One Trick Pony

Rating: 1/10 (29 October 2006)

First off I want to state I am a fan of the first Saw. I thought the uniqueness of the story and suspense was noteworthy. While there was gore, the great story was the focus and the gore wasn't overdone and used for mere shock value. The movie kept you drawn in and on the edge of your seat all the way to the very end wondering what was really going on. In Saw 2, it was all downhill from there. The audience knew who the killer was or the mastermind of the crimes, and the ending was not a smart twist which leads to the very messy Saw 3. I mean messy in more ways than one. The first major problem is a lot more gore instead of great story. The new characters presented in this installment are not ones you particularly root for like you do in the first and even second film. The second major problem is the Amanda character. The motivation behind her helping Jigsaw is completely illogical. In this movie, her character is now revealed to have a murderous streak which makes absolutely no sense. Then of course there is the very unsatisfying ending which I won't reveal other than stating is full of additional plot holes.