If nothing else, the Saw franchise has been very useful for putting the job of movie reviewer in perspective.
Anyone thinking this job is all rainbows and lollypops is quickly brought up to speed when they realize you have to watch each and every Saw film.
To be fair, the first had novelty going for it, but since then all this franchise offers is cheap gore torture porn.
This instalment is no different from the last six in that the gimmicks remain but there's nothing fresh or entertaining left to exploit.
This time the plot involves oh, why bother? Seriously, you don't care about the plot and after watching it, I'm doing my best to forget that time I will sadly never get back.
The best part about this particular Saw film is the claim that it is, in fact, the last one ever.
I'm sorry - does anybody honestly believe that?
Weren't there three we-promise-this-is-the-last-one Friday the 13th movies?
This genre has no credibility when making such statements and the fact that people keep going to see this effortless trash is a pretty strong indication that saying this will be the last movie is as big a lie as saying this is a good movie.
I must also clarify that while available in 3D, our theatre is only 2D.
But to be fair, from all reports, the 3D version added nothing but another empty gimmick piled upon an already over gimmick saturated film.
In the end, if you really like torture porn don't waste your time with this American trash and go straight to crazy town with many of the insane Japanese offerings in the genre.
Personally, I've not been able to sit through any of them, but if you enjoy drinking this tea, you may as well drink the best.
