Still good, but more predictable.

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2007)

I loved Saw, it was a while since i felt so uncomfortable by watching a horror flick. I thought saw II was good, and saw III is definitely worth watching.
The reason why i thought that the first Saw is so wonderfully refreshing, is that you do not know what is coming. You just go along with what the movie brings you. Not only is the whole 'game' concept unclear, but it is also a very unpredictable movie. Anything could have happened! and it did!
In saw 3, there are more predictable, standard-scare, setups. Things they use to scare you with, but you know beforehand they will not happen because it would ruin the rest of the film. Furthermore, the movie uses a lot more gore, which by itself is not bad, but again, it is a predictable, proved horror movie path.
Despite those predictable in-between scenes, the final piece of the puzzle in the plot of saw 3 manages to lift the level of the film up to its predecessors. So, definitely worth watching. 7/10