Did Adam have a chance to live?

I agree that Adam has two chance and he wasted both. The first one was the hacksaw. First he broke his own in hurry. If he has valued his life even he could have taken the step that Dr Gordon has taken.

Let's see the second chance given to Adam again. Just in the end - Saw get up in the room and take out the makeup from his head. He told Adam the key is in tub and Adam remembers he lost the key when he woke up. The keys might be in tube. But instead searching for the keys he pick the empty gun and shoot it on Saw. I think that is where he waste his second chance.

I know this is bringing up an old topic, but I think people tend to miss one key detail... When Zepp comes into the room, before sliding the door open, there is a distinct unlocking sound.

Even if Adam immediatly got the key and unlocked his chain, he still would have been stuck in the room until Dr. Gordon's game was over (6 PM or until dead). So, either way, Adam living was dependent on Dr. Gordon failing.

Did he have a chance to live? Yes... but it was out of his hands. I also feel like Jigsaw would have helped him if Adam didn't try to shoot him in the end.... They made a point to show Jigsaw waiting for Adam to check the bathtub (presumably, so he could show Adam out and give his "redemption" speech)

Yes, I'll keep this simple. Amanda was supposed to put the key around Adam's neck, but Amanda just put it on Adam's chest. Jigsaw told her to but she didn't. So that's another way he could have lived.

All these theories make sense, and I've got another one. It could be worthless but here goes nothing: I reckon Adam never had a chance to survive.

Like if you remember, the whole point of Lawrence and Adam being there was that, if Adam dies, Lawrence'a family will survive. But if Gordon didn't kill Adam, Zepp would kill Alison and Diana.

But Adam killed Zepp. So if you think about it, that part of the deal was never met, meaning that Adam had to die because Lawrence didn't kill him and the whole Gordon family survived.

Thoughts?

Did Adam have a chance to live?

Yes

To be precise he had two chances :

1. Keys: He left the keys in bathtub. So while trying to free himself, he can even have the chance to get the keys, which he missed.

2. Hacksaw: There were two hacksaws; one for each. Fair chance.

Adam and Amanda's "dead cell mate" (Donnie Greco) were both have chances to get out alive but it wasn't fully in their hands. Amanda's cell mate can always be saved if Amanda fails in cutting him. Similarly Adam's fate were in hands of Lawrence and Zep. If both fails or he cut his feet before Lawrence and Zep can kill him, he can be freed.

And for the innocent part Doctor Lynn obviously is more innocent than Adam. And Donnie Greco is supposed to be Amanda's Drug dealer from original script. He doesn't give his weird task to criminal only but to those who lost their path in living their life in a right way.

Related Read: Why did Jigsaw kidnap Lynn Denlon for his operation in Saw 3?

I believe Adam wasn't left for dead since the police were already on their way and they would want to see all the crime scenes. It doesn't matter if Dr. Gordon didn't tell the location, they could find out via phone ping or blood tracks. I mean, the neighbors were involved already and Lawrence was very wounded, he couldn't cover up the location of the torture room. Adam probably made it out alive with help from the police, unless the police themselves didn't want to help which I doubt since there is DNA evidence of the Jigsaw killer to be found in that room! When Jigsaw said "game over", I believe he meant that this particular game was over and it is true, since Zap died. My opinion: Adam survived. Until I saw the sequel.

Adam could have survived by shooting the chain off his foot with the gun jigsaw had and ask Gordon for the bullet and Gordon could have sawed his foot off - they both could have lived.