Jigsaw's Games Are NEVER Over...

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2007)

*SAW III SPOILERS*
Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is dying, and asks Amanda (Shawnee Smith) to kidnap a surgeon, one Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) to keep him alive, with an 'incentive': a shotgun collar made in Amanda, that will kill her if Jigsaw flat-lines.
And Jigsaw needs to be alive; to see if Jeff Reinhart (Angus McFadyen), a father who still hasn't gotten over his son Dylan (Stefan Georgiou)'s hit-and-run death three years before, nor over his desire for revenge, will decide to forgive the three people responsible for the destroying of his family - Danica Scott (Debra Lynn McCabe), the sole witness who ran away, Judge Halden (Barry Flatman) who gave the guilty man only six months in jail, and the (unwitting) killer himself, Timothy Young (Mpho Koaho), or will leave them to their death in the traps Jigsaw made for them.
But it's not only him who's being tested...
In the meanwhile, we find out some more background info about the fates of Adam (Leigh Whannell), Det. Mathews (Donnie Wahlberg), the insane partnership between Jigsaw and Amanda, Jigsaw's past, and other two traps, one for a guy called Troy (J. Larose), who goes in and out of prison, and the other for Detective Kerry (Dina Meyer), who reveal themselves inescapable...
This Saw is not the final one, not only for the fact that a fourth one is being made, but also for the way it was written; why put all those loose ends in a final chapter? That being said, once again we face a very fine scary movie; the acting is great, especially McFadyen and Bell, the script is twisty, clever and a little more high-brow than the first two (even though all the flashbacks might be a little confusing for a novice), the editing and music are great all around, and the lurid colors - the green tone throughout especially - complete a nice package, dedicated to the memory of 'Saw' and 'Saw II' producer Gregg Hoffman, who passed away in December 2005.
A great movie for a great man.
Saw III: 9/10.