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★★★★☆

“<< Cast >> ”

written by dblock on 29/03/2007

Good Points
Plot twists
Great acting

Bad Points
Same formula as other films
Incredibly gory.

General Comments
<< Cast >>



Tobin Bell ... Jigsaw/John

Shawnee Smith ... Amanda

Angus Macfadyen ... Jeff

Bahar Soomekh ... Lynn

Donnie Wahlberg ... Eric Matthews

Dina Meyer ... Kerry

Leigh Whannell ... Adam



It seems strange, even sadistic how horror films have descended into pure blood and gore films. More focused on churning the inside of the viewers stomach rather than thrill and suspense. The Saw trilogy is one of the primary movers in this genre, even since Saw was released in 2005. However what Saw has in favour of other films such as 'The Hills have Eyes' and 'Silent Hill' is the a cunning and intruding underlying story which gives substance and meaning to all the violence.



Saw III, leaves off from the previous film, with the terminally ill mastermind of horrific situations, Jigsaw putting various characters in a life or death game, in which they must show incredible courage to escape with their lives. Like the previous 2 version of the film, the central characters seem random at first and completely unconnected, yet this of course is just character development and you see that the people involved are highly related to the plot of the film.



Amongst the people put inside a life or death situation are a doctor and a man who has had trouble forgiving the killer of his son. The doctor has a task of keeping Jigsaw alive or the bomb strapped across her body will blow up, she is put under immense pressure and is threatened constantly by Jigsaw's sidekick who emerged in Saw II, unbeknown to the viewer, the sidekick herself is undergoing her own life or death game and this has interesting consequences to other challenges. The man mentioned above has his own task, that after waking up in a maze in which he encounters 3 people who have crossed him in the past but he must find a way to forgive them.



Along the way, he sees some chilling deaths, something which this trilogy has become famous for and it doesn't do anything to disrupt that reputation. The death on the turning chair is particularly gruesome. The pace of the film quickens as we proceed towards the end and we inevitably see a dramatic conclusion which is definitely worth the watch. If you have seen the first 2 films then it is a must watch, even if you haven't it is still an intriguing film to view.

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