Saw III

Saw III is almost identical in every way to Saw II. So whatever you thought of Saw II, is what you're going to think of Saw III. Same director, same cast, same writer. For all I know they just pieced together some edited out footage from Saw II and slapped a new title on it.

I thought Saw II was mildly entertaining. Basically the Saw movies, much like the Final Destination series, is just an excuse for a dark writer to find creative ways to kill people. Saw III was no exception, but at least it had more a spine running through the movie to keep it together. Centralizing on one character's journey through redemption was much more entertaining than with Saw II, throwing a bunch of people in a house and slowing killing them all off. So that made the film more captivating.

My surprise with the Saw series has always been the well done script and the acting. The biggest disappointment has been the directing. Although the first two films had decent directing, this third installment was hideous. And I can't figure out why since the director was the same for Saw II. Maybe it wasn't so much the directing as the sound folly. Though the crunching and the munching of bones was disturbing, it didn't seem to be well-blended into the flow and motion of the camera work. Sound folly is very important in modern day horror flicks, so I something I can't place my finger on is missing from this film which left me with an incomplete feeling.

Listen, you don't really need a review of this movie. You know what kind of movie to expect, and it delivers on just that.

Rating: 7 out of 10