SAW 3D
Mean detective goes on killing spree.
Cast
John Kramer/Jigsaw - An old guy.
Detective Mark Hoffman - Brendan Fraser (no it's not him really! I thought he kinda looks like James Woods (with hair) at an angle).
Jill Tuck - A really pretty lady.
Bobby Dagen - Young Indiana Jones!
Detective Matt Gibson - The guy on Final Destination who slipped in the bath and was killed.
Dr. Lawrence Gordon - The fact that his name is here kinda gives it away that he did survive!
Detective Mark Hoffman - Brendan Fraser (no it's not him really! I thought he kinda looks like James Woods (with hair) at an angle).
Jill Tuck - A really pretty lady.
Bobby Dagen - Young Indiana Jones!
Detective Matt Gibson - The guy on Final Destination who slipped in the bath and was killed.
Dr. Lawrence Gordon - The fact that his name is here kinda gives it away that he did survive!
Rundown (full of SPOILERS - so called because they SPOIL it for you by telling you what happens, so if you don't want to know, don't read this)!
The film begins all the way back where the very first film left off. The guy shocked the world by getting up off the floor, revealing himself as the accomplice (oh wait, actually no, he isn't an accomplice, he's the boss), then shocked Adam by pressing that little thing he was holding because Adam tried to shoot him.
But then it shows what happened after that. Dr. Gordon has made it out of the bathroom door and is making progress crawling along the floor. He's managed about 5 metres now! But he's already lost loads of blood. Doesn't look good for Dr. Gordon. But he finds a hot steam pipe and jams his bad leg into it, cauterising the wound. And yeah, it did hurt. But that's all we're allowed to know for now...
Now it goes to that interesting scene from the trailer which is interesting because it takes place in public in broad daylight! Two guys called Brad and Ryan (cos they're American!) are handcuffed at opposite ends of a workbench with circular saws in front of them. Brad, the dark haired one wakes up first as the shoppers begin to notice something awry in the window. Sadly, the members of the public do stuff-all to help, preferring to chatter away and film the events from their mobiles - oh sorry, I mean cellphones of course! Brad shouts at them, asking them if they've all got a staring problem!
The blonde haired guy, Ryan, then suddenly wakes up too (and he will not be receiving an oscar in February, with that sort of acting). As he looks across, declaring "what are you doing here?" but with added expletives, to Brad, who returns the exact same question, we quickly see that these two know each other, and that relations aren't warm. Then we find out why as a door swings open on the ceiling, revealing their two-timing girlfriend who as expected, with even worse acting, begins squealing.
That weird doll on a tricycle appears, and (still) talking in original Jigsaws' voice(!) even though he's been dead for years, explains the situation. That's probably one reason why there's just something that's never been quite believable about Hoffman being Jigsaw...
The trick is that these guys have to push into the bench, making the saw go into the guy on the other side. Or not. They can both stay as they are and both be unharmed. Problem is, the squealing girlfriend, tied up and facing downwards, will then be lowered onto a third saw facing upwards. That saw can only be avoided if the whole contraption shifts in one direction or the other, having been pushed by one guy - at the expense of the other. So whatever happens, one of them won't make it!
The usual quota of 60 seconds begins as the saws all switch on. The two guys, not happy with each other, begin pushing and shoving angrily (and as always in films, they both appear to have exactly equal strength!). Meanwhile, the rubberneckers outside are still cooing and chatting over the life-and-death situation inside.
The girl pours out her heart to Brad, the only man she's truly loved, until Ryan, angered by this, gives an especially hard shove and Brad gets cut and cries out. Ryan seems to be winning. The girl then immediately turns her attention to Ryan, telling him exactly what she just said to Brad and that she was just lying to Brad! Now Brad, fuelled by anger, gets the upper hand. The jigsaw doll had said she had been leading them both astray.
