Saw III

The third movie doesn't go over the edge, but it does start to feel like John is setting his subjects up to fail, and the game shouldn't be rigged quite so hard if he really wants people to walk the path of redemption.

Staying mostly faithful to the successful blueprint of its two earlier installments, Saw III is an adequate sequel that works well enough on its own terms.

One of the most sadistic, brutal, grisly films of the current splatter-porn genre.

It requires a stretch of the imagination too far, but there's still plenty of gore and tricksy murders here.

No one will ever be able to accuse series creators and scribes Leigh Wannell and James Wan of being stingy with the red stuff.

How can Jigsaw possibly think he or his undertaking has achieved anything with such a low success rate? He would do better by looking at the numbers, realizing he's doing more harm than good, and trying a new approach. I wish these films would do the same

Saw III neatly concludes the original trilogy of films while providing an off-ramp for the ridiculous glut of sequels to follow.

I don't have a problem with uncomfortable violence if it comes in a film that's at least remotely entertaining, which this movie is not. This installment is lazy, coasting on everything that made the first two films so popular.

Really nothing more than a quick, cheaply produced studio money-making machine feeding off Americans' insatiable bloodlust.