Saw III

Rating: 4/10 (15 May 2007)

The first two were fantastic, and I had seen what the critics thought of this one, and ignored them, and it came out okay. Basically, the film begins with Det. Eric Matthews (Ransom's Donnie Wahlberg, from the second one) escaping by breaking his foot to get out of his chains, and then we move on to the cops finding another corpse. After the investigation, detective Kerry (Dina Meyer), from the first two) examines Jigsaw's latest torture tape, and then from discovering a camera in her closet, ends up in her own trap. Then we get to the real story, where Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) has been kidnapped by Amanda (Shawnee Smith), Jigsaw's apprentice and taken to Jigsaw, or John (Tobin Bell) who may be breathing his last breath, from his condition of cancer and a tumour. Lynn has a neck collar with explosive caps put around her, and it is connected to Jigsaw's heart rate, so if his rate drops and he dies, so does she from the explosions. Meanwhile, Lynn's husband, vengeful Jeff (Braveheart's Angus Macfadyen) has been told that he has the opportunity to get revenge for the man who killed his son, but along the way of these tests, he meets people who were linked to the murder, that he could revenge on, but these tests are mainly to test if he can forgive. Also starring Leigh Whannell returning as Adam (from the first one), Mpho Koaho as Tim, Barry Flatman as Judge Halden, Lyriq Bent as Rigg, J. LaRose as Troy, Debra Lynne McCabe as Danica and Billy the Jigsaw Puppet (LOL). I can see why the critics gave it two out of five stars, in terms of confusing flashbacks, and I hardly understand the ending with Amanda being tested, but you cannot help but love the elaborate bloody gore which even more gruesome than the other two films, particularly cutting Jigsaw's head open to remove skull (to relieve pressure). Traps include: the guy with various chains in his body (skin) and he has to rip them out before the nearby bomb goes off, the woman in the trap that will rip her ribcage out unless she gets the key out of the corrosive acid, the freezer room with the hanging woman being sprayed by cold water with the key behind some bars, the man chained to the floor while pig's fluids (from being mashed up by saws) are pouring in, and Jigsaw's favourite "The Rack" with the guy having his arms, legs and head twisted with the key on the trigger on a gun. Jigsaw may be dead (slid on the neck by an electric saw), but there may be continuation because he was the only one who knows where Jeff's daughter is. Not as good as the other two, but worth a look. Okay!