Saw III (2006)

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Leigh Whannell (story) and
James Wan (story) ...

Release Date:

27 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes Rules Are Meant To Be Broken...

Plot:

Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.

Plot Keywords:

Gruesome | Doctor | Car Accident | Brain Tumor | Revenge

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Dec. 26

9:00 PM

SYFY

Cast

Tobin Bell	...	Jigsaw / John
Shawnee Smith	...	Amanda
Angus Macfadyen	...	Jeff
Bahar Soomekh	...	Lynn
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Eric Matthews
Dina Meyer	...	Kerry
Leigh Whannell	...	Adam
Mpho Koaho	...	Tim
Barry Flatman	...	Judge Halden
Lyriq Bent	...	Rigg
J. LaRose	...	Troy (as J Larose)
Debra McCabe	...	Danica (as Debra Lynne McCabe)
Costas Mandylor	...	Forensic Hoffman
Betsy Russell	...	Jill
Jane Luk	...	Nurse - Emergency Room

MPAA:

Rated R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.

Runtime:

108 min | 113 min (unrated version) | 121 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS | DTS (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Australia:MA | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Norway:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Romania:I.M.-18 | Portugal:M/18 | USA:R (certificate #42733) | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:R21 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-18 | Hong Kong:III | Mexico:C | Argentina:18 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:Unrated (uncut version) | Chile:18 | Italy:VM14 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:16 (heavily cut) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut) | South Korea:18 | France:-16 (DVD version) | France:-18 | France:-16 (video) | Japan:R-18 | Brazil:18 | Japan:R-15 (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Iceland:18 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

The producers asked the producers of Scary Movie 4 (2006) if they could use their bathroom set for this movie as it was an exact replica of the sets used in Saw (2004) and Saw II (2005).

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the movie, when Amanda's holding Lynn at gunpoint and threatening to kill her, the hand in which she's holding the gun changes with different shot angles.

Quotes:

Dr. Lynn Denlon: [during the surgery] How do you feel, John?
Jigsaw: Never better.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I Am Legend (2007)

Soundtrack:

Eyes of the Insane

This movie will please hardcore Saw fans

This movie, as always with the previous Saw installments, has once again proved to be worthwhile. The set-ups were great, the torture devices and scenes were unimaginable with NO limits whatsoever, and the ingenious traps Jigsaw puts on all of his victims were unbelievable. Saw 3 will keep you wondering what will be the outcome of the end. No doubt did this movie impress me and hopefully Saw fans as well. Now, as a warning, this movie did have some EXTREMELY sickening scenes with constant groans from audience in theater, but will nonetheless please its viewers. I highly recommend fans, and anyone who loves a good gross-out horror movie buff to see this latest Saw installment.