Barely there.

Rating: 5/10 (1 November 2006)

This movie hardly met my (relatively low) expectations. It was more gory than the last two, but the violence seemed to be the only thing the movie was about. It seemed to me that they came up with some of the most violent and creative ways to torture/kill someone, and then wrote a storyline around it. The plot was compelling, but somewhat shallow and the ending was (as expected) open-ended. I left the theater irritated and wishing that I had saved my $8.50.
The acting was good, though one of the main characters, Amanda, got to be extremely annoying by the end of this film. Jigsaw's character was no different from "Saw 2", though by the end he was starting to sound like a broken record with his "games" and "tests".
All in all, it was entertaining to watch (it definitely made me cringe, squirm and freak out), but don't expect something that will blow you away, as it's lacking in most of the elements that make up an all-around good movie. Definitely doesn't have the charm of the original "Saw".