Probably the worst sequel ever

Rating: 1/10 (10 July 2007)

I'm not stating that 'Saw' and 'Saw II' are two of the best horror movies of the last decade - neither of them come even close to a top 20 spot. But at least I was positively surprised after seeing them. Especially 'Saw II' turned out much better then I -and almost everybody else for that matter- expected, given my traditional skeptic attitude toward sequels. Mainly based on that experience, I sort of looked forward to the 'sequel of the sequel', the final chapter in the story of the Jigsaw Killer. Well, after-wards, I must say I feel rather silly and stupid for being excited about a flick like 'Saw III'. After only 10 minutes (when a police woman's chest is ripped in two right after 'the old' Jigsaw Killer one minute to chose between life or death routine'), you can conclude that this movie will never live up to the standard Saw-expectations. No thrills, no nerve tangling tension, no clever games, no slight reflection of the elements that made the first two Saws worthwhile and entertaining to watch . Nothing but pieces of flesh and skin being teared to shreds, spilling a lot of meaningless blood, produced by horrific, absurd machines. And for those who figured I was still talking about that police woman's scene: too bad, I was reflecting on the whole 110 minutes. This movie is tasteless and dumb. Even the plot doesn't make any sense, it's nothing but flashback after flashback, retelling story lines of 'Saw' and 'Saw II' instead of creating a new one. I venture they made half of 'Saw III' by montaging director's cut-scenes from the first two Saws. A very economical way of film-making of course, but also boring and very, very frustrating. To everybody with a weak cardiac condition, I wouldn't recommend 'Saw III' - not because of the tension mind you, but merely because of the frustrations and crushed hopes this movie generates.