Saw III (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Leigh Whannell (story) and
James Wan (story) ...

Release Date:

27 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes Rules Are Meant To Be Broken...

Plot:

Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.

Plot Keywords:

Gruesome | Doctor | Car Accident | Brain Tumor | Revenge

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Tobin Bell	...	Jigsaw / John
Shawnee Smith	...	Amanda
Angus Macfadyen	...	Jeff
Bahar Soomekh	...	Lynn
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Eric Matthews
Dina Meyer	...	Kerry
Leigh Whannell	...	Adam
Mpho Koaho	...	Tim
Barry Flatman	...	Judge Halden
Lyriq Bent	...	Rigg
J. LaRose	...	Troy (as J Larose)
Debra McCabe	...	Danica (as Debra Lynne McCabe)
Costas Mandylor	...	Forensic Hoffman
Betsy Russell	...	Jill
Jane Luk	...	Nurse - Emergency Room

MPAA:

Rated R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.

Runtime:

108 min | 113 min (unrated version) | 121 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS | DTS (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Australia:MA | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Norway:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Romania:I.M.-18 | Portugal:M/18 | USA:R (certificate #42733) | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:R21 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-18 | Hong Kong:III | Mexico:C | Argentina:18 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:Unrated (uncut version) | Chile:18 | Italy:VM14 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:16 (heavily cut) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut) | South Korea:18 | France:-16 (DVD version) | France:-18 | France:-16 (video) | Japan:R-18 | Brazil:18 | Japan:R-15 (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Iceland:18 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

1000 special posters were made and were sold for $20 each in support of Saw III and the American Red Cross. Tobin Bell, donated 2 Vials of his own blood to be dumped into the red ink vat. All 1000 posters were then printed with the red ink vat and later sold. However, the first print was put up for auction. It was also signed by the entire cast and crew. All proceeds from both sales, went to the American Red Cross.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Towards the end of the movie when the police team enters the house where they believe the feed is coming from Jigsaw has told them there is a gas flowing through the house, yet none of the police team is wearing any type of gas mask.

Quotes:

Jigsaw: Death is a surprise party.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin/Christina Aguilera (#32.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Monochrome

The best things come in three's.

Saw 2 was perhaps the biggest surprise in the form of a horror sequel I have received for a long time. When I finished seeing Saw 2, I was so pumped for Saw 3 that I wasn't even going to pay attention to what my friends and critics alike had to say about this movie, which were all negative. Finally saw it, and it doesn't disappoint.

Saw 3 starts right off where the second one ended, and I wont tell you anything in case you haven't seen Saw 2, so go see it! Now, this Saw has two different parts that go back and forth one to the other. The part of Lynn, a doctor and also a wife who has neglected her husband and thus she is thrust into Jigsaw's newly incorporated "game", and the other part comes in the form of Jeff, a man driven by vengeance who must also go through a series of hellish tasks, in order to reach the man who killed his son, and kill him, if so he chooses. Now these two parts are so incredibly connected that I wont spoil a thing, because it is just a wonder to behold what happens at the end. This movie as well offers insight into the past two Saw movies, which was a welcome treat for the fans and it also explains a bit more about what happened after they ended. Also, we get to see Amanda's take on how she tortures people, which is just painful and at times, hard to watch.

Now the acting in this movie was as decent as Saw 2, which, like Saw 2, had some standouts. Angus Macfadyen was really incredible as Jeff, perhaps the best character since Cary Elwes in the first Saw. He was clearly the best acted character in the movie, followed by the obvious Tobin Bell who is just as intimidating and awesomely evil as he was in Saw 2. The others are the characters of Lynn and Amanda.

Now if I haven't praised the script enough, then I'll repeat myself, this script... is incredible! From the start to the bloody finish it keeps you on the edge of your seat, trying to figure what the hell is going to happen at the end, and you will never know until you finish seeing it, or if someone spoils it for you. Sure it starts a little slow, but it gets better, you just have to see it for yourself. Also for the gore and violence in this movie, they sure turn it up a notch, and it shows, very well done special effects, and some really painful sequences.

Few gripes with the movie: Although the script was incredible, it has some problems, like a slow beginning for example. The acting by the tortured people is just ridiculous, not by all of the them, but the majority. And it isn't better than the first Saw, its up there with Saw 2.

Bottom Line, even though it has its problems, it is a worthy sequel to Saw 1 and 2, and I am definitely going to go see Saw 4 which is coming very soon. But I wonder, will Bousman and crew keep the momentum going or is it all going downhill from there? We will just have to see. 7/10.