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Saw III

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Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) becomes a pawn in the Jigsaw Killer's (Tobin Bell) latest gory game. Kidnapped and taken to an abandoned warehouse, she finds Jigsaw bedridden and dying. Her task is to keep the maniac alive long enough for Jeff (Angus Macfadyen), a fellow victim, to complete his own task. Each is unaware that Jigsaw has much bigger -- and deadlier -- plans in store.
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Saw III does little beyond repeating its predecessor's tropes on a gorier level.

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Jordan Crucchiola New York Magazine/Vulture The third movie doesn't go over the edge, but it does start to feel like John is setting his subjects up to fail, and the game shouldn't be rigged quite so hard if he really wants people to walk the path of redemption. Oct 27, 2017 Full Review Tim Grierson Screen International Staying mostly faithful to the successful blueprint of its two earlier installments, Saw III is an adequate sequel that works well enough on its own terms. Jul 23, 2008 Full Review Brian Tallerico UGO One of the most sadistic, brutal, grisly films of the current splatter-porn genre. Mar 24, 2007 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review How can Jigsaw possibly think he or his undertaking has achieved anything with such a low success rate? He would do better by looking at the numbers, realizing he's doing more harm than good, and trying a new approach. I wish these films would do the same Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 11, 2023 Full Review Shaun Munro Flickering Myth Saw III neatly concludes the original trilogy of films while providing an off-ramp for the ridiculous glut of sequels to follow. Rated: 3.5/5 May 20, 2021 Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News I don't have a problem with uncomfortable violence if it comes in a film that's at least remotely entertaining, which this movie is not. This installment is lazy, coasting on everything that made the first two films so popular. Nov 20, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rowan C This triology has been something else and it has been such a unpredictable story to follow. There is so much suspense with these movies and so many twists that make the movie ten times better. Saw 3 opens up with Eric Matthews chained up in the bathroom and he breaks his foot to get out. It is revealed later that Amanda ends up taking his life and that is against Jhons' rules of the game. The two targets were connected and it had to do with two separated lovers that were reunited at the end of the movie. Lynn was a doctor and she was kidnapped by Amanda to keep Jhon alive long enough for another character Jeff to beat his course. Lynn had a collar around her neck that was connected to Jhons' heart rate and if Jhon were to die, Lynn would die as well. Jeff was in a separate course in which he had to go through three obstacles to get revenge on the people that were associated with his sons death. He manages to beat the course and he saves the Judge on the second one, but the Judge ends up dying to a shotgun blast in the last obstacle. Jeff lets the actual killer die in a twisting trap, which broke all of the bones in his body and the only way to save him was with a key. Any weight administerd to the key would trigger a shotgun blast and the shotgun blast ended up killing the Judge. Jeff gets out and comes across a gun with a note saying last chance. While this is going on, Lynn preforms a dangerous surgery to remove the pressure that Jhons' brain is putting on his skull. Surgery goes well and since Jeff beat his course, Jhon asked Amanda to unlock Lynns' collar to let her go. Amanda refuses and soon ends up killing Lynn by shooting her in the stomach. They dug deeper into the lore of Amanda, and it was revealed that she killed Adam by suffocating him with a bag. Jeff stumbles across a room with his gun and he is met with his wife Lynn falling into his arms in which he shoots Amanda in the neck. Jeff and Lynn being together was such a huge twist, and I was not expecting this at all. Jhon reveals that he was testing Amanda and that she failed him a lot of time. Jhon asked Jeff to play a game in order to save Lynns' life and Jeff ends up failing. Jhon asked for Jeff to kill him or to forgive him and Jeff chose to kill him. This was Jhons' plan all along because Jeff did not know that the two were linked with each other. Jeff kills him and Lynn ends up dying in which Jhon tells him that Jeffs' daughter is kidnapped with limited air. The movie ends with Jeff screaming and Jhon slowly dying. I love the lore that is explained in the saw movies, because even in Saw 3 they are still explaining unseen stuff that happend in Saw 1. Overall, I had a great time watching this movie and the Saw movies are just so unpredictable. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review James B While It does kill off it's main character it answers all questions of the previous films and raises some more. The traps are better than ever and has extraordinary acting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Emil P Definitely not one of the best movies in the franchise. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Dean E Watched this movie so much. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Noelle S I love this film. While it's not the greatest Saw film, I've seen it a bunch but it doesn't get worse no matter how frequently you see it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Thomasfilms Productions R A disappointing finale to the John Kramer trilogy Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) becomes a pawn in the Jigsaw Killer's (Tobin Bell) latest gory game. Kidnapped and taken to an abandoned warehouse, she finds Jigsaw bedridden and dying. Her task is to keep the maniac alive long enough for Jeff (Angus Macfadyen), a fellow victim, to complete his own task. Each is unaware that Jigsaw has much bigger -- and deadlier -- plans in store.
Director
Darren Bousman
Producer
Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Gregg Hoffman
Screenwriter
Leigh Whannell
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Lionsgate Films, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Twisted Pictures
Rating
R (Language|Gore|Nudity|Sequences of Terror/Torture|Strong Grisly Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 27, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 20, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$80.2M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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