Glorification of Death

Rating: 5/10 (5 November 2006)

It is perfectly understandable for the creators of Saw to incorporate this series into a franchise, focused on generating dollars at the expense of the quality of the product. What started out as innovative and genuine story telling, has deteriorated into the pool of bland horror flicks which it had distanced itself once before, and will only get worse the more they continue to generate (e.g. Hellraiser, Halloween and Friday the 13th).
Let us look past the fact that there was great anticipation preceding the release of this film. I'm sure that I'm not the only one that believed that this would be the end-all-be-all conclusion to the series and thus deliver the hardest punch to the cinematic world. To look at this film for what it is, it is just another horror flick sequel.
Despite the good acting, they could not overcome the bland script. What once were cruel but ingenious lessons on the value of human life, have now become exhibitions in death. There attempt to go out with a bang was a dud.
The first movie was great. The second one stepped it up like very few sequels can accomplish. The third installment took away everything that made the series stand out.
Good, but not as good as it could have been.