Just like how all things must start they also must eventually all end as well but horror films just because the main villain is dead for good doesn't mean that producers won't somehow find a way to make more movies out of it. Case in point the film that i'm going to be revieing for you all today as despite it being touted , marketed and in some cases even titled as such this film is now not the final chapter of the Saw films and so then join me as I review the film that depending on either the cover of the DVD or the actual movie itself is either called Saw 3D or Saw: The Final Chapter with the film in question being called simply just "Saw: The Final Chapter" enjoy.
The plot of this film is after being found out as the Jigsaw killer at the end of the last film Detective Mark Hoffman has to avoid the police all the while a so called survivor of one of Jigsaw's traps now has to undergo one of the killers infamous games. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us un this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect from these films at this point in time but that's also the problem as the Saw films were becoming pretty formulaic at this point in time and that is something that does show in the plots to each film as they really could be swapped around and nobody would notice with the only thing that sets this films plot apart from the rest of the Saw plots is that the police are only trying to find Hoffman so that they can arrest him and put an end to his killing spree which is something that none of the other films have done before now and it's that aspect of the films plot that does make it feel like a true finale as all of the recurring characters that are still alive in the film have all of there personal characters arcs wrapped up in a nice little bow with the main Bobby plot not really being the best plot as it's just that interesting when compared the police's plot of the film with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw and Costas Mandylor as Detective Mark Hoffman. Also starring in this film is Betsy Russell as Jill , Sean Patrick Flanery as Bobby , Chad Donella as Gibson , Gina Holden as Joyce , Laurence Anthony as Rogers , Dean Armstrong as Cale , Naomi Snieckus as Nina , Rebecca Marshall as Suzanne , James Van Patten as Dr. Heffner , Sebastian Pigott as Brad , Jon Cor as Ryan , Anne Greene as Dina , Chester Bennington as Evan , Dru Viergever as Dan , Gabby West as Kara , Benjamin Clost as Jake , Kevin McGarry as Charlie , Kim Schraner as Palmer , Oluniké Adeliyi as Sidney , Ish Morris as Alex , Carlos Díaz as A Coroner Worker , Elizabeth Rowin as Sara , Christine Simpson as Donna Evans , Rachel Wilson as A Mother , Tanedra Howard as Simone , Shauna MacDonald as Tara , Joanna Douglas as Joan , Janelle Hutchison as Addy , Greg Bryk as Mallick , Larissa Gomes as Emily , Kevin Rushton as Trevor and Cary Elwes as Dr. Gordon.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of this films actors doing the absolute best that they could have done with the material that was given to them and while the likes of both Tobin Bell and Costas Mandylor do indeed turn in some really good performances in this film which is to be expected as they both a pair of really good actors in there right where the film starts to fall apart from an acting point of view is in the acting from the actors that are just joining the franchise with this film as there acting whilst it's not bad by any means it's clearly not all that good either with alot of this coming down to the fact that these Saw films where made pretty quickly and so nine times out of ten they couldn't go and do a take two and as a result of that is the fact that we the audience are left with performances that if they did get the chance to do a take two would really have been a whole lot more better then what they actually were and yet because they couldn't do a take two alot of this films acting really just at best feels wooded and stilted with the acting in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.
What was not to be expected in this film ws the fact that Jill who played a major role in alot of the Saw films from Saw 4 onwards. Here takes on the role of a minor character with her not even doing all that much in the film outside of giving the police enough evident to convict Mark of his crimes and that's really it and while it would have been impossible for the writers of this film to write her character out of the film entirely given that she does so little that effects the police plot line for this film she might as well as not even be in the film and while she does get a send off that is not only worthy of her character but also of the films as well it's something that did feel like more of an afterthought and that might be because of the fact that this film was originally meant to be two films and so maybe Jill was meant to take on a bigger role in this film but a smaller role in the eighth film but because of the fact that Saw VI underperformed at the box office Lionsgate ordered that instead of making a two film finale they instead just make this film the finale and because of that Jill has a smaller role in this film which in the context of the film does make some sense but at the same time tho given just how pivotal that she was to alot of the Saw films it is something that feels like a disservice to the character where as if the makers of this film had the chance to stick to there plan of a two film finale then she might have been given not only more screen time and thus more to do in the film but also be given a more worthy ending to her characters as well.
If there's a few things that the Saw films are famous two of them is seeing how the current film connects to the other films and the other is seeing past characters return in new ways. With this film giving us the very long awaited return of Cary Elwes as Dr. Gordon with it being reveled that he's actually been helping John Kramer out since pretty much the beginning with it being revealed that he was the one who recommended Lynn Denlon and as well as setting up several traps from all of the other movies with his end goal only to look after Jill and to take action should she die which thanks to this film he does right away with him being quite swift and effective in doing so and while it could be argued that Jigsaw having another secret apprentice is an over done cliche at this point and that would be a very fair point to make here it is something that does make sense as they do it in a way that not only makes sense for his character as even John put him through hell on that first movie he also gave him advice on how to survive as well and with him being a doctor he would of course have files to alot of the characters that we've seen in the films but at the same time tho it would have been nice to see him taking a more active role in having him help the police out instead of working in the shadows and only appearing in a few scenes in this film as afterall how better to help catch Hoffman then someone who has worked with John Kramer himself but seeing him follow through on John's order to protect Jill does work as well even if it something that's not really all that well built up in the film as the character only appears in a few scenes in this movie and even then one of them is just to confirm that he's alive and the over is just to confirm that he visits a Jigsaw survival group and that's it with the rest of his his appearances until the end being in flashback form and that's really it.
