Amazing, Gory, and Perfect

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2006)

Since 2004, the Saw series has been thrilling horror fans around the globe, and is hailed by many as a new life for a dead genre. The box office intake for each film has increased with each movie made, pleasing not only the fans, but also the film's creators. The movies are all made on a very small budget, which makes their success even more of a delight. After seeing Saw III, I can safely say that this may very well be the best horror trilogy ever created. While Saw IV is already set for a release next Halloween, I'm not sure that they can ever top what happened in the first three movies. Saw III is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II) and written by the brilliant Leigh Whannel (Adam from Saw, writer of Saw and Saw II) and James Wan (writer and director of Saw).
In Saw III, Jigsaw is on his death bed. His cancer is finally about to end him, and he plans for Amanda, his apprentice, to take over once he dies. As a sort of going away present, Jigsaw plans one final game of grand scale. This time around, Lynn, an experienced surgeon, and Jeff, a troubled father, become entangled in Jigsaw's grizzly web of torture and violence; Lynn must keep Jigsaw alive until Jeff finishes his tests.
Saw III would be the ideal ending to the Saw franchise, with loads of flashbacks, explanations, nearly perfect closure, and the most gore of any film in recent memory. The gore is really piled on here, with bones snapping, pig carcasses grinding, rib-cages ripped off  it doesn't get any worse than this. But this is, perhaps, what makes these films so great for horror fans. With all of the blood and guts displayed on the screen is a well-played-out story with plenty of twists and turns and interesting characters.
The traps are also an important part in any Saw film, and we get plenty of them here, including a twisting, mechanical crucifix crudely titled "The Rack", a device that attached to ones ribs that tears them out, and many others which involve chains, shotgun shells, and other such horrors.
The film also delves much deeper into the relationship between Jigsaw and Amanda, and gives the audience a behind the scenes look at what makes these killers tick. The acting is superb, perhaps the best so far in the series. The writers and directors seem to have learned what the fans really want, and delivered an amazing horror movie that is an instant classic.
You'll shield your eyes, you'll look away in disgust, you might even throw up  it really is that nasty. Saw III is actually more of a psychological thriller than it is a horror film, which makes it all the better. While Saw II is still my favorite movie of all time, Saw III is definitely on my Top 10. Rating  10/10