If you didn't get it before, don't expect to now

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2006)

If you check out critic websites such as Rottentomatoes.com and read their reviews you'll see a lot of people who just don't understand the kind of audiences that enjoy these kinds of movies. I consider myself a hardcore horror fan, and even more so a lover of all movies. SAW 3 is not by any means worthy of an Oscar, but does fill the special voids that horror fans like myself have. It ties up all of the loose ends of the previous two installments and concludes rather strongly. Yes it is gory, yes it is violent, and no you're not going to be impressed with the intelligence behind the story. However if you liked the first two movies as I did, you don't care. With the SAW series, it's not really the events in the movie that are meant to scare you, but more so the idea behind every one of them. It's the idea that people don't appreciate their lives, and the whole philosophy about that which Jigsaw explains to us and his victims. That's what created the franchise's fan base. The gore is really just icing on the cake for enthusiasts. In short, if you liked the last two SAW movies then you'll like this one. If you didn't like them, then you just don't get it.