With this in mind, they both make a truce and decide to quit fighting and in an act of great UN-chivalry, both sit and allow the girl who's caused their problems to simply lower onto the middle saw. It looks like an act of strength and a break for freedom, but really, it's probably just a huge weak cop-out! Talking about cops, the police then arrive on cue as as they always do in films - immediately after the action has finished when there's no longer much need for them! The much heralded 3D effects are basically worthless and do stuff-all to the film (except make it more corny!)
By now, you're probably wondering what happened to Jill and Hoffman from the end of Saw 6. Now we find out, as a quick recap shows
the events at the end of that film, but this time from Jill's view, as she walks out of the door. Far from clearing off as expected, she stops and waits near the door to see what happens. She almost jumps out of her skin as the reverse beartrap smashes through the glass between the bars. Realising Hoffman's survived, and quickly figuring out he's going to be well ticked off with her, she makes a run for it - only to almost bump into him as he grabs a load of bandages for his hand and mouth.
Onto a TV interview with smooth talker Bobby Dagen. He survived a Jigsaw trap by sticking hooks into his chest, and now works to help other Jigsaw victims. He's even written a self-help book (the film seems to be having a dig at self-help books in general. I see it's point). The book's front cover is simply it's author looking really cheesy (giving the message "you too can be like me" - enough to make you sick maybe, cos mostly there's something just not quite "real" about these sort of books).
Time for another trap. The garage trap was going to be in an earlier film, but was apparently too gruesome to be allowed. Now it's in. Chester, the lead singer from Linkin Park is stuck in a car - literally. Turns out that he and his skinhead friends have been racist. That is bad, but this trap does seem a bit harsh considering most people have some racism. For being racist, the guy's bare skin is super-glued to the car seat. So much so, that it's impossible to get out without tearing it off. But he has to reach forward and pull a lever just outside the smashed windscreen on the bonnet to stop the car. The back of the car is raised up and will automatically drop and shoot off at 60mph by itself. But his girlfriend is trapped under the car and it will land on her if unsuccessful. Another friend is chained to the garage door in the car's path. Even worse, a 4th member has chains in his arms and jaw just like Troy from Saw 3. And these chains are attached to the back of the car. The Jigsaw tape says everyone is the same colour on the inside. A very warped sense of justice, no? Unfortunately for the victims, since Hoffman took over, the traps are now much more about being harsh and vengeful. Like any hypocrite worth their salt, Hoffman rails against the sins of others while finding it acceptable for he himself to murder FBI agents (3 of them) plus any number of fellow law-enforcement officers - some of who he would have worked with for much of his 20 years of sevice! Oh well...
Anyway, do they escape the trap? Well no, because otherwise the audience won't have their appetite for torture porn satisfied. The producers have stressed that this is not what it is. But there's no denying the traps have lost their meaning in the latest films. They're now just really crude and there-for-the-sake-of-it, and have frankly jumped the shark by now I think.
Jill has run to the police station to dob Hoffman in. Detective Gibson (from Final Destination - and one of the better actors in this film) has a sarcastic "yeah yeah" attitude while Jill is explaining that the new accomplice knows who he is etc. But his tone changes when she declares the name "Detective Mark Hoffman" and suddenly he's all ears. They clear Jill off to a safe house, assuring her that it is a safe house because it's a safe house. Later on, she walks away from the station, only to be jumped by the pig-mask figure (i.e. Hoffman). Unfortunately, she wakes up trapped on a subway rail, tied and unable to move. That's bad because at the end of the rail is Hoffman starting up a go-kart device - which has a huge blade mounted on the front! The scarred detective gloats to Jill before setting off the kart. In an unconvincing display of production effects, the blade cuts right through the stretchy rubber doll, er... I mean Jill! Oh no, he got her! But that much-used cheap film cliché kicks in - it was a dream! Jill is fine (physically anyway...) and still at the safe house. What a let-down. Not the fact that Jill survived! But the corny dream cliché. Terrible. Well I suppose it is a useful cheap shot to bring back a character for another film. After all, it worked on "I know what you did last summer".
