The second best in the Saw series.......which is not saying much

Rating: 4/10 (5 November 2006)

I find the Saw series very overrated. The first was watchable and something a bit different. The second was the biggest piece of s$#t sequel in recent years. So I went to see this with low expectations and was actually surprised that they did something very different.
Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is dying. That's not to say he still isn't devising traps. Jeff (Angus Macfadyen) is put through a series of tests. He is wandering through different rooms where he meets different people involved with his son's deaths. He needs to save these people from various traps. Meanwhile Lynn (Bahar Soomekh) needs to keep Jigsaw alive, or the device strapped to her head will explode.....
There is much more character development in this one than in the others. I cared for the victims and there was a lot of insight into John and Amanda's characters. The acting was actually good in this one and the special effects were top-notch. That said, there were a few things that really bugged me about his movie. One major problem was the editing. Like all the other Saws, the editing is quick and flashy and it's very irritating, as is the music. Also, this movie relied way too much on sadistic gore to scare the audience. It gets quite boring after awhile, rendering the movie absolutely scare free.
2/5