Game Over = Movie Over = Thank God!

Rating: 5/10 (2 May 2007)

Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) left for work, at the hospital, after an argument with her husband. She arrived there, saved a boy's life that couldn't breathe by doing surgery on him in the Emergency Room, never mind that she didn't wait for a surgeon, goes into a room, and pops some antidepressants into her mouth like they were candy! Then, she doesn't stay at work. Somehow, she ends up not knowing where she is, winds up at Jigsaw's (Tobin Bell), because he "chose" her to save his life, since he was on his deathbed dying with a brain tumor!
At this same time, her husband, "Jeff" (Angus Macfadyen), doesn't know where he is either, and he ends up at Jigsaw's, having to take a test, while his wife is to save Jigsaw's life! Something tragic had happened recently, with Jeff and Lynn, which caused them to argue and it was ruining their family life! So Jigsaw does a test, called "Let's play a game," and if Jeff passes the test then everything will be all better, and if not, then it will be worse!
Jigsaw is aided by his assistant, Amanda (Shawnee Smith). She was also his test subject at an earlier time. She had passed her test and now she got to do Jigsaw's physical work for him. He had dragged her up out of the sewer holes of life, and she is so grateful to do whatever he wills her to do. She even gets jealous over him with Dr. Lynn Denlon!
I won't tell you what happens or how it ends, since I don't like to do spoilers, but this has got to be the worst "Saw" movie yet! If you like gore, it's very bloody and gory because Jigsaw's games are all about torture, of course. But the most torturous part is having to sit there and watch it all the way through! It flips through flashback scenes all the way up until the end. The whole time, it keeps you wondering, "Is this happening now or is this what already happened?"
The best part about the whole movie is at the end, when it's over! And the way that it ends, there shouldn't be a "Saw IV," in my opinion. But you never know; Jigsaw could just, at will, want to play another game. The best part of his game, in this movie, is when he says, "Game over!"