Bobby Dagen is at his self help group. This is interesting cos people from the previous Saw films are present. One in particular is very interesting, but more on that in a minute. There is Tara Brent, the woman who spared William Easton at the end of Saw 6 (though her Son wouldn't); William's secretary lady who he chose to survive a barbed-wire noose trap; an improved version 2.0 of Mallick from Saw 5, looking much better and cleaner now he's not doing drugs anymore; and Simone, who had to chop off her own arm at the start of Saw 6. They all tell their stories about how life is better now they survived. Simone still isn't very positive and is still wondering what she was supposed to learn. Her only advantage she says, is now she can get disabled parking at the mall. Frankly, I'm surprised she's allowed to drive at all with only one working arm.
Bobby Dagen then butters the group up, telling them "we are GOOD, and we are STRONG", before showing them his own scars from having to stick meat hooks into his chest. For some reason, the scars are located on the top of his chest - not lower down where it would be meatier. Oops. Hard to see how the hooks could have taken his weight if they were jammed in there! But the whole thing is irrelevant anyway, as is soon revealed.
The self help speech is interrupted by sarcastic clapping from a dark corner in the room. The camera shows from behind this guy has blond hair, but won't show who he is at any point. Excitement rises as more clues are revealed. The guy gets up and has to use a cane to help him walk. Could it really be...? He hisses to Bobby that it's very admirable "to be able to sustain such a... traumatic experience and yet still see the positives - if not a little perverse". He finally steps into the light and the suspicions are confirmed. It really is Dr. Lawrence Gordon!!! So he actually did make it out of that bathroom! He then continues to hiss about how good it is "to be part of this... promotional... DVD". After the meeting, Bobby's friend asked him "who was that creepy guy with the cane anyway"? Bobby's wife Joyce heads to the car, and he tells her he will join her in a minute. When he gets to the car, she is nowhere to be found - and next moment, the pig figure (Hoffman) attacks him.
On the subject of DVDs, Detective Gibson receives one himself, and gets a shock when Hoffman pops up on the screen. Knowing his secret's out, Hoffman has no problem being honest about what he's been up to, and promises the games will stop if only Gibson gives him Jill Tuck. He then drops a hint revealing he knows where Jill is. The problem is that Hoffman is a detective, so he can figure these things out. Gibson does some figuring out himself. Stuff in the background behind Hoffman indicates where he is, so Gibson and a team head out there to get him.
But then it shows what happened after that. Dr. Gordon has made it out of the bathroom door and is making progress crawling along the floor. He's managed about 5 metres now! But he's already lost loads of blood. Doesn't look good for Dr. Gordon. But he finds a hot steam pipe and jams his bad leg into it, cauterising the wound. And yeah, it did hurt. But that's all we're allowed to know for now...
Now it goes to that interesting scene from the trailer which is interesting because it takes place in public in broad daylight! Two guys called Brad and Ryan (cos they're American!) are handcuffed at opposite ends of a workbench with circular saws in front of them. Brad, the dark haired one wakes up first as the shoppers begin to notice something awry in the window. Sadly, the members of the public do stuff-all to help, preferring to chatter away and film the events from their mobiles - oh sorry, I mean cellphones of course! Brad shouts at them, asking them if they've all got a staring problem!
The blonde haired guy, Ryan, then suddenly wakes up too (and he will not be receiving an oscar in February, with that sort of acting). As he looks across, declaring "what are you doing here?" but with added expletives, to Brad, who returns the exact same question, we quickly see that these two know each other, and that relations aren't warm. Then we find out why as a door swings open on the ceiling, revealing their two-timing girlfriend who as expected, with even worse acting, begins squealing.
That weird doll on a tricycle appears, and (still) talking in original Jigsaws' voice(!) even though he's been dead for years, explains the situation. That's probably one reason why there's just something that's never been quite believable about Hoffman being Jigsaw...
