The worst from the series

Rating: 4/10 (11 November 2006)

I remember two years ago,when I watched ''Saw'' from the first time...What a wonderful experience.The best cop film ever.A compelling drama,which unlike most of today's films,shocked you with it's plot,instead of it's violence.And a revelation was made in the end that left me with my mouth wide-open,looking at the screen even when the credits were playing. One year later,''Saw 2'' came out.Very good film,but I was disappointed.Although the plot still grabbed you tight,the direction was still cool as hell,and Jigsaw's philosophies were more researched(along with his past),the problems were that you had a(boring) main character who always did wrong choices,even during the game,and other characters for whom you never really learner much about,concluding with a very obvious revelation,which was anything by surprising.Still,very good film. So,when I saw the teaser for the third installment,I was curious to see what's going to happen.However,the teaser grew in me a ''fear'' that the third will be all about gore,something that unfortunately has been confirmed... I was greatly disappointed by this film.The amazing plot and emotionality of the first two films have been replaced by useless and over-the-top sick images and violence,which are too sick even for the Saw franchise(the first film never really got after that 'too sick and violent thing' that much-neither did the second film). The revelation is very much expected for a viewer who keeps guessing possible endings during the film,but although the revelation here is more surprising then the one in the previous film,the big problem is that this revelation is completely uninteresting and boring.It's like the ''revelation'' for Zep in the first film:Only there you just knew that was a fake ending,so you enjoyed that misdirection from the makers.Here,while I was waiting the true ending after the revelation,when the end credits rolled I discovered that was it... On the plus side:Really cool music by Charlie Clouser,good direction by Bousman,nice points in the story about revenge and forgiving,some interesting flashbacks about Jigsaw's and Amanda's history and work,great performances by all the main cast members.