Takes itself way too seriously

Simply A Masterpiece

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The difference in film making between Part 3 and the first two films is night and day. This really isn't even a direct sequel so to speak because there is no returning characters in the family besides Leatherface and ones that are were previously killed off in previous movies. This makes the timeline and events of the trilogy really puzzling and more or a re-imagining here. There isn't even really a whole lot to actually like about the film in general besides brief moments from Viggo Mortenson and Kate Hodge. I enjoyed the film periodically but I'm sure there's plenty of Texas Chainsaw fans that were pleased with this installment.

This one goes back to the serious tone revolving a crazy family and a psychotic chainsaw wielding psycho. It's nowhere near raw and chaotic as the first one, nor does it come to the same level of scare factor. Sure, it doesn't have that tension and suspense. The title of this movie has Leatherface in it, but he isn't in it as much and his persona isn't really shown in this. I have no idea why it's called Leatherface, because Leatherface plays a small part in the whole thing. Actually it does show a bit of Leatherface persona, but the more it tries the less intimidating he gets. I know, it's to show the innocence of Leatherface, but the more it does it makes Leatherface less intimidating more than interesting. The build up is drawn-out and boring and I just couldn't care for any of the characters. Even if the acting in it is alright. Also I am not sure if the heavy metal tracks actually elevated the chainsaw scenes or not either. I think they should get rid of the prologue part, because after the first one the next 3 sequels are just plain out silly in my opinion. Overall this is a watchable sequel that isn't awful, but doesn't stand out among other slashers.4.3/10

This second sequel to the horror classic is something of a letdown, purely because of the storyline. While the first sequel, dominated by Dennis Hopper's crazed performance, explored the key figures in a novel way, LEATHERFACE is a film that's content to simply emulate the first movie's storyline. Once again we get unwary travellers falling foul of Leatherface and his family, and an extended climax involving a family dinner. It's all way too familiar, and of course lacks the sheer intensity of Tobe Hooper's original classic.The film's tone is wildly uneven throughout, and even in the would-be horror scenes it's hard to take it seriously. The movie feels like a spoof; it has a light-hearted tone that sits at odds with the grimness of the plot. Still, on the plus side, it's very fast paced, and it features a great deal of crowd-pleasing horror elements that are sure to win the hearts of splatter fans, although as with the original, it's never quite as gory as you think it's going to be (and I'm talking about the uncut version).One of those crowd-pleasers is Ken Foree, Mr. DAWN OF THE DEAD himself, playing one of the film's would-be victims. Foree is a delight, and they sure play up to his potential, portraying him as a real ass-kicker of a man. I couldn't care less about the two characters who are supposed to be the leads, but Foree hooks you right from the start. The rest of the actors are less than impressive, and in particular the guy who plays Leatherface is just a stock heavy; there's certainly none of the hulking, imposing brutality that Gunnar Hansen brought to the role.Of course, one of the draws watching this film today is seeing a pre-stardom Viggo Mortensen playing in a decidedly odd type of role, completely different from what you might expect; I enjoyed his performance, even if much of it is played for laughs. And that's the trouble with the film as a whole: we're back to that spoofy tone, that whole non-serious feel that everyone's laughing at the premise rather than getting to grips with the horrifying implications of it. Take the ear scene, for example, or the string of increasingly ridiculous and unbelievable things that happen at the climax (including the fate of one of the characters, which makes no sense whatsoever; blame a substituted ending for that one, after the original didn't go down too well with test audiences). In fact, come the end, I enjoyed this more as a bizarre comedy than as a genuine horror outing.

Thank god that moved ended it! I did not like it at all, not that gory and not that scary at all and really poor acting from everyone in this movie and all of them really annoyed the hell out of me and I did care if they died or not.I did not like TCM 2, which I gave a 4 out of 10 and this is going to get the same rating.At least Leatherface was not a softy in this move like the second one, the only good think I can about this movie but still did not find him that scary.I found everything else so bad, that I was laughing most of the time. (And this was not cut version)