maniac leaves behind only a few clues and two unassuming handsaws left on the floor...
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Characters -
1. Kerry Evans as Lawrence Gordon
The brain tumor doctor, preoccupied with his job and fame, and unmotivated by caring for his patients and family outside of the home, is captured and put to the test as the focus of a bathroom game.
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2. Ray Warners as Adam Steinhardt
The young photographer, a disrespectful guy who is paid to stalk people, take pictures and collect illegal information, is locked in the bathroom with Gordon, the man he's been photographing.
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3. Danny Glover as David Tepper
The homicide detective in charge of the Hacksaw case is physically and mentally injured and becomes obsessed with the idea that Gordon is a suspect and begins to haunt him.
4. Mike Batts as Paul Lacey
A middle-class man, one of the early victims of the Hacksaw, who had a good life but tried to slit his wrists in a failed attempt to kill himself, and ended up dying a horrific death in a barbed-wire maze.
5. Paul Gertrude as Mark Wilson
A professional con man, one of the early victims of the Hacksaw, who faked his illness at home to avoid work and defraud Medicare, and eventually died in a digital cage.