This seventh chapter of the Saw series is billed as "The Final Chapter". Whether the series producers are true to their word (remember, the FOURTH Friday the 13th film carries the same billing) doesn't really matter all that much anymore. The story has been effectively driven into the ground with this terrible effort.
There are so many things this movie does wrong that it's easier to just use a list to describe some of them:
-The acting is atrocious. I'm not just talking in comparison with the other films. The acting in this one is some of the worst I've EVER seen.
-Because it was made in 3D, the graphics are cheesy and the gore effects are all pinkish and over-the-top. The last bastion of reason to watch a Saw film (those brutal trap scenes) are effectively ruined by the 3D.
-Whereas I thought this movie was going to really wrap up the series in a meaningful way, it instead has its own plot line for 80 minutes and lazily wraps up the "big picture" stuff in the final 10. Even the big "surprise" in the final minutes actually turned me off instead of provoking the desired "wow" effect.
Essentially, a franchise that once re-invented and then rule the horror genre couldn't find a way to go out on a high (or even decent) note. The series should have ended after the third part, instead it muddled around in 4-6, and then dropped the final "stink-bomb" here. Avoid this film at all costs and remember the "good times" of the series instead (go re-watch 1-3).
There are so many things this movie does wrong that it's easier to just use a list to describe some of them:
-The acting is atrocious. I'm not just talking in comparison with the other films. The acting in this one is some of the worst I've EVER seen.
-Because it was made in 3D, the graphics are cheesy and the gore effects are all pinkish and over-the-top. The last bastion of reason to watch a Saw film (those brutal trap scenes) are effectively ruined by the 3D.
-Whereas I thought this movie was going to really wrap up the series in a meaningful way, it instead has its own plot line for 80 minutes and lazily wraps up the "big picture" stuff in the final 10. Even the big "surprise" in the final minutes actually turned me off instead of provoking the desired "wow" effect.
Essentially, a franchise that once re-invented and then rule the horror genre couldn't find a way to go out on a high (or even decent) note. The series should have ended after the third part, instead it muddled around in 4-6, and then dropped the final "stink-bomb" here. Avoid this film at all costs and remember the "good times" of the series instead (go re-watch 1-3).