Nina (Naomi Snieckus) becomes just another victim in the latest chapter of the Jigsaw saga that comes to life on the big screen in the gut-spilling 3D.
It’s always amusing to see how the “Saw” films will attempt to disguise their gruesome “gorno” violence as a perverse form of upright moral justice (“These sinful victims had it coming,” the movies rationalize). The thin mask of principle is as silly as the swirly-cheeked head of the marionette that stands in for the infamous Jigsaw killer.
All these movies really care about anymore is tearing folks to pieces, and “Saw 3D” — which, given its lack of pop, may just as well have been called “Saw VII” — barely even tries to squish a decent plot behind all the blood- and gut-spilling.
And, by Jigsaw, is there a lot of spillage. I dare say “Saw 3D” delivers, if what you seek is deeply repulsive carnage and bizarrely rampant violence against women. Among the random killings that lazily flank the already-lazy central story are the sawing in half of an Asian woman (whose sausage-link entrails splatter of the floor) and the obliteration of a blonde girl’s face by the wheel of a speeding car (her teeth, cheekbones and nose hairs go flying at the camera). In the main thread, one woman is cooked alive while another’s face is ripped apart, and this after two other gals have had their eyes, mouth and/or throat run through with jagged spikes.
Comparatively, the male characters (played by C-Listers like Sean Patrick Flanery, Costas Mandylor and Cary Elwes) meet more humane ends, if not survive altogether. One gentleman is merely hanged, while two others are even rewarded for letting a female get the ax. The whole thing reeks of twisted, resentful geek revenge, as if returning director Kevin Greutert and returning screenwriters Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan were sending bloody valentines to their ex-girlfriends (who, let’s face it, were wise to head for the hills).
This is not entertainment, no matter how loud the sickos in the back row holler when [insert sharp object] pierces flesh. “Saw 3D” is cheerless and merciless, and while some will no doubt see the following as a compliment, it leaves you feeling gutted.
Saw 3D
R
One reel out of four
Now playing in area theaters
Charlie St. Cloud
PG-13
Available Tuesday
The supernatural Hallmark-card drama “Charlie St. Cloud” is a big puffball of silliness, complete with senseless twists and a gooey aesthetic bathed in heavenly sunlight. But seen as a path-paving star showcase for talented dreamboat Zac Efron, it’s an enjoyable 99 minutes, framed around the solid theme of brotherly love. SPR
The greatest sin every bad movie commits is disregarding the better judgment of its audience. The modern masses may be all-too-willing to shell out oodles of dough for mediocrity, even garbage, but that’s no reason not to wag a finger at those who make said garbage, then dare to ask for payment in return, thus continuing the vicious, subpar-cinema cycle.
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1. Anonymous said... on Nov 4, 2010 at 07:07PM
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