A Five Star Horror

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2007)

I fell in love with the series much like many of the horror buffs that have latched on to these movies. Not particularly interested in spending $9.00 to see the movie once, I just bought it on DVD yesterday and sat in my room for a good watch. I was disappointed.
The traps are extremely elaborate, which the DVD does a good job of showing in the extra features. A junkie that cuts herself, to me anyway, doesn't have the mental capacity to design such a tremendously complex device as "the rack" or even the "angel trap."
Jeff's character is completely uninteresting. If they had shown more than just snapshot flashbacks about why he is being tested, it might have given the audience more compassion and empathy for his character. As it is, he just seems like a madman that should really care less about what happens to the victims of the traps.
The relationship between Amanda and Jigsaw is at best disturbing. You'd think that Amanda was Jigsaw's love toy by the way she gets "angered" at his connection with Lynn. She seems more like a disgruntled wife than a student of his intelligent mind.
Having really enjoyed the first two, the third was a huge letdown. The ending was predictable, and I hope for the sake of the directors and Leigh Whannell that Saw IV can capture the pieces that were missing in this film.