Saw 3, Worst Installment of the Saw Franchise

Rating: 5/10 (28 October 2006)

Personally I think Saw 3 is mediocre and the definitely the worst of the 3 films. The suspense, intrigue and mystery the first two films is missing in the third film. And the visual creativeness that Bousman brought to the first sequel is also unapparent.
The film is rushed, the writing is lazy and uncreative. Instead of doing these films every year and turning them out quickly take a year off. Work on the script longer possibly 6 months fine tune it and release Saw IV Halloween, 2008. Skipping a year is not going to diminish the popularity of the franchise. A weak installment like Saw 3 does diminish its popularity. Saw 3 is poised to gross even more than Saw 2 and will be the 2nd highest grossing horror of all time next to The Sixth Sense. A bigger box office total will rescue the weak Saw 3 from taking a hit in popularity but why is it essential to turn these out every year. Every other year is more than enough. Horror fans will never go away. The Western and musicals are long dead. Pure sci-fi is rarely produced but the popularity of horrors never wanes.