A major, i mean MAJOR decline in quality......such a shame.......

Rating: 3/10 (27 February 2008)

Saw III I honestly believe it is such as shame that this so far good franchise was damaged by this pathetic excuse for an entry into film series. The first two films of the series relied a lot on suspense and scares, but disgustingly this film does not. It transforms itself into a mindless gore-fest that seems to be trying to make people throw up rather than provide them with suspense and scares. From the word go the film will disappoint many fans from each turn, the ones complex and intriguing plot is replaced with a B-movie story.
Aside from providing the viewers with a good scare and of course a good time, I believe this film also fails on many levels including; writing, pacing and character development. The writing in this film is filled with cliché and predictable dialogue that seems to be used in every horror film. For example some of the conversations between Amanda and Lynn seem bland and as I said earlier cliché. The characters in this film are developed poorly and seem to be very uninteresting and unrealistic. This is scene with Jigsaw's apprentice Amanda. On many occasions Amanda will suddenly become angry and seconds later start to cry and then revert to a neutral emotion! I mean come on! That is unrealistic even for a movie. Aside from Amanda the character of Jeff is developed hardly ever and if he is I think it is rather done poorly. As the only real development we see of him is in some crummy little flashbacks that I think are rather forced into place rather then carefully placed in.
Aside from issues with characters the film also possesses problems with the plot. The plot is developed very poorly and seems to jump forward prematurely. As well as plot pacing issues the very simplistic plot which does not do justice with the plots of the first "Saw" or even "Saw II".
Aside from these negatives there are thankfully a few positives that unfortunately are smothered by the horrible negative factors of the film. On the light side the film does have some very good gore, which will satisfy gore hungers (but not me) and also does have some rather different and far more complicated traps then seen in the first two films. These traps did provide me and I suppose everyone else with a sense of progression with Jigsaw's and Amanda's work and of course there engineering skill.
In conclusion I would recommend this film only for hardcore fans of the series and lovers of gore. It is also fair to note that this film is far more violent than its predecessors and I would not recommend it for anyone below the age of 14 as they may be disturbed by the violence and torture. Summing up I will give this film a 3.3/10.