It requires a stretch of the imagination too far, but there's still plenty of gore and tricksy murders here.
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11/29/06
Saw III (2006)
27 %
Reviews Counted: 79 Fresh: 21 Rotten:58 Average Rating: 4.2/10
Consensus:
Saw III does little beyond repeating its predecessor's tropes on a gorier level.
Rated: 18
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Theatrical Release: 27-10-2006
Synopsis: In 2004, a low-budget horror film about a man who put people with moral failings into grisly, murderous situations became a huge hit. In 2005, the sequel scored again, upping the body count and the terror. In 2006, the franchise continued, with plenty of gore as well as an emotional story line... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Tobin Bell, Angus MacFadyen, Dina Meyer, Shawnee Smith, Alan Van Sprang
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell
Story: James Wan
Producer: Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg
Composer: Charlie Clouser
Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell
Story: James Wan
Producer: Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg
Composer: Charlie Clouser
Reviews
Top Critic
The second Saw sequel develops the mythology of sadistic puppet-master Jigsaw in ambitious, gruesome but ultimately self-defeating ways.
11/02/06
Top Critic
The fact that it contrives to give its torture master the moral high ground (apparently he only tortures his victims for their own good) is possibly more perverse than any of its violence.
10/31/06
Top Critic
Face your fears. A lesson worthy of praise, if the film preaching them weren't so completely full of ****.
01/17/08
Starts with an interesting premise but quickly squanders it on the usual barely-glimpsed bloodbaths.
08/18/07
One of the most sadistic, brutal, grisly films of the current splatter-porn genre.
03/24/07
The only brains on display are the ones that get drilled out of human skulls.
02/12/07
Like an herbal blend of grand guignol and gothic horror, Saw isn't everyone's cup of tea.
12/26/06
If humorless torture marathons like this represent the future of American horror cinema, it's time for Hollywood to officially outsource the genre overseas, where they remember the pleasures of a good scare.
11/13/06
No one will ever be able to accuse series creators and scribes Leigh Wannell and James Wan of being stingy with the red stuff.
11/11/06
If you found Hannibal's brain cooking scene a tad too much, you will want to avoid Saw III; but if you are a fan of the gory versions of horror, this will be an iconic essential
11/10/06
I couldn't watch Saw III without thinking of reality TV shows like Fear Factor. Can it be a deliberate parody?
11/09/06
not great filmmaking, but very profitable and a fun way to get some cheap Halloween thrills.
11/08/06
God or Jack Valenti only knows how this work of pure entertainment got an R rating 'for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.'
11/07/06
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