A disappointment in an otherwise great series

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2009)

Saw III isn't that bad. It's just that after an amazing Saw and a great Saw II, it comes out as a disappointment. The acting is decent, like in most Saw movies. Shawnee Smith has a different approach to her character: she acted well in this movie, and I did feel sorry for Amanda throughout this movie. Angus Macfadyen is okay as Jeff, though I didn't really like his character. He turned out to be plain dumb at the end of the movie. Tobin Bell is excellent, needless to say he's probably one of the only actors who will never disappoint in a Saw movie, and sadly to say, some of the best acting moments come from Lyric Bent, who has two minutes or so in the movie and Donnie Wahlberg who has close to five minutes in the movie. The girl who played Lynn was just plain awful.
The story is well written, but it comes out as pure torture-porn, with each ''test'' being an excuse to show as much blood, gore and guts as possible. It has a decent ending however, but it just doesn't make up like the first two. The traps themselves are cool, but to me it takes more than just traps, blood, gore and guts to make a Saw movie. Overall, this is a disappointment, though I probably wouldn't mind watching it again, but it's not the type of movie I would buy.