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Director: Kevin Greutert
Writers: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Betsy Russell
Either you like the Saw franchise or you don’t, either way you know what you’re getting with a Saw film: excessive violence. On that level this film doesn’t disappoint. Jigsaw is now dead and as a battle ensues over his legacy, self-help guru and Jigsaw survivor Bobby Degan (Sean Patrick Flanery), purports to help fellow victims before his own dark secrets lead him into a new game.
I’ve seen quite a few modern 3D films now and, unexpectedly, I found that Saw 3D uses the technology better than most. I found some of the 3D parts of the human world of Avatar actually made what we were seeing look less real, as Cameron tried to be too clever with the technology and make things that we recognise in 2D, come alive in 3D; it didn’t work for me. What viewers want with 3D films is things flying at their face, which is why 3D technology perfectly complements the Saw franchise. Saw 3D has no shortage of limbs and blood splatter splayed into the audience via the new technology and it adds to the experience. If you can find entertainment in the violence on screen, you will doubtless be grimacing and laughing at some of the 3D techniques on offer.
Other than the 3D aspect, this is a particularly unremarkable Saw film. The acting is terrible, as ever, and the plot is twisted (in all possible connotations), but carefully planned. Saw’s best days have long-since expired and recent films have been poor, by the franchise’s standards, but this film was better than some of its predecessors.
This is by no means a must-see, but I will venture the brave and original statement: if you like the Saw films you will like this, but make sure you watch the 3D version.
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