I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news: "Saw 3-D" opens in theaters
this Friday. The good news? The tagline on the ... moreone-sheet reads: "The final
chapter."
Because the last "Saw" movie tanked at the box-office (thanks, "Paranormal Activity"), this is it for our old
friends Jigsaw and Billy the Puppet. Until, of course, it isn't, and three years
from now Lionsgate announces a reboot of the series. Horror franchises are
harder to kill than Eagles reunion tours, their end games equally gruesome and
dispiriting.
But serial killers and self-serious musicians have no monopoly on
never-ending farewell tours. There are plenty of movie characters circling
around creative cul-de-sacs, hanging on just to take some more of your money.
Here are the still-active offenders who need to be retired immediately.
