Saw III - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Tobin Bell returns as the diabolical "Jigsaw" in this excellent 3rd installment of the now-famous "Saw" series. This movie picks up right where part II left off. We see Jigsaw's apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) slamming the door on a well and truly trapped Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg). "Game's over", she mutters as she leaves. But is the game over for Matthews? It is for one other part II carryover; Kerry (Dina Meyer). She is investigating the death of a former ex-con who has died in a most brutal manner. At first, she doesn't expect Jigsaw was involved, but she soon learns otherwise as the video retrieved from the crime scene shows.Soon, Kerry is abducted by Amanda and she meets the same gruesome demise as the crime scene victims she used to investigate. But the real story follows .There are two story lines in this movie. One deals with Jigsaw's worsening brain tumor. Realizing his condition is deterorating, he instructs Amanda to abduct Lynn (Bakar Soomekh), a successful surgeon, to help with his condition. Upset with her life situation, Lynn is apparently just going through the motions at her job. Amanda abducts her and leads her to Jigsaw, where she is fitted with an explosive collar designed to detonate if Jigsaw "flatlines". She is forced to keep Jigsaw alive or risk her own death.The other plot deals with a man named Jeff (Angus Macfadyen). Jeff's young son was killed by a drunk driver, and he has been dealing with feelings of revenge. Captured by Jigsaw and placed in a box, he is released and able to confront those responsible for the death of his son; the lone eyewitness, the leniant judge, and the driver himself. He has the choice of saving each of these people or letting them die. Will Jeff choose life or death? Will he be able to overcome his feelings of rage and save these people, or will they die like so many other of Jigsaw's victims?The best part of the movie is the final 15 minutes. In this time, all of the questions and twists of the movie are neatly wrapped up. Watch closely so you don't miss anything.I found this movie to be the best of the "Saw" movies by far. Tobin Bell does a magnificent job as the maniachal Jigsaw, and the other actors are very good as well. What sets this movie apart from the first two is its excellent plot. It will keep you guessing throughout until everything is revealed at the end.I give this movie my highest recommendation. The "Saw" series has become one of the biggest horror movie series in recent memory, and this thrilling and bloody installment maintains the earlier tradition. The scenes in this movie are much more graphic than in the first two movies, so watch with caution. This series has become one of my favorites, and "Saw III" keeps the action and blood flowing.

Here is my take on not just SAW III but all of them. A man who is faced with the concept that he knows he is going to die, an average guy at that, makes a choice. He makes the choice to teach other people a lesson. A lesson about how valuable the gift of life is. So he sets some rules. He never truly sets out to kill anyone. That is the brilliance of the whole series. He puts you in a situation. One where you have to fight for the life you have "wasted away".He chooses the drug users, rapists, voyeurs, pretty much the lowlifes of society who basically have chosen an ugly life and are just wasting away because it is what they chose. Jigsaw, in his amazing wisdom, asks you either you fight for a better life because of the one you had chosen, or die the way you will be remembered as, a rapist, drug user, murderer, and so on.The challenge asks you to destroy some of your body but to learn a lesson. The lesson is:"Why was I put here in the first place?"Answer: Because of what you chose.Now he makes you make the ultimate choice, fight to live, or just chose to die.He wants you to win. He wants you to live. He wants you to realize that you are wasting away, so fix it.A lot of people would view Jigsaw as a villain, probably one of the most intelligent in movies, not just a hacker and slasher, but in the heart of this, he can be considered a hero too. He wants you to change your life for the better, and avoid forever being condemned for the crimes and choices we all make. He knows someday he will die of something he has no control over. So if you don't have that burden, why push towards an early grave.He is a hero.That is what makes these movies amazing. The SAW series isn't your average hacker or slasher, it has deeper meanings.

My granddaughter really enjoyed this movie!

Is anyone good enough to meet the Jigsaw terror guru ultimate soul test, or are we all merely “dead inside”?! The first song at the end credits is Helmet’s Monochrome, which I enjoyed and now whenever I want to get the feeling of the ending of this consciousness apocalypse aka consciousness destroying haha film, I listen to that song now on repeat for awhile. “We’re running in place…” Why did I never watch this series when it first came out? Of course it made a big splash and I heard about it. But I met my wife and got married around this timeline so perhaps had other things going on eh? Would I pass Jigsaw’s test of ‘carpe diem’ / ‘live life to the fullest’ yet also take care of other people test? Would any of us?

I love these movies. #tobinbell

Great movie

It was funny because me and my sister were at home and they UPS guy knocks on the door. I opened it and there before me was the UPS guy with my package... well a big box and a dvd package. He gave me the box. I ordered multiple items, so I thought my items were together. As soon as the UPS guy left I ripped that box open while my sister came in the room to see what I bought. We then we discovered it was medical things. I sat back in embarrassment as a knock was heard at the door. I opened it not more than 10 seconds before the UPS guy first came and he stood there with my SAW III DVD and I apologized and we switched packages and left and I stood there thinking, "How embarrassing... he was was gone maybe no longer than five seconds and the box was all torn up and me and my sister around the box like little kids. Pretty embarrassing. Great movie.

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