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KendylKlownfishMar 5, 2011

With an incomprehensible storyline, illogical plot-twists, poor actors, laughable dialog, and cheap CGI, Saw 3-D has saved the worst and most sadistic for last.

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ShiiraNov 1, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It should've been Jill(Betsy Russell), not Mark(Costas Mandyor), a serial killer with no showmanship, no panache, who should have carried on Jigsaw's work as a good samaritan. (He's getting rid of a**holes, right?) But in "Saw III", the batty moralist dies. Maybe "Saw" shot its wad too soon, killing off John(Tobin Bell) in the midst of a then-wildly popular franchise, leaving the keys to the kingdom in Mark's hands, leaving "Saw" in a lurch. Without having seen all seven(!!!) films, my guess is that Jigsaw was better alive than dead, a proactive character with a puppet who would look more at home with the cast of Peter Jackson's "Meet the Feebles" than Jim Henson's Muppets. More than John, Mark needs that puppet; he'd be nothing without that male ventriloquist's dummy. The man is a cipher, when you compare this dirty cop with other iconic villains from other popular horror movie franchises. Must we name names? Well, for starters, Freddy Krueger didn't need no stinkin' traps to be interesting. "Saw" made a mistake in that third installment, which probably cost them at the box office in the long run. After the father of a kidnapped daughter runs a skill saw across Jigsaw's throat, the series could have gone in two directions. (Both more interesting than its chosen path.) Since the puppet, not the puppetmaster, is the films' lasting icon, why not consolidate the two and have Jigsaw calling the shots as a reanimated insentient toy(a soul transference closer to the spirit of Richard Attenborough's "Magic" than Tom Holland's "Child's Play", since the former also featured a ventriloquist's dummy, whereas Chucky was a doll), with Jill, playing the Anthony Hopkins role, in which you're not sure if it's her, or the doll, doing the manipulating. The second scenario would have been an ever greater improvement, especially when applied to "Saw: 3D", a film that's all rote murder and no surprises. This scenario doesn't exclude Mark; he could kill some, but just don't leave ALL the killing to him. Make Mark the second copycat. Like the Jonas Ackerland-directed music video for The Prodigy's "Smack My **** Up", "Saw: 3D" could have used the short form music video's first-person approach to conceal the trap designer's identity, especially her sex. In "Smack My **** Up", the aggressive behavior on part of the unseen person suggests we're watching a man. To find out that the agitator is female, is a shock. Having two psychos help account for the moral inconsistencies of the one-man judge and jury, Mark, who in one instance, takes the skinheads trapping(David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven "Take the Skinheads Bowling" instead), then in the same breath, has no qualms about involving a complete innocent like the author's wife, who had no inclination that her husband lied about being a Jigsaw survivor. Like Ellen Page in David Slade's "Hard Candy", Mark doesn't care if the skinheads hate minorities, both he and Hayley Stark(she doesn't really care if the pedophile, played by Patrick Wilson, f*cks underaged girls) just get off on torturing people. (Look at the poster for "Hard Candy", it's very "Saw"-like.) "Saw: 3D" just simply thinks too highly of itself. The final installment of this pioneering torture-porn series insists on mythologizing itself by returning Dr. Lawrence Gordon(Cary Elwes) to that warehouse bathroom like it was a paramountcy moment, on par with Luke Skywalker first arriving at Tatooine in George Lucas' "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", rather than honoring the most important horror trope of them all: the "final girl". As the final girl, Jill is supposed to own the pleasure of killing the killer, but no, torture porn plays by its own rules, having little regard for the old school template of the pre-"Hostel" days that served a film like John Carpenter's "Halloween", and others, so well, because Mark grabs hold of Jill, seats our heroine, and rips her face open with a bear trap.… Expand

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Jblack0928Nov 1, 2010

BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! The Saw series has gone soooooo off track since the first film. I enjoyed the first and the third, the 2nd and 4th were borderline a waste of time. Followed very closely by all the rest!!! I enjoyed the twist in the lastBOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! The Saw series has gone soooooo off track since the first film. I enjoyed the first and the third, the 2nd and 4th were borderline a waste of time. Followed very closely by all the rest!!! I enjoyed the twist in the last movie but everything else was a sick explotation of murder and gore (seriously who needs to watch a piece of intestine fall from the ceiling on to the floor, followed by a 5 second close up of that same intestine). I expect this from Hostile but man the first one was so smart and intricately weaved with a briliant conclusion. Anyone says they like this movie is just DUMB!!! I'm sorry but DUMB!!!… Expand

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harlanpepperApr 20, 2011

The film is laughable in its feeble attempts to gain shock value through gore we've all seen before. This horse was dead about after the third film, and I wish someone would tell them to stop making them.

