“Do you want to play a game?” The deep grungy voice that revs your heart up in anticipation for who’s going to get wrecked next is back and it’s in 3D. What ingenious, over-the-top device has Jigsaw come up with now? If you want to get up off the couch this weekend and go to the movies, here is how I feel about SAW 3D: SAW 3D is SAW 4, 5, and 6…with 3D effects. The story barely goes anywhere, and in true SAW fashion, confuses you for a while then it doesn’t matter because someone is being ripped to shreds. The issue, like all the others, is that SAW tells multiple stories at the same time and it could give you a migraine (especially with those 3D glasses on) but it does hold a certain interest to those of you who have followed the series loyally. If you’re looking for a deep story that answers all your questions, leaves you with none, and you come out of there saying, “That was the GREATEST ending to a long series of gratuitous yet entertaining movies!”, then just stop reading now (this review not the site!) and save yourself the trouble because it just doesn’t happen.
Going into SAW I already had a few things in mind, “People are about to get destroyed…ALL my SAW questions will be answered, ending will leave me satisfied and SAW will go out with a bang.” Only one out of three of those things happened and I’m pretty sure you can guess which one that is…that’s right…people in that movie…got…DESTROYED! It was the only relatively entertaining part about that movie. When I left the theater I was pleased, until my friends and I began to recall the movie and could only remember the kills and not the actual content of the story. You can follow the plot line relatively well but the story doesn’t go anywhere. It’s like running on a treadmill…sure you’re doing something and you are moving…but you’re not going anywhere…you’re in the same spot.
And now…what was unique in this movie over all the SAWs…the pièce de rèsistance…REAL 3D! It was cool…and that’s really the perfect word for it. It wasn’t spectacular but by no means was is bad. It enhanced the games that Jigsaw plays and makes the gory experience a little more “in your face”. This movie really wasn’t worth all the hype but it is a decent movie to check out. Final rating: 3/5
PS: The ending…of the “final” SAW movie…leaves you with a cliff hanger…smfh.
