Tiresome and disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (11 August 2007)

Upon watching this movie, I hoped it would redeem itself from the previous Saw movie, Saw II, which was greatly inferior to the first installment. Unfortunately, it proved to be even more boring and redundant than it's predecessor. The movie follows a man (I already forgot his name... probably Jack or Jeff or something common like that) through a series of "games" which the mysterious Jigsaw, a dying serial killer has prepared for him, in order to test his forgiveness. Meanwhile, Jigsaw has captured a young doctor who is to keep him alive long enough so that he can witness his final game.
The movie fails in many ways. The plot is similar to that of the two previous movies yet the tension, which was one of the main strengths of the first Saw, is almost inexistent. The acting isn't that great either. The actor who plays Jigsaw is decent, but the rest of the cast are hopelessly under par. The whole experience is in fact quite an ordeal and I was relieved to see the movie end after two hours dark scenes and useless wandering by the supposed "protagonist". Finally, the "shock ending" is needlessly complex and not very different than that of the two other movies. It even foreshadows more bad news; a fourth Saw movie. This makes me wonder: How much worse can these movies get?