

Lawrence is ordered to kill Adam, who is chained up in the bathroom with him, by six o'clock, or else Alison and Diana will be killed. They are held hostage by Zep Hindle as a part of Lawrence's test one of Jigsaw's reasons for testing Lawrence was because Lawrence had cheated on his wife, as well as being cold and uncaring towards his daughter. Appear in: Saw, Saw II (Alison mentioned only)Īlison and Diana Gordon are the wife and daughter of Dr.Portrayed by Monica Potter and Makenzie Vega.In Saw II: Flesh & Blood, Adam is mentioned in Tapp's files and audio tapes as having been hired by one of Tapp's colleagues to prove his wife was having an affair, implying this was why Tapp hired him. Adam also appears in archival footage in Saw VI and Saw 3D.Īdam's decomposing corpse is seen in Saw II, Saw III, and Saw 3D. His name was listed as 'Adam Stanheight'. In Saw III, it is revealed that Amanda suffocated him with a plastic bag in a mercy killing.Īdam's name is seen in Saw V, as Special Agent Peter Strahm browses through FBI documents of potential Jigsaw victims. In Saw II, Adam's corpse is seen (along with that of Zep), revealing that he died some time after the events of Saw. When Adam tries to shoot him, Jigsaw incapacitates him with an electric shock and seals the bathroom door, telling Adam "Game over" and leaving him to die. As the tape ends, the apparent corpse gets up and is revealed to be John Kramer, the actual Jigsaw. While searching Zep's body for a key, Adam finds a tape recorder that reveals that Zep was also a victim in the game, and was following instructions from Jigsaw in order to obtain an antidote for a slow-acting poison in his bloodstream. Gordon crawls away to get help, promising to return to Adam. Gordon, Adam rises and bludgeons Zep to death with a toilet tank lid, believing him to be Jigsaw and therefore responsible for their abduction. Gordon's hospital, opens the door to the bathroom. Adam survives the gunshot, but plays dead. Gordon saws off his own foot, much to Adam's horror, and shoots Adam with the apparent corpse's revolver, despite Adam pleading for his life.

At six o'clock, desperate to save his family, Dr. Gordon deduces that the saws are actually intended for their feet, and subsequently realises that they were kidnapped by Jigsaw, whom he knows about because he was once a suspect in the case.

Adam discovers a bag containing two hacksaws, which they unsuccessfully attempt to use on their chains. Gordon's instructs him to kill Adam by six o'clock. Adam's tape urges him to survive, while Dr. The two men are chained to pipes on opposite sides of a large dilapidated industrial bathroom, with an apparent corpse (holding a tape recorder and a revolver) in the middle, and are given instructions via cassette tape. Gordon was targeted for his cold and uncaring nature, as well as for cheating on his wife. Adam was targeted by Jigsaw because of his spy work, whereas Dr. Adam is kidnapped by Jigsaw's apprentice, Amanda Young and placed in a game alongside Dr. Lawrence Gordon, an oncologist whom Tapp suspected of being the Jigsaw Killer.

Appears in: Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw V (mentioned only), Saw VI, Saw 3D, Saw II: Flesh & Blood (mentioned only)Īdam Stanheight is a freelance photographer who was hired by the discharged detective David Tapp to follow Dr.The films focus primarily on the character of John Kramer ( Tobin Bell), the "Jigsaw Killer," who seeks out those he considers to be wasting their lives and subjects them to torturous and lethal traps, referred to as "tests" and "games," in an attempt to make them appreciate being alive.
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The Saw series of horror films features a large cast of characters created primarily by directors and screenwriters James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. Bottom, left to right: Costas Mandylor, Danny Glover, Betsy Russell. Top, left to right: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Cary Elwes. Actors who have portrayed central characters of the series.
