A disappointment. The concept is worn out already.

Rating: 5/10 (19 February 2007)

OK, I am one of those few, that did not like the film that much. And I can hardly understand why people find SAWIII such good film...
First of all, throughout the movie I kept asking myself how one that is obviously in a very bad condition (the killer) has the power, wit, logistics, money to come up with all the mechanic torture devices.
How is he or Armanda able to get the victims where they are? Where the hell does all this take place without being noticed by authorities - the killer is no stranger to the police, right?
Lack of logic everywhere. My mind confronted me with a lot of questions all the time and that took away a lot of entertainment.
SAWI had a lot of elements. It had gore, suspense, police-investigation, hope, despair. All of which were put together with excellence. It worked on a lot of levels.
SAWIII lacks almost everything except the gore. I don't like when I get the impression that the lack of plot-ideas is compensated with gore-scenes that make you cringe.
There was almost no investigation-scenery going on. It was focused basically on one theme - the torture&despair of the victims. I find this to be a bit one-dimensional.
However, and maybe that was simply the intention, it was hard to watch the whole thing, I did feel uncomfortable and I was not in a good mood after wards. It had a moving finale, but more because I felt very sorry for the two main-characters, instead of being surprised by some awesome ending-clue. OK, there was something greater going on with Armanda but that did not convince me.
SAW I had the most striking final seconds a film can have.
The ending of SAWIII is just terrible sad and drama-like.
I did find the film to be entertaining because of my latent voyeurism - watching people die is one reason we watch horror, but if it is reduced to this one basic concept it does not succeed to fully entertain me.
Since SAW IV is already planned, even SAWV: I wonder what sense this makes? The concept is pretty much dead, and the ending of SAWIII somewhat makes it hard to continue the story.
Sorry guys, this was a disappointment, However if you enjoy watching people die by sick torture-devices, this is for you. If you want an interesting story on top of it, i guess you should look elsewhere.
Oh yes, I apologize for my somewhat strange English.