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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>Saw 3D</em> Vs. <em>Wild Target</em>

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Robert Horan

Published Oct 29, 2010

Modified Oct 29, 2010

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Back in 1995, David Fincher followed his terrific debut atrocity Alien 3 with a little film called Seven. It was a serial killer movie written by a guy who was working at Tower Records (true story), and as anyone who works retail can tell you, your opinion of humanity goes down the proverbial shitter. The film was very well-made and beautifully shot, choosing to show the grizzly aftermath of the murders and thereby forcing the audience to imagine it. The film was a success. Years later a bunch of people got together and threw Danny Glover and Cary Elwes into a room and started torture porn. Working off the model of Seven [(i.e. serial killer gives victims choice of an easy death, or a slow, painful torture they may or may not survive) also, opening next week is the movie 127 Hours] Saw decided to explicitly show all of the sordid ordeals and little else, leaving behind the controlled restraint, intelligence, and plot of its predecessor. Sheeple loved it. So the powers that be decided to make another Saw film every year until it was totally beat into the ground. But now with 3D, any tired franchise can be revitalized for one last painful hoorah... in 3D. So with no further ado, Saw 3D comes out today, and it's probably just more of the same, but in 3D!There have been no reviews. Either the studio was smart enough to not have press screenings or there's an shortage of ink and the press needed to conserve some.

 

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Click on the film stills for more details and reviews on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which include: Saw 3D, Wild Target, Monsters, Welcome to the Rileys, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Jolene, Waste Land, Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields, The Kids Grow Up, Walkaway, Inspector Bellamy, Poltergeist and Psycho.

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