Saw III (2006)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 87
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 63
Saw III does little beyond repeating its predecessor's tropes on a gorier level.
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 19
Saw III does little beyond repeating its predecessor's tropes on a gorier level.
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Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is back, and this time he's concocted his deadliest set of traps yet in this gore-soaked sequel written by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, and directed by Saw II's Darren Lynn Bousman. Picking up directly where its predecessor left off, Saw III finds Jigsaw near death and fighting to stay alive for one final game. Determined to show his protégé, Amanda (Shawnee Smith), what it truly means to carry out his deadly game, the ailing Jigsaw instructs his apprentice to kidnap
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Cast
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Tobin Bell
Jigsaw, John -
Shawnee Smith
Amanda -
Angus Macfadyen
Jeff Reinhart -
Bahar Soomekh
Dr. Lynn Denlon -
Dina Meyer
Kerry -
Mpho Koaho
Tim -
Barry Flatman
Judge Halden -
Lyriq Bent
Rigg -
J LaRose
Troy -
Debra Lynne McCabe
Danica -
Costas Mandylor
Forensic Hoffman -
Betsy Russell
Jill -
Jane Luk
Nurse (Emergency Room) -
Stefan Georgiou
Dylan -
Niamh Wilson
Corbett -
Alan Van Sprang
Chris -
Kim Roberts
Deborah -
Paul Brian Anderson
Doctor #1 -
Zoe Heath
Female Forensic -
Billy Parrott
Male Nurse -
Dylan Trowbridge
Paramedic -
Franky G
Xavier (Dead) -
Kelly Jones
SWAT Member Pete -
Vincent Rother
SWAT Member Joe -
Nicholas Kaegi
Young Boy -
Marc Poyser
Gun Shot Victim -
Tim Burd
Obi -
Dan Sudek
Aftermath Cop -
Bill Vibert
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Donnie Wahlberg
Eric Matthews -
Leigh Whannell
Adam
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All Critics (90) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (66) | DVD (19)
God or Jack Valenti only knows how this work of pure entertainment got an R rating 'for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.'
Even splatter-film buffs should be offended by this piece of nonsense: Not because it's so gross, but because it's so dumb.
The second Saw sequel develops the mythology of sadistic puppet-master Jigsaw in ambitious, gruesome but ultimately self-defeating ways.
Admit it: It's not every horror film that can make you feel preached at and slimed at the same time.
Tedium eventually sets in again, the movie's murky visual schema and overly aggressive editing style marring any attempts at subtlety. Worse yet, the Jigsaw Killer remains a smug, unscary bore.
More gore is really all III has to offer.
Images jump, blip, strobe, and shock like an epileptic seizure - all the result of director Darren Lynn Bousman's lack of trust in his screenplay.
Witness the distortion of the series' original premise bastardized by those who believe they know better.
The power of "Saw III" lies not in the gore, torture, or tension, but in the relationship between Amanda and Jigsaw.
The extreme gore is gratuitous, and character development non-existent in a movie packed with the cookie-cutter visual design of the previous two films. Torturer, victim and audience become one.
More bloody mayhem from Jigsaw; not for kids.
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.
Face your fears. A lesson worthy of praise, if the film preaching them weren't so completely full of s***.
Nihilistic, amoral, self-congratulatory wanking.
Starts with an interesting premise but quickly squanders it on the usual barely-glimpsed bloodbaths.
One of the most sadistic, brutal, grisly films of the current splatter-porn genre.
The only brains on display are the ones that get drilled out of human skulls.
I'm pretty impressed with the way in which the producers keep finding new and uniquely disturbing ways to up the ante.
Audience Reviews for Saw III
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- Judge Halden: Jeff! Just keep standing there, you're an accomplice to murder! Are you a murder?
- Jeff Reinhart: I've wanted to kill him everyday. For three years, I wanted to kill you. Yeah, maybe I am.
- Judge Halden: You'll lose your family. Your wife, your daughter!
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- Jeff Reinhart: I forgive you.
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- Dr. Lynn Denlon: [before the surgery] Alright, John, I need you to keep your head to the side and keep still. What's going on here is your brain is pushing against your skull. I'm going to try and relieve the pressure by cutting away a little bit of your skull. It should help you with your headaches and drastically improve your motor skills. Do you understand?
- Jigsaw: All too well.
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- Dr. Lynn Denlon: [while Amanda is comforting John] He can't hear you. He doesn't even know you're there.
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- Danica: Please help! Please? I'm so cold. I can't feel my arms.
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- Jigsaw: If you make it through this, Lynn, you're going to thank me one day just as Amanda did.
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