If there's one thing that would have made this film a bit more better it would have been if they revealed that they main plot of the film actually already happened. As that would have been alot more interesting that having the plot with the police and the main plot be barely connected to each other at all as you can very easily remove the part where the police raid the building where the main trap is taking place and nothing would be lost but if you did something interesting with that take like oddly enough what they do in Jigsaw and reveal that the plot with the police is happening in the present and that main plot with Bobby is something that's already happened as then you could connect it back to the plot line with the police trying to track down Hoffman in some creative way and yet by not having the two connect in any meaningful way it means that the plot with the traps in it could takes place in literally any other Saw film and nothing that's actually important to the plot of this film would be missed when the Saw films did usually try to connect both the main plot of the film with the whatever the police plot for the film was at that time in ways that oddly felt creative and that showed that the makers of this film were actually smart as those revelations did more often then not have us the audience gasping as it was something that did usually catch us off guard and yet here by doing nothing with them it makes them feel disconnected from each other and yet all they'd have to do is have either John , Mark or Jill show up at the end of the main plot with the traps and have a conversation about something that we've seen in a prior film that still connects to the plot of this film and that's really all there is to it.
Even tho there have been a further three films in the Saw franchise since the release of this film this film really does feel like a finale. As everything that was set up in not only the first three films but from Saw IV onwards gets resolved in this film with even the fact that the film has Mark acting an effective killer outside of his more deadly games it's something that does get payed off in this film as we now know that when Jill does get put into the beartrap near the end of the film that she's not getting out of it because of the fact that in Saw V they set up the fact that he really is a dark sadistic killer who can if he wants to make sure then you never get out of one his traps and while that is something that does work for his film what doesn't work is that they go the slasher villain route with Hoffman by having be an effective killer when he's killing of nobodies but when it comes to the main character he suddenly doesn't know what he's doing and that is something that not only wasn't set up in the previous films but is also something that does make him seem like a less effective killer as well but when the films do set something up in one of the other movies it is something that you have to remember as odds are it was payed off in this film which helped to make sure that everything was tied up in a little bow and it also meant that it really did look like that the makers of the film film really did have an end game in mind and weren't just making it up as they went along which is something that does work for these new Saw films there more spread out over the timeline but for these films that are set one after the other having an endgame really did make these films so much more fun to watch.
Now then this film really does have an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time that alot of these latter Saw film sequels had and to this films credit it really does have lore then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time given the fact that this film was meant to be the final Saw film ever made it really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as none of the characters have much in the way personality as none of them are given the time that they really did need to display what there personality was in the first place and the reveal that Dr. Gordon was secretly working with John Kramer the whole time really does come out of nowhere with both issues mostly being the result of the fact that this film was meant to be two different films with the Dr. Gordon stuff being something that was meant to explored further in Saw 8 which would have made alot more sense as here he's big reveal does feel like something that would be a great cliffhanger to end the film on and then in the eighth film you can then go into way he was working with John something which this film doesn't really take the time to full do and as for the new characters not being given any personality this is sadly something that is present in alot of the latter Saw sequels but it is something that very easily could have been fixed by giving this film a slightly longer running time as that would then allow for these newer character to get across what it is that there personality is meant to be like and that in turn would help us the audience not only care for them or hate them but also feel either sad or happy that they've been killed but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a Saw film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual traps that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As we do get some really creative and really effective looking traps in this film which is something that does make alot of sense as it's the traps that these films are most well known and that people keep on coming back to these films to see regardless of if the films are any good or not and it's the same thing with this films traps as well as the makers of this film really did go all out when it came to creating to some of this franchises best looking traps with the best example of this being the pig trap at the end of the film as it just looks so cool and seeing that there really is no way that anyone could have gotten out of it makes it look all the more impressive and when you in the fact that it's technically attached to the much more simpler muscle trap as well which is great in how simple it is then it makes the whole thing a really effective looking trap that does also make you squirm but none of them are the best trap in the film as that honor goes to the reverse beartrap not only because of the fact that it's a legendary trap in it's own right but also because of the fact that it does play a big part in the police plot of the film which is something that makes it a really good trap in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall if this film was to be the final Saw film ever made then it would have made a really great ending as all of the plot lines that the film does indeed set up get payed off and while right now Saw 11 is struggling to get of the ground given that the alternative would mean getting a lesser quality Saw film it's better to wait and a get one good one every few years then getting lesser films every year in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad rings that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , the official Saw fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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