Yes, it should have ended here. Story wrapped up and anything after this just watered down a potent conclusion. I enjoy trilogies, but they are seldom left aloneall about $. For a franchise to form and a 'series' to get to #3 and beyond, it has turned a good profit, so usually after #3 any story integrity is secondary.

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For me this was like the Nightmare on Elm Street or other horror icons. First one had the story, the rest was to see how people would get killed.
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3 is still a step down from 1 and 2, but ending it there would have stopped the further decline of the series. And it would've stopped the writers from finding ways to bring Jigsaw back to life after killing him off for shock value.
They could have came back and made good Saw movies again had they
(A) Taken their time instead of rushing yearly releases
(B) Hire a good writer to write the story

Yeah, this should have been it. Very few franchises can maintain quality for more than 3 films, especially horror. But of course people kept paying to see them and Hollywood is all about the money. Everyone involved should feel shame when a franchise pumps out film after film when they get horrible feedback.

Total agreement. I thought starting with Saw IV, it was overkill. After a satisfying "triology", they decide to bring in a new character, Hoffman, shoehorn him into the timeline of the earlier films, then throwing in even more out-of-the-woodwork characters in V,VI,VII,VIII, thereby turning the franchise into one big convoluted retcon!

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I'll admit I'm a fan of the Saw franchise, but yeah.it really should have ended at Part III. The ending didn't answer all the questions, but it still works as an end to the franchise. I've read that they have plans for Part 8, which is kind of ridiculous at this point. :I
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It is clear that the writers planned for a 4th with the small scene where Jigsaw was putting the cassette tape in wax.
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Definitely. I remember after I watched Saw III in theaters and thinking that it was going to be the very last one. I can't believe that Lionsgate has been able to churn out 4 more Saw films. To me, Saw 1 - 3 make a perfect horror trilogy.
As a few others have stated, I try to forget that Saw IV - Saw 3D exist.

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Yea,
Exactly this.
Had it ended, I Would’ve been fine with it. But the other ones till 6 have been so good, I have to resentment except that this one is the Best One of Course.
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I remember seeing this in the theatre and thinking there would be no more sequels boy, was I wrong I'm glad they made more of them, because I love 4 and like most fans, I dug 6 a lot too.
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I agree with Justinblount. Some constructiveness would nice.

I wish you would bring attention to what the plotholes are if you're gonna say they exist

It should have ended with this one IMO.
The others after this get very silly. The plot holes are enormous in the later ones.
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In my opinion Saw 1 was the worst, full of plotholes and inconsistencies, and a cop-out ending. "Oh, all you needed was the key from the tub." And the whole thing with Zepp and Gordon's family was incredibly stupid, the supposed leverage Jigsaw had over Zepp was a joke, and everything about the scene with the little girl is ridiculous. The cops were also beyond the stupidity of a normal cop, everything they did made no sense. I concur with the Confused Matthew review about Saw 1.
I didn't see too many things wrong with Saw 2, but it kind of felt like a teen flick, it was a little cheesy at times. I liked the twists though. But Saw 3 was when it really started getting good, up until Saw 3d where they seemed to wrap everything up too abrubtly. I don't even remember what supposedly happened between the 2 characters at the end.

Saw is a Trilogy. 1 2 and 3 are all that matter. the others are non-canon in my opinion, or as the one poster said spin-offs.
Saw III finished the story.

I just discredit IV-VII in my head. They're a spin-off quadrilogy