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vini1904Aug 14, 2012

A bad movie. This film errs by excess, the deaths are too exaggerated and the story is weak and dowdy, not the characters are engaging and can clearly note the lack of creativity of the creators of the series.

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EpicLadySpongeApr 7, 2016

Saw in 3D looks insanely bad, especially putting out the same old scary clichés that never even gets old to newbags on movies or fans of the franchise. Saw 3D finally puts the termination to this painful franchise that should've ended a longSaw in 3D looks insanely bad, especially putting out the same old scary clichés that never even gets old to newbags on movies or fans of the franchise. Saw 3D finally puts the termination to this painful franchise that should've ended a long time ago.… Expand

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TKTigerAug 2, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Saw 3D gave the gore fans exactly what they wanted: Gore. So much gore, delivered in various ways - some more inventive than others. Sadly, for those who have followed the story and kept up, gore alone was not going to make this a good film. I won't repeat the many flaws this film has, as other reviewers here have that base fully covered, but I will elaborate on something most just mention. Lazy/poor scripting. Characters weren't just killed; they were assassinated. Jill, for example, had been a quiet character who used her head and kept her cool. She knew the part she had to play, and until the end of Saw VI she had played it well. However, in Saw 3D she appeared to have a complete character reversal. Gone was the cool and calculating woman who could rely on her quick mind to escape almost anything. What we got instead was a typical horror movie "screaming queen" who did nothing but blunder around without anything resembling a thought process going on in her head. There was no fight in her as she fled from Hoffman, and she seemed to just resign and accept her fate once she was captured. This change was repeated for the other main players in this film. 6 films' worth of character development was thrown aside so the characters could do what the script wanted them to do, instead of the script bending to the needs of the characters. Yes, the previous films were guilty of giving highly dubious reasons as to why people were doing the things they did, but at least some attempt of justification was given as to why this wasn't "out of character" behaviour. Saw 3D made huge changes and offered no explanation as to why. That's what upset me the most about this film, and why I think it's the weakest of the bunch.… Expand

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FrozenStar90Oct 31, 2010

You have to be a complete idiot to not see that plot twist coming. Really? Talk about going out with a whimper. I was extremely disappointed. I had hopes with Kevin Greutert, who directed the, admittedly, good "Saw VI". However, my hopes wereYou have to be a complete idiot to not see that plot twist coming. Really? Talk about going out with a whimper. I was extremely disappointed. I had hopes with Kevin Greutert, who directed the, admittedly, good "Saw VI". However, my hopes were not met. Tedious, boring, and featuring some of the worst 3D i've ever seen, "Saw 3D" is not worth a moment of your time.… Expand

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WolfmotherOct 31, 2010

spoilers: Im a big fan of saw and loved all 6 of them. But saw 7 was just disappointing. Saw 7 was supposed to be the collision of ALL 6 movies combined. We wanted to know more about the man we have been waiting to see for the past 7spoilers: Im a big fan of saw and loved all 6 of them. But saw 7 was just disappointing. Saw 7 was supposed to be the collision of ALL 6 movies combined. We wanted to know more about the man we have been waiting to see for the past 7 years.(Gordon) The justification for Bobby and his victims were so dumb. If you like watching people die then you will like it. There are plenty of loose ends and you would think that there would be a saw 8 because of the unanswered questions. Why has Gordon assisted Jigsaw? What happened to Easton's killers,sister, and saved victims? Why did they just lazily scrap the 2 victims of saw 5? What happened to Gordon's family? I assume the other 2 pigmaks resemble Gordon's appretinces as he takes on the rightful role as Jiggsaw. Now, the point of Bobby was so that since he could not understand the pain of being a victim, he had no power to save others, but he did. He helped alot of people appreciate life. Who cares if he lied, he may have been in it for fame and fortune but what he got wasnt justified, it was a cheap excuse to put more traps. Bobby's victims were even more innocent. You put in traps because you dont appreciate life or your ruining someone elses. They didnt do either. There wasnt much of Tobin(Jiggsaw), he only had like 1 scene. Saw1-6 were true to the series giving deserving punishments with great twists. But saw 7 wasnt. You would expect the last one to be the best. Why didnt Gordon return for Adam? Throughout the movie, your supposed to be fixated on Hoffman and Bobby, but the fans are obviously on their toes, waiting for Gordon. Many things are unanswered but to be honest, its somewhat implied. But we really want to see why Gordon became the new Jiggsaw. Saw has a knack for giving us a great ending that will make us want to come back to see the sequel so we can find the answers to the questions we have been wondering. Saw 7 does the same except provides no sequels so no answers. People criticize it for saw 7 trying to tie up loose ends instead of tell a story, but they didnt even tie up the loose ends, some of it is still loose. Ok im done, ill be in my angry dome, drinking cups of anger tea.… Expand