The trick is that these guys have to push into the bench, making the saw go into the guy on the other side. Or not. They can both stay as they are and both be unharmed. Problem is, the squealing girlfriend, tied up and facing downwards, will then be lowered onto a third saw facing upwards. That saw can only be avoided if the whole contraption shifts in one direction or the other, having been pushed by one guy - at the expense of the other. So whatever happens, one of them won't make it!
The usual quota of 60 seconds begins as the saws all switch on. The two guys, not happy with each other, begin pushing and shoving angrily (and as always in films, they both appear to have exactly equal strength!). Meanwhile, the rubberneckers outside are still cooing and chatting over the life-and-death situation inside.
The girl pours out her heart to Brad, the only man she's truly loved, until Ryan, angered by this, gives an especially hard shove and Brad gets cut and cries out. Ryan seems to be winning. The girl then immediately turns her attention to Ryan, telling him exactly what she just said to Brad and that she was just lying to Brad! Now Brad, fuelled by anger, gets the upper hand. The jigsaw doll had said she had been leading them both astray.
With this in mind, they both make a truce and decide to quit fighting and in an act of great UN-chivalry, both sit and allow the girl who's caused their problems to simply lower onto the middle saw. It looks like an act of strength and a break for freedom, but really, it's probably just a huge weak cop-out! Talking about cops, the police then arrive on cue as as they always do in films - immediately after the action has finished when there's no longer much need for them! The much heralded 3D effects are basically worthless and do stuff-all to the film (except make it more corny!)
By now, you're probably wondering what happened to Jill and Hoffman from the end of Saw 6. Now we find out, as a quick recap shows
the events at the end of that film, but this time from Jill's view, as she walks out of the door. Far from clearing off as expected, she stops and waits near the door to see what happens. She almost jumps out of her skin as the reverse beartrap smashes through the glass between the bars. Realising Hoffman's survived, and quickly figuring out he's going to be well ticked off with her, she makes a run for it - only to almost bump into him as he grabs a load of bandages for his hand and mouth.
Onto a TV interview with smooth talker Bobby Dagen. He survived a Jigsaw trap by sticking hooks into his chest, and now works to help other Jigsaw victims. He's even written a self-help book (the film seems to be having a dig at self-help books in general. I see it's point). The book's front cover is simply it's author looking really cheesy (giving the message "you too can be like me" - enough to make you sick maybe, cos mostly there's something just not quite "real" about these sort of books).
Time for another trap. The garage trap was going to be in an earlier film, but was apparently too gruesome to be allowed. Now it's in. Chester, the lead singer from Linkin Park is stuck in a car - literally. Turns out that he and his skinhead friends have been racist. That is bad, but this trap does seem a bit harsh considering most people have some racism. For being racist, the guy's bare skin is super-glued to the car seat. So much so, that it's impossible to get out without tearing it off. But he has to reach forward and pull a lever just outside the smashed windscreen on the bonnet to stop the car. The back of the car is raised up and will automatically drop and shoot off at 60mph by itself. But his girlfriend is trapped under the car and it will land on her if unsuccessful. Another friend is chained to the garage door in the car's path. Even worse, a 4th member has chains in his arms and jaw just like Troy from Saw 3. And these chains are attached to the back of the car. The Jigsaw tape says everyone is the same colour on the inside. A very warped sense of justice, no? Unfortunately for the victims, since Hoffman took over, the traps are now much more about being harsh and vengeful. Like any hypocrite worth their salt, Hoffman rails against the sins of others while finding it acceptable for he himself to murder FBI agents (3 of them) plus any number of fellow law-enforcement officers - some of who he would have worked with for much of his 20 years of sevice! Oh well...
Anyway, do they escape the trap? Well no, because otherwise the audience won't have their appetite for torture porn satisfied. The producers have stressed that this is not what it is. But there's no denying the traps have lost their meaning in the latest films. They're now just really crude and there-for-the-sake-of-it, and have frankly jumped the shark by now I think.
