Will this be a trilogy in 4 parts?

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2006)

The third and final (?) installment of the Saw movies lead me again through a roller-coaster of plots, subplots and red herrings. My assumptions, based upon Saw II, were proved wrong in a matter of moments and I found myself itching, and occasionally squirming, in my seat. This was partly due to the length of the film, but mainly due to the visual and audio battering my senses took during some of the painfully and stomach churning 'games'.
Indeed, in the cinema, 2 couples left, never to return and several more left and returned looking worse for wear.
I wanted more, but also wanted less. I wanted more torture, more blood and guts and more dialogue.
I wanted less stop / start photography and X-file style movement. This is my only gripe. Without this cinematic style, it might have been nice to see just how big the warren of rooms and traps ran.
The ending surprised me. After three films, you would think that I would know better! However, Jigsaw's final piece might be a clever 4th episode from beyond the grave. The magic now of these films is that so many recipients of his style of crime and punishment could be locked away in the belly of the city that the floodgates could be wide open for an ever expanding franchise of films.
I hope so. Jigsaw has left me annoyed, frustrated, impressed and ever so slightly nauseous.
I like it, I want more. I want to play, a final, final game!