low on gore but deeper into jigsaw's story

Rating: 8/10 (6 December 2011)

Same director as part 2, same writers and same production team. What could they do to the franchise to keep you attracted? Bringing out different versions of the flick, so I just watched the 113 minutes version, more then IMDb stated (108 minutes).
The story picks up exactly were part 2 ended but naturally they had to bring in back again the torture porn that was now on his heydays. But they moved a bit away from the genre by going in much deeper into the relation between Amanda and Jigsaw. And I must say that it worked out fine. They dared to put out some main actors from part 2 and brought in some new names. Dina Meyer had to leave as did Donnie Wahlberg. New names came in and the most important one to the franchise is Costas Mandylor, but here he is only 2 minutes in it. I was glad that they moved away from the story like in part 2 were we had a bunch of convicts being brought together. Here we do have some victims who are going to meet some Jigsaw devices and I must say that they were so far the gruesomest in the series. The one in the beginning were Troy (J.LaRose)is full of chains going trough his body is also one that nobody will forget. On the other hand the twisting of bone structure isn't for the faint hearted too. What they also brought in was full frontal nudity doing so with another device. It was something we hadn't seen so far in the series.
The way it was filmed was the same as in the previous flicks. A lot of flashbacks and the use of fast moving images. The revealing at the end was again unpredictable. And now I must admit that I was glad that I am watching them in a row, because you pick up so much details. If you watched them one at a year as they came out, you have forgotten a lot. I liked this version more then Saw II even as it has less blood in it, but when it comes to the bloody parts it's more gory then part 2. In fact you could see that the editing and use of score was done by the same editor, Kevin Greutert. He also will be becoming more and more important in the franchise, after part 5 he will be the new director.
Now that I picked up the Saw franchise and am beginning to like it more and more. It do has a good storyline and you want to see what is going to happen next, surely one to have in on your horror shelves
Gore 4/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 5/5 Story 4/5 Comedy 0/5