History Film / SawIII

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Jigsaw does this to Amanda by asking her to let Lynn go free if she could keep him alive for the duration of his last "game". [[spoiler:She refuses and kills Lynn, but it's eventually revealed in ''Saw VI'' that she did so intentionally because Hoffman threatened to reveal that she had a hand in the fact that Jigsaw's wife had her miscarriage if she didn't kill Lynn.]]

* ChronicallyKilledActor: [[spoiler:Kerry's death just happens to be another one of Creator/DinaMeyer's [[http://cinemorgue.wikia.com/wiki/Dina_Meyer many deaths]].]]

* KarmicDeath::

* TheReveal: Two of them.
** [[spoiler:Lynn and Jeff are married, and Jigsaw kept this information from Amanda to test her.]]
** [[spoiler:Jigsaw is responsible for the loss of Jeff's ''other'' child, locking her away in a location that only he knows.]]

** Jeff's fatal flaw. He could have forgiven all those responsible, save them from death, and find peace for himself. He could have also chosen to live the rest of his life with his other family members, learning to live with his son's death. Yeah, he doesn't. The result? [[spoiler:Every victim of the games dies, including his wife.]]
** Averted in the case of Halden, whom Jeff forgives and saves, [[spoiler:only for Halden to accidentally get killed by another trap]].

* RevengeBeforeReason: Jeff's fatal flaw. He could have forgiven all those responsible, save them from death, and find peace for himself. He could have also chosen to live the rest of his life with his other family members, learning to live with his son's death. Yeah, he doesn't. The result? [[spoiler:Every victim of the games dies, including his wife.]]
** Averted in the case of the judge, whom Jeff forgives and saves, [[spoiler:only for the judge to accidentally [[AllForNaught get killed by another trap]].]]

* MortonsFork: Even if Troy had been able to remove the final chain in time, the door to the room was welded shut. Technically, despite the attempt to rig his test, he could have possibly survived by cheating and removing the visible batteries from the bomb's timer or throwing the bomb out the window, but with the mercilessly short timer of a minute and 37 seconds and no foreknowledge of the door being welded shut, his chance of surviving is still virtually nonexistent due to just how much of the time he would have spent getting out of the chains.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Jigsaw seems to explain the rules of the game to Lynn as she is brought into his room. In the film's climactic flashback montage, we learn that [[spoiler:the explanation, as well as the entire central game, was Amanda's, and the rules were mainly meant for her]].

* DeliriousMisidentification: While undergoing brain surgery in ''Film/SawIII'', John hallucinates that he's back with his ex-wife Jill, mistaking Lynn (a married woman) for her and telling her, "Love... I love you." This makes Amanda jealous.

* DeliriousMisidentification: While undergoing surgery, John mistakes Lynn for [[spoiler: his ex-wife Jill]], saying "Love...I love you..." to her, making Amanda jealous.

''Saw III'' is the third film in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' series, released in October 27, 2006 and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. As opposed to the second film, which was based on an original independent script of Bousman's that was later revised by series co-creator Leigh Whannell, this film's screenplay was written exclusively by Whannell, based on a story treatment he co-wrote with fellow co-creator Creator/JamesWan.

* ImmediateSequel: The film's opening scene continues the ending ''Saw II'', with Eric escaping the Bathroom after breaking his foot to free it from the shackle. However, the film cuts from that and begins another storyline that takes place about several months afterwards.

* DecoyProtagonist: Happens twice early on. First, Eric Matthews seems set to continue his role as protagonist of the previous film, but he disappears after his first scene, only reappearing in a flashback. Next, it looks like Allison Kerry will become an AscendedExtra, but [[spoiler:she is swiftly killed]]. The actual protagonists turn out to be two new characters, Jeff and Lynn Denlon.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Judge Halden's reasoning with Jeff to not let him and Timothy die.

** Danica in the Freezer Room; one movie critic once said that her scene may be the most un-erotic scene featuring a naked woman in all of horror movie history. She was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to wear just a tight T-shirt and panties, but the director Darren Lynn Bousman thought it would be too erotic for her to be wearing such clothes and getting wet, so they just decided to strip her completely.

** Danica in the Freezer Room trap; one movie critic once said that her scene may be the most un-erotic scene featuring a naked woman in all of horror movie history. She was originally going to be wearing just a shirt and panties, but the director thought it would be too erotic for her to be wearing a tight T-shirt and getting wet, so they just decided to strip her completely.

* AllThereInTheManual: An early draft of ''Saw IV'' that would have been a direct sequel to ''Saw III'' would have shown [[spoiler:Jeff's game to which John Kramer alludes at the end of this movie. It would have had him dying in a blender trap[[note]]This trap's idea was later reused for the Cycle Trap in ''Jigsaw''.[[/note]], along with Chris, the man with whom Lynn had an affair]]. Even though neither this scene nor the trap made it to the film, it still explains [[spoiler:what game John wanted Jeff to play to find his daughter]].

* BloodierAndGorier: This film is where the franchise ''really'' starts to earn the TorturePorn label, with the traps reaching a level of brutal dismemberment unseen in the previous two and far more detailed, nauseating gore. Reportedly, at least two audience members fainted during the premiere.

''Saw III'' is the third film in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' series, released in October 27, 2006 and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. As opposed to the second film, which was based on an original independent script of Bousman's that was later revised by series co-creator Leigh Whannell, this film was written exclusively by Whannell.

Whannell and fellow series co-creator Creator/JamesWan were initially averse to the idea of a third film, but after ''Saw II'' producer Gregg Hoffman's death shortly following its release, the two and Bousman convened and decided to make the film in honor of him. While the writers intended for ''III'' to be the finale of the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling producers' interest in continuing the series]] shot down this idea and led to the story being modified to leave loose ends to be addressed by future installments.

* GoryDiscretionShot: One instance of note in a movie after the first film (which was the trope's main user): [[spoiler:Lynn's collar detonating]] takes place offscreen, and we only see the incredibly grisly aftermath.

* GoryDiscretionShot: One instance of note in a film notorious for its onscreen violence: [[spoiler:Lynn's collar detonating]] takes place offscreen, and we only see the incredibly grisly aftermath.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: If you are knowledgeable, you may realize that removing the chain from his lower jaw would be impossible to do with his bare hands. This is a hint that his test was rigged to be nearly impossible to escape. Unless he could free himself from the other chains and grab the bomb to disarm it or throw it out one of the windows, he would have no way to survive. Even then, he would be forced to stay with his jaw hooked until help arrived, assuming he didn't bleed to death first.

** And after [[spoiler:Kerry is killed in a trap]], the camera pans from that to Lynn's bedroom.

* ExcessiveMourning: This is what bring Jeff under Jigsaw's radar. He's so totally consumed by the death of his son that he's neglecting his life and the rest of his family, to the point where his introduction to the audience is him scolding his daughter for taking a toy bear from his son's room. All of his games in the film are about getting him to let go of his obsession. [[spoiler:Too bad he learns the wrong lesson.]]

* AxCrazy: By this movie, [[spoiler:Amanda has become a nihilistic SerialKiller, creating deliberately inescapable traps, and openly threatening to trying to kill Lynn, which becomes her demise when the latter's husband takes revenge]].

* AssholeVictim: Troy is potentially this, as he is a known repeat offending criminal, though exactly what his crimes were is never elaborated on, so it's unclear how bad he was.
** Subverted and deconstructed with the victims in Jeff's trial. All of them are shown to be complex people with regrets and sympathetic qualities despite being involved with the accidental death of a child. The very idea of Jigsaw putting them into these death traps for honest mistakes in life calls into question how much of a sham his philosophy is throughout the movie.

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