Now I am not a fan of the Saw movies generally, but I stuck with them for two reasons. One, they have built a plotline from nothing and two, Jigsaw is an interesting character. So I was hoping for a conclusion that was somewhat clever or genuine, but I suppose I was too optimistic; the writers have become so blinded by their hack writing so far they forgot how to conclude it.
So in this "final chapter" we follow an author who supposedly survived one of the Jigsaw traps, and his bid to restore confidence in other survivors. Meanwhile, our two villains from the previous films seek to end their own battle.
The film is two parts for me. The story of the survivors, and their new lease of life, is fascinating; this is what Jigsaw's intention was, to show people the errors of their ways and renew themselves. However because this is a Saw film we can't just have that, we need another endless onslaught of traps and characters we don't know or care about.
I've talked about lack of characterisation killing Saw's torture scenes before, and here its only part of the problem. The real problem is how this final act completely cleanses itself of every development in the last six films with a tacked on "twist". There were ways to end this story with more dignity, even the twist could have worked had its inclusion not debunked everything that had happened previously!
Ultimately, this film proves the writers had no idea what they were shooting for; six films, that's nearly a day of footage (good god) to set that decent twist up... But no, they just admit that everything was completely pointless.
Additional Marshmallows: They couldn't even maintain their titles. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, 3D. Really, you really are that shallow huh. At least Lovefilm listed it at VII.
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