Not III times the gore: 30+

Rating: 8/10 (26 September 2009)

Let the games explode. Despite liking the direction 'Saw II' took, 'Saw III' was actually an improvement over 'II.' (Still, the original 'Saw' was the best, but this is second best.) The only unfortunate thing I can report, after saying how much I liked this feature in the series, is: they didn't just take the gore to the next level, the exploded it on the screen (in some scenes, literally.) I have seen a lot of horror movies, a lot of the "torture porn" films, slasher ones, etc, and this ranks #1 as the goriest movie I have ever seen. And that's too bad. The writing, acting, suspense, mystery and dialogue make me want to watch it, but at the same time, it's, well, "torture" to get through. (Spoilers ahead, but only for those who haven't seen #1-2) The now established team of Jigsaw and Amanda once again take on multiple people to prove a point: appreciate life, letting go, moving on and understand forgiveness. It would take an article seventeen times this size to go through all the plot points, so, to sum it up, just read the previous sentence. Yet again, they are now falling over their so-called twists and connect-the-dots and once more they are prepping the audience for more 'Saw' chapters. Unfortunately, they should've ended it right here. (See the closing, forget the cliffhangers and you'll see why this would've been a wonderful closing.) I did really like this installment, but sadly, this will probably be the final viewing (of 3) I will have of it. The gore is really in excess here, and the one test towards the end, involving literal "twists" is the most gruesome of all (five, to date) 'Saw' films and probably one of the most heart-wrenching to see in any film.