Looks great but makes no sense

Rating: 3/10 (2 November 2006)

If you're a fan of the first two movies, this is more of the same and you don't need to read this, just go see the movie. If you didn't like the first two films this is more of the same and you don't need to see the film.
More of the same from Jigsaw, a serial killer who wants people to experience "life".
Say what you will the filmmakers know how to make a great looking grotesque film. The images from this film absolutely are stunning, as are their designs for the weapons of small scale destruction. I love the look of the film.
What I don't like is the films mindless cruelty. People are abused in the nastiest way possible. There is no reasoning behind it, just cruelty like when the condemned were fed to the wild animals in the Roman arena. While I will admit its well done, I hate that there is nothing behind it. The murders have become like the films that made up the spate of slasher films from the late 1970's and early 1980's which degenerated into clever ways to die with nothing to hold them together.
Worse is the films lack of logic. Never mind that Jigsaw has expired any number of times, how do this very elaborate death traps get made and built and attached to unsuspecting people in such short notice. It makes no sense? I know its not suppose to, but there should be an internal logic to it all and any hope of that ended with the first film.
This won't matter to any fans who are looking for the cool ways to die. I leave the film to the fans I'm going to go read a good book, Marquis de Sade anyone?