3.0
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Admit it: It's not every horror film that can make you feel preached at and slimed at the same time.
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While Saw III provides a decent number of new twists, psychological as well as torture-wise, it necessarily lacks the originality of its predecessors.
Bottom line, those in the "Saw" factory know their audience and have brought along the appropriate buckets and bibs. Even devotees, however, may note pacing problems and tire of Jigsaw's selective omnipotence.
Unlike the disturbingly mysterious original, Saw III is a neatly wrapped-up package that explains everything -- including Jigsaw's evil contraptions and the background of his crazed female assistant.
The most depressing thing about this series is not the creativity of the bloodletting but the bleak view of human nature.
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… blood-and-guts–soaked, R-rated mayhem …
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