Saw III
Short description
Saw III continues the story of John, the terminally ill killer known as Jigsaw, who has again avoided capture along with his apprentice Amanda. As the police search for the pair, two people are drawn into a new set of games without realizing it: Dr. Lynn Denlon, who is taken to an abandoned building and forced to keep John alive, and Jeff, a grieving man working through his own series of tests. Their situations are linked, and both are pawns in a design they cannot see.
Darren Lynn Bousman directed the film, his second time behind the camera on the series after Saw II the previous year; he would return for Saw IV in 2007. Leigh Whannell wrote the screenplay, with Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman and Oren Koules producing. Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith reprise their roles as John and Amanda, joined by Angus Macfadyen as Jeff, Bahar Soomekh as Lynn, Donnie Wahlberg as Eric Matthews and Dina Meyer as Kerry.
Made for about 10 million dollars, the film took roughly 165 million dollars worldwide, a return far beyond its production cost. Audience scores are moderate: on IMDb it holds 6.2/10 from around 227,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.4/10 from about 5,000 votes. A film critics' rating of 4.6/10 from 92 reviews places professional assessment well below the audience response.
What's left behind the scenes
- In 2006, the film was included in the list of works prohibited from distribution in the Republic of Belarus by resolution of the State Registration Committee No. 331.
- The film was re-edited seven times to obtain an R rating.
- At the 14-minute mark of the film, a key dissolves in a jar of acid next to Carrie. Throughout this scene, the intensity of the gas bubbles produced by the chemical reaction changes, disappears altogether, or reappears with each shot change.
- Lee Wannell wrote the film's screenplay in one week.
- At the 31st minute of the film, Jeff kicks out two planks of a box with his foot, but in the next frame, it can be seen from the outside that he has only kicked out one plank.
- In "Angels" trap, Kerry dips her hand into acid and severely burns it, however, in all subsequent scenes, there are no burns on her hand.
- It was originally intended that Donnie Wahlberg reprise his role as Detective Eric Matthews. The character was supposed to appear in flashbacks, but Wahlberg left the project before filming began due to creative differences.
- When the Constructor pulls out the tape recorder at the end of the film, his thumb is on the top cover, away from the play button. Nevertheless, a distinct click (as if the button has been pressed) is heard, and the tape starts to spin, even though the button hasn't been pressed.
- At the 50th minute of the film, Lynn approaches a light-colored mannequin head with a snare trap attached to it. When Lynn reaches out to the head, it appears dark, and in the next frame change, the head becomes light again.
- Despite Jeff and the Judge being in a tank with a liquid mass of chopped pigs, they remained clean and dry throughout the film.
- When Jeff shoots Amanda in the neck, she falls to the floor near a white cabinet. As the scene continues, the cabinet is sometimes splattered with her blood and sometimes completely clean.
- At the 4-minute mark, Matthews takes off his sock to amputate his leg. Shortly after, the sock reappears on his leg, and when he decides to break his foot, the sock disappears.
- When Dr. Lynn examines a child with a pneumothorax and drainage, the nurse exclaims that the patient's condition is improving. However, at that moment the monitor shows ventricular fibrillation (VF) and severe arrhythmia, which is fatal if not immediately corrected with electricity. Then the monitor suddenly shows a stable heart rhythm. Such a situation is practically impossible to see in clinical practice.
- The screenplay is based on a plot by James Wan (one of the screenwriters and director of 'Saw' (2004)).
- When Lynn operates on John, she opens the top layer of skin down to the skull and clamps some parts of it. Then, after she asks Amanda to fill a syringe with alcohol and wipes blood from the operating area, the clamps are gone. In the next shot, when the alcohol is sprayed, they reappear.
- Corbett is named after Lee Wanell Corbett's friend, Tak.
- Several versions of the scene where Jeff kills John were filmed. The only difference between the scenes is the weapon he uses to take his revenge.
- Originally, a police officer was planned to be the victim for the freezer. When the decision was made to put Denika in the freezer, she was initially supposed to be wearing a t-shirt and underwear.
- The film is dedicated to the memory of Gregg Hoffman, the producer of the first two films, who passed away in December 2005.
- According to Darren Bousman, many plot points were borrowed from posts on the forum www.houseofjigsaw.com.
- When Dr. Lynn Denlon prepares for the Constructor's operation, her hair is sometimes tied back and sometimes loose.
- At the 29th minute of the film, Amanda cocks the hammers on a collar with shotgun shells worn by Lynn. It can be noticed that the collar poses no danger, as all the cartridges have damaged primers.
- Initially, the trap Kerry was placed in was designed to tear off her limbs, but later this trap was modified.
- The producers of the film borrowed the toilet set from the creators of 'Scary Movie 4' (2006). The reason is that these sets exactly replicated the sets from 'Saw' (2004) and 'Saw II' (2005).
- At the 79th minute of the film, Amanda tries to find Adam in the dark. When she illuminates him with a flashlight beam, it can be noticed for a moment that his legs are not chained.
- At the 17th minute of the film, the acid in the jar becomes colored with Kerry's blood, and the degree of coloration changes with each frame change during this scene. After the trap is triggered, the liquid in the jar is clear again.
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