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3/4
A weaker link in the chain(saw) than previous.
cockney0_1 - wrote on 03/31/2009
The problem with most successful movies - horror in particular - is that people tend to see dollar signs and, usually inferior, sequels are routinely made and released. This is certainly true of the original '...Chainsaw' movie, with only part three serving the same sort of nastiness as the first, but it was still lacking in most other departments. The makers of the 2003 remake said there wouldn't be a sequel, but instead, after many requests from fans to address the psychotic Hewitt 'family's' history, they made this prequel (although this one is directed by Jonathan Liebesman in place of Marcus Nispel), detailing not only how and why Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) first put on a mask, but also how Sheriff Hoyt (R.Lee Ermey) came to be and how the family entered into the madness …