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QMavNov 6, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was a piece of trash. Every kill within the movie felt whimsickle and needless. Bringing in Doctor Lawrence Gordon as an additional Jigsaw apprentice is highly unrealistic. You can see how pissed off that his family was put in danger at the end of the first Saw movie. He should have been hunting Jigsaw. Additionally, the killing of Jill Tuck was the only thing that was slightly poetic. The fact of the matter is that this movie didn't sum up the series at all. This movie was supposed to be the culmination of all of Jigsaw's work. This did not summarize anything. It did not wrap up the story. The only thing it did wrap up was the recently tainted Saw series. **** you saw 3D.… Expand

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marqpasNov 13, 2010

Get an extra hour of real life now - it's free ! - don't watch this piece of trash.

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epictvsagaDec 11, 2010

Yeah, gore and more gore, people like it, understandable since people have never really seen someone actually get ripped up before, if they did, well they probably want to just do it themselves and should be arrested. This movie leaves youYeah, gore and more gore, people like it, understandable since people have never really seen someone actually get ripped up before, if they did, well they probably want to just do it themselves and should be arrested. This movie leaves you with nothing but, 'hey i saw a new movie now I can go home and maybe do something else for the day...' and no, the 3D didn't really do anything either.… Expand

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jimmytancrediMay 29, 2011

In my opinion, it was the most blazing movie of the saga. The makeup was very well done and comes up with convincing the realism exposed to the killings. Closed with the saga in a convincing and satisfactory way.

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MovieManiac83Apr 25, 2015

Saw has shown a ferocious unwillingness to evolve. Once the huge grosses started rolling in, plenty of franchises would upgrade to better actors, pricier screenwriters, and production values that didn’t fall somewhere between a Roger CormanSaw has shown a ferocious unwillingness to evolve. Once the huge grosses started rolling in, plenty of franchises would upgrade to better actors, pricier screenwriters, and production values that didn’t fall somewhere between a Roger Corman cheapie and a snuff film. But the producers behind the Saw films are understandably reluctant to mess with a winning formula. Each entry feels more or less like the last. They’re seemingly filmed on the same grungy, dirty, barely lit set, reusing the same generic-looking C-list actors. And in a particularly stubborn act of willful water-treading, they continue to prominently feature Tobin Bell as the mischievous, moralistic protagonist, even though his character died several sequels ago.

In Saw 3D, the eighth and ostensibly last series installment, David Cassidy look-alike/Boondock Saint Sean Patrick Flanery plays a bestselling author who’s made a fortune off an inspirational book in which he fictitiously recounts having survived one of Bell’s deadly traps. Saw makes its victims suffer for even the most minor transgressions, so Bell’s flunkies cook up a punishing test for Flanery, to fit the severity of his crime. In order to save his beloved wife, Flanery must make his way through a series of deadly traps involving his friends and handlers. Meanwhile, series veteran Betsy Russell, playing Bell’s traumatized ex, goes to the police and dimes out Bell accomplice/law-enforcement agent Costas Mandylor, who sets about enacting revenge the only way he knows: through a series of gruesome traps.

Bell’s minions continue to behave like the world’s grisliest life coaches. They even use the touchy-feely language of therapy-speak; traps are designed specifically to teach Flanery important lessons about reexamining his priorities and valuing his loved ones. Successories-style sentiments get joined to low-rent gore, maddeningly redundant setpieces, and an arbitrary police procedural about a hotshot detective intent on taking Mandylor down. With the possible exception of Final Destination, no horror franchise is as devoted to cheap gimmicks, and no gimmick is more ubiquitous these days than 3-D. But Saw 3D does little with the technology; even in 3-D, the film looks flat. This entry is being billed as the series closer, and as a tiny change of pace, but don’t believe the hype. Saw 3D offers the same old overwrought, laughably melodramatic **** only this time in one more dimension.… Expand

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asylumspadezNov 25, 2011

This sucked, Simple as that. I was a huge fan of this franchise but Saw 3D killed it for me and it showed to us all that the Saw franchise simply needs to die.