SAW 7 (FINAL CHAPTER)
2 out of 5 stars

“GAME OVER.”

ya know... i wouldn't have expected anything less, esp. since it is a SAW movie afterall. you've got the gore, the flashbacks, and even CRAZIER traps for all of jigsaw's victims in his 7th movie about determining those who live or die. you know we're getting close to HALLOWEEN when you've got to watch a SAW movie! :P

apparently, this IS the LAST saw movie! i was a little bit sad to hear that, but maybe hollywood or lionsgate finally came to their senses with this whole tortureporn franchise. to recap: saw VI starts out with jill tuck (widow of jigsaw) placing the reverse beartrap head apparatus on det. hoffman, leaving him to well...die. det. hoffman somehow gets out of the apparatus, leaving him scarred because the thing basically ripped his mouth and cheek open. he continues to set traps as “jigsaw” for his usual victims, but this time, he’s got traps for the police! (b/c jill has turned herself in and is in their custody for protection) however, det. hoffman is a cunning bastard, and eventually finds a way inside the precinct. as you know by now, every saw movie starts with some sort of trap. wanna know what it is this time? you’ve got 2 dudes and a girl attached to a tug-o-war style saw thing, and if they don’t move it one way or another, the girl gets sliced up on top. oh, and they’re displayed in some department store window. comeon! it’s a SAW movie afterall! :P

a lot of the motive-related questions are asked, and it’s the game of bobby dagan AKA a self-help guru and jigsaw trap survivor, who gets the test of his LIFE. he has to go through a series of tests determining who lives and dies, or...his wife dies. now, the SAW franchise has had some CRAZY/really disgusting traps created, but i have to say madd props to the creatives on the jigsaw-style car crash, the human oven trap, the department store tug-o-war saw trap, the scream silencer on the publicist, and the noose and plank trap on bobby’s agent. i actually thought that the ending and a certain cameo from the first saw movie was very clever, and gave this crazy franchise the ending it deserved. too bad saw creator leigh whannel and first saw director james wan weren’t a part of it. :/