Movie Review: Saw 3

Saw 3 (2006)
Dir: Darren Lyn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, et al...
Plot: The masterfully (gruesome) work of the 'Jigsaw' continues, even from his own death bed. Now with a protege, his legacy and legend carries on with some new inventive 'games' he makes his victims play. This time the main subject being a man not willing to let go and forgive, all involved in the death of his only son. Let the games begin...

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Now a yearly tradition for a 'Saw' installment to be released to coincide with the grand old tradition of Halloween, let's hope this is the last in the series. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that it's getting to be tired formula, and surely they must be running out of ideas on how to torment and kill people by now. (Read that the creators and writers of the series - the two alumnus of RMIT! yay! =D - don't wanna do another one, but the studio would more than likely produce another, with or without them. =S) It's been one majorly successful franchise. Raking in a quite lot more than it was made for.

The third installment, does not work as a 'stand-alone' movie. By that I mean, you had to have seen the first two to know what is going on (at least in terms of the deeper meaning). Having said that, it does tie the three movies together rather nicely. Wrapping up a series that have provided a lot of blood and gore. The formula is tired, but the twists will continue to get you. Whether you like them is another story, and that where it failed for me. It just felt like something they put together in hurry, for the sake of putting it together.

See it if you liked the first two, but much like the two, it's not for the faint of heart. As they say, 'oh yes, there will be blood.'