Jill has run to the police station to dob Hoffman in. Detective Gibson (from Final Destination - and one of the better actors in this film) has a sarcastic "yeah yeah" attitude while Jill is explaining that the new accomplice knows who he is etc. But his tone changes when she declares the name "Detective Mark Hoffman" and suddenly he's all ears. They clear Jill off to a safe house, assuring her that it is a safe house because it's a safe house. Later on, she walks away from the station, only to be jumped by the pig-mask figure (i.e. Hoffman). Unfortunately, she wakes up trapped on a subway rail, tied and unable to move. That's bad because at the end of the rail is Hoffman starting up a go-kart device - which has a huge blade mounted on the front! The scarred detective gloats to Jill before setting off the kart. In an unconvincing display of production effects, the blade cuts right through the stretchy rubber doll, er... I mean Jill! Oh no, he got her! But that much-used cheap film cliché kicks in - it was a dream! Jill is fine (physically anyway...) and still at the safe house. What a let-down. Not the fact that Jill survived! But the corny dream cliché. Terrible. Well I suppose it is a useful cheap shot to bring back a character for another film. After all, it worked on "I know what you did last summer".
Bobby Dagen is at his self help group. This is interesting cos people from the previous Saw films are present. One in particular is very interesting, but more on that in a minute. There is Tara Brent, the woman who spared William Easton at the end of Saw 6 (though her Son wouldn't); William's secretary lady who he chose to survive a barbed-wire noose trap; an improved version 2.0 of Mallick from Saw 5, looking much better and cleaner now he's not doing drugs anymore; and Simone, who had to chop off her own arm at the start of Saw 6. They all tell their stories about how life is better now they survived. Simone still isn't very positive and is still wondering what she was supposed to learn. Her only advantage she says, is now she can get disabled parking at the mall. Frankly, I'm surprised she's allowed to drive at all with only one working arm.
Bobby Dagen then butters the group up, telling them "we are GOOD, and we are STRONG", before showing them his own scars from having to stick meat hooks into his chest. For some reason, the scars are located on the top of his chest - not lower down where it would be meatier. Oops. Hard to see how the hooks could have taken his weight if they were jammed in there! But the whole thing is irrelevant anyway, as is soon revealed.
The self help speech is interrupted by sarcastic clapping from a dark corner in the room. The camera shows from behind this guy has blond hair, but won't show who he is at any point. Excitement rises as more clues are revealed. The guy gets up and has to use a cane to help him walk. Could it really be...? He hisses to Bobby that it's very admirable "to be able to sustain such a... traumatic experience and yet still see the positives - if not a little perverse". He finally steps into the light and the suspicions are confirmed. It really is Dr. Lawrence Gordon!!! So he actually did make it out of that bathroom! He then continues to hiss about how good it is "to be part of this... promotional... DVD". After the meeting, Bobby's friend asked him "who was that creepy guy with the cane anyway"? Bobby's wife Joyce heads to the car, and he tells her he will join her in a minute. When he gets to the car, she is nowhere to be found - and next moment, the pig figure (Hoffman) attacks him.
On the subject of DVDs, Detective Gibson receives one himself, and gets a shock when Hoffman pops up on the screen. Knowing his secret's out, Hoffman has no problem being honest about what he's been up to, and promises the games will stop if only Gibson gives him Jill Tuck. He then drops a hint revealing he knows where Jill is. The problem is that Hoffman is a detective, so he can figure these things out. Gibson does some figuring out himself. Stuff in the background behind Hoffman indicates where he is, so Gibson and a team head out there to get him.
OVERALL RATING
Acting
The entire acting of the film ranges anywhere between average and absolutely awful. Jigsaw's nothing special. He just gets a book signed by Bobby Dagen and appears on the video to Dr.Gordon at the end. Dr.Gordon meanwhile only crawls along, then goes to a meeting, then deals with Hoffman at the end. His acting is fine but shows no signs of greatness. Bobby Dagen's alright.
