While critics often found it "grisly and tedious," the film was a massive commercial success, grossing over $113 million worldwide against a $10.8 million budget.
The film has a lot of intentional film grain and dark, shadowy environments. A high-bitrate x264 file preserves these details, ensuring the dark corners of the traps don't turn into a "blocky" mess (macroblocking). saw 5 x264
For a film that relies so much on rapid-fire editing and strobe effects, the x264 codec manages the high-motion scenes without significant blurring. Final Verdict While critics often found it "grisly and tedious,"