[katdad]

I'm not a big fan of the Saw movie franchise but I caught some of the ending of the original "Saw" and have a question. In the finale, Cary Elwes uses his shirt as a tourniquet so he can saw off his ankle and reach the cellphone, which is just out of his reach. This seems rather draconian. Question: Why doesn't he use his shirt and maybe saw off his slacks and use them to flip atop the phone and drag it within reach? I wasn't paying too much attention to the plot -- was this just a stupid plot error or was there some story-line reason that he couldn't use his clothes to snag the phone? Like if he did that, his gramma would be fried for supper or something?