Costas' contribution is just having a constant mean look on his face and stabbing people. Nothing special there either. Detective Gibson is just kinda cocky. The three victims in the shop window were all reeeeaaally bad. Brad wasn't that bad, but the other two... Jill Tuck's acting is unconvincing too. I'm thinking of the way she suddenly wakes up in the chair with the trap on...
2/10
Effects
Oh my goodness. I watched "The Thing" recently. It was made in 1982 but the special effects are better than what is seen in Saw 3D! That is a terrible indictment. The blood is absolute rubbish (Pink?). The Jill doll on the subway was appalling. Very lazy. Utter rubbish, the whole lot.
By the way, the 3D was absolutely pants as well. Showing a piece of wreckage flying towards the screen added nothing whatsoever. It was just a cheap gimmick and looked silly to boot. Just like bad food with no nutritional value in it. I'm giving it 2/10 and that's being generous.
2/10
Story - !!!SPOILERS!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!!
The story of the original Saw film was different and interesting. Now, it's silly nonsense. It's about tit for tat in the playground. Jill put me in a reverse bear trap, so I'm gonna put her in one. Yeah see how you like it. The story has become increasingly unrealistic, especially since Saw 4. In Saw 4, the moral of the story was that Lieutenant Rigg should NOT have gone out of his way to save people's lives!!! Also, all that stupid claptrap about "Save as I Save"! SAY WHAT? In Saw 5, in order to make more films and money, the story was amended to make it so that Hoffman was involved all along, even in the first film. This is just so stupid. When the early films were made, he wasn't in mind at all. It kinda spoils it somehow to have had all the flashbacks with Hoffman having been there the whole time. It's really convoluted and as Agent Lindsay Perez said - "it doesn't sit right". Worse still is that to start with, Jigsaw was a mysterious menacing presence. He was nasty slashing detective Tapp's throat and making Steven Sing run into a shotgun trap. All that was just so he could avoid justice. Then in Amanda's trap, he LIED to her and said the guy with the key in his stomach was DEAD. And that guy was "innocent" as well. What's more, Zep HAD to KILL Dr.Gordon's wife and DAUGHTER or he would die!!! And Dr.Gordon had to KILL Adam! So when in Saw 5, Jigsaw berates Hoffman telling him "Killing is distasteful!" It just seems really... er distasteful - and extremely hypocritical. Changing Jigsaw so he was some sort of good guy after all was beyond ridiculous and I'm really disappointed that Tobin Bell didn't seem to care enough about his character to say "Stop! This isn't right". But actually now I've thought about it, maybe it can be explained. In later films, his appearances take place earlier in the timeline. In the earlier films, he is nearer death, and probably more bitter, hence nastier. So maybe it can be accomodated. Anyway, to be honest, I don't really care - by now I'm pretty sick of the traps. They have ceased to mean anything by now. The story is about Hoffman trying to get back at Jill. Not really an epic oscar winning story is it?
The other annoying thing about Saw 3D is that it was much-marketed as the "Final Chapter". Yet the ending of this film did little to tie up loose ends, and actually deliberately created more new questions! It's obvious now the whole "Final Chapter" thing was just another gimmick to try to get people to see the film. Grrrr, I say to the producers - Go and watch John Carpenter's The Thing and learn what a labour of love is! The ending of the film was completely predictable. Most people could have predicted the ending from miles away, Though it was interesting to see, there was not to be a clever shock twist ending as in Saw 1 and 2.
The whole premise of Dr.Gordon going to so much to escape the bathroom to get to his family in the first film, but then in Saw 3D showing absolutely no evidence of having reunited with them, was absurd. If he is with his family, do they approve of him working with Jigsaw? Also, isn't he still reported as missing? And just where WAS he sitting when he wrote the "I know who you are" note to Hoffman...?
6/10
The entire acting of the film ranges anywhere between average and absolutely awful. Jigsaw's nothing special. He just gets a book signed by Bobby Dagen and appears on the video to Dr.Gordon at the end. Dr.Gordon meanwhile only crawls along, then goes to a meeting, then deals with Hoffman at the end. His acting is fine but shows no signs of greatness. Bobby Dagen's alright.
Costas' contribution is just having a constant mean look on his face and stabbing people. Nothing special there either. Detective Gibson is just kinda cocky. The three victims in the shop window were all reeeeaaally bad. Brad wasn't that bad, but the other two... Jill Tuck's acting is unconvincing too. I'm thinking of the way she suddenly wakes up in the chair with the trap on...
2/10
Effects
Oh my goodness. I watched "The Thing" recently. It was made in 1982 but the special effects are better than what is seen in Saw 3D! That is a terrible indictment. The blood is absolute rubbish (Pink?). The Jill doll on the subway was appalling. Very lazy. Utter rubbish, the whole lot.
By the way, the 3D was absolutely pants as well. Showing a piece of wreckage flying towards the screen added nothing whatsoever. It was just a cheap gimmick and looked silly to boot. Just like bad food with no nutritional value in it. I'm giving it 2/10 and that's being generous.
2/10
Story - !!!SPOILERS!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!!
The story of the original Saw film was different and interesting. Now, it's silly nonsense. It's about tit for tat in the playground. Jill put me in a reverse bear trap, so I'm gonna put her in one. Yeah see how you like it. The story has become increasingly unrealistic, especially since Saw 4. In Saw 4, the moral of the story was that Lieutenant Rigg should NOT have gone out of his way to save people's lives!!! Also, all that stupid claptrap about "Save as I Save"! SAY WHAT? In Saw 5, in order to make more films and money, the story was amended to make it so that Hoffman was involved all along, even in the first film. This is just so stupid. When the early films were made, he wasn't in mind at all. It kinda spoils it somehow to have had all the flashbacks with Hoffman having been there the whole time. It's really convoluted and as Agent Lindsay Perez said - "it doesn't sit right". Worse still is that to start with, Jigsaw was a mysterious menacing presence. He was nasty slashing detective Tapp's throat and making Steven Sing run into a shotgun trap. All that was just so he could avoid justice. Then in Amanda's trap, he LIED to her and said the guy with the key in his stomach was DEAD. And that guy was "innocent" as well. What's more, Zep HAD to KILL Dr.Gordon's wife and DAUGHTER or he would die!!! And Dr.Gordon had to KILL Adam! So when in Saw 5, Jigsaw berates Hoffman telling him "Killing is distasteful!" It just seems really... er distasteful - and extremely hypocritical. Changing Jigsaw so he was some sort of good guy after all was beyond ridiculous and I'm really disappointed that Tobin Bell didn't seem to care enough about his character to say "Stop! This isn't right". But actually now I've thought about it, maybe it can be explained. In later films, his appearances take place earlier in the timeline. In the earlier films, he is nearer death, and probably more bitter, hence nastier. So maybe it can be accomodated. Anyway, to be honest, I don't really care - by now I'm pretty sick of the traps. They have ceased to mean anything by now. The story is about Hoffman trying to get back at Jill. Not really an epic oscar winning story is it?
The other annoying thing about Saw 3D is that it was much-marketed as the "Final Chapter". Yet the ending of this film did little to tie up loose ends, and actually deliberately created more new questions! It's obvious now the whole "Final Chapter" thing was just another gimmick to try to get people to see the film. Grrrr, I say to the producers - Go and watch John Carpenter's The Thing and learn what a labour of love is! The ending of the film was completely predictable. Most people could have predicted the ending from miles away, Though it was interesting to see, there was not to be a clever shock twist ending as in Saw 1 and 2.
The whole premise of Dr.Gordon going to so much to escape the bathroom to get to his family in the first film, but then in Saw 3D showing absolutely no evidence of having reunited with them, was absurd. If he is with his family, do they approve of him working with Jigsaw? Also, isn't he still reported as missing? And just where WAS he sitting when he wrote the "I know who you are" note to Hoffman...?
6/10