History Film / SawIII

Whannell and Wan were initially averse to the idea of a third film, but after series producer Gregg Hoffman's sudden death shortly following the release of ''Saw II'', the two and Bousman convened and decided to make the film in honor of him. While the two creators intended for ''III'' to be the finale of the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules' interest in continuing]] (considering the [[CashCowFranchise box office success]] the series had accumulated thus far) shot down this idea and led to the story being modified to leave loose ends to be addressed by future installments.

** On another note, Amanda is an attractive woman, and apart from her spending the entire film in a tight shirt, there's one scene where she pulls her pants down and exposes her underwear...[[spoiler:promptly before running a large knife across her inner thigh, where scars are visible from prior cuts]].

** On another note, Amanda is a rather attractive woman, and apart from her spending the entire film in a tight shirt, there's one scene where she pulls her pants down and exposes her underwear...[[spoiler:promptly before running a large knife across her inner thigh, where scars are visible from prior cuts]].

* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: Timothy Young was driving drunk when he struck and killed Jeff's son Dylan. He felt horrible about the accident, but that didn't stop Jigsaw from putting him in a DeathTrap to test Jeff's capacity for forgiveness. [[spoiler:Despite his efforts, Jeff fails to save Timothy, who [[CruelAndUnusualDeath dies gruesomely]].]]
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Eric Matthews cannot work up the will to saw off his foot when he's chained up in the bathroom; instead, he breaks it with a toilet lid and further snaps it down to slip it out. He then has to walk out of the room and ends up [[spoiler:getting in a fight with Amanda with his foot essentially pointing the opposite direction]], which is about as unpleasant as you'd imagine.

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

* DrowningPit: The Pig Vat is a rather disgusting version of this, involving ground up/liquefied rotting pig corpses.

** 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 dress in such clothes and get wet, so they just decided to strip her completely.

** [[spoiler:Jigsaw is killed (with a ''[[DeathByIrony saw]]'' no less) by one of his many victims. He even dies with a piece of him missing, like the puzzle pieces he took from his victims. His was in his head, perhaps symbolizing his sociopathy and lack of humanity.]]

* KidnappedDoctor: Amanda kidnaps a surgeon named Lynn and fits her with an ExplosiveLeash to force her to treat (and later perform cranial surgery on) the terminally ill, cancer-ridden John. [[spoiler:Which was just ''one'' reason for her kidnapping, as Lynn is also married to Jeff, Jigsaw's latest karmic victim, and he wanted to put Jeff through a series of traps for him, all while seeing if Amanda, in the main purpose of the whole movie, would grant someone (Lynn) the chance to live, instead of condemning everyone to an inescapable death.]]

* ExactWords:
** The big one is John's iconic "[[CatchPhrase I want to play a game]]". First-time viewers will expect [[spoiler:he's saying this in reference to Lynn]], but eagle-eyed ones or those who were paying attention carefully might notice [[spoiler:he's actually addressing Amanda]]. Those who are aware he only says this line to the person he's testing could put things together and realize that [[spoiler:he's ultimately testing Amanda and not Lynn]]. [[spoiler:Amanda's failure to notice this and follow his subsequent warnings results in her death]].
** At the start of Jeff's trial, John promises him that should he complete his tests, he will come face-to-face with "the man responsible for the loss of his child". Jeff naturally assumes the man in question is the drunk driver who killed his son in an accident. [[spoiler:However, John never exactly said ''which'' man or child was he speaking of; only after Jeff kills him does he reveal in a tape that ''he'' is the person "responsible for the loss of his child", as only he knew where Jeff's ''daughter'' is.]]

** At the start of Jeff's trial, John promises him that should he complete his tests, he will come face-to-face with "the man responsible for the loss of his child". Jeff naturally assumes the man in question is the drunk driver who killed his son in an accident. [[spoiler:However, John never exactly said ''which'' child was he speaking of; only after Jeff kills him does he reveal in a tape that ''he'' is the person "responsible for the loss of his child", as only he knew where Jeff's ''daughter'' is.]]

** The big one is John's iconic "[[CatchPhrase I want to play a game]]". First-time viewers will expect [[spoiler:he's saying this in reference to Lynn]], but eagle-eyed ones or those who were paying attention carefully might notice [[spoiler:he's actually addressing Amanda]]. Those who are aware he only says this line to the person he's testing could put things together and realize that [[spoiler:he's ultimately testing Amanda and not Lynn]]. [[spoiler:Amanda's failure to notice this and his subsequent warnings results in her death]].

** At the start of Jeff's trial, John promises him that should he complete his tests, he will come face-to-face with "the man responsible for the loss of his child". Jeff naturally assumes the man in question is the drunk driver who killed his son in an accident. [[spoiler:However, John never exactly said ''which'' child was he speaking of; only after Jeff kills him does he reveal in a tape that ''he'' is the person "responsible for the loss of his child", as only he knows where Jeff's ''daughter'' is.]]

* ExactWords: At the start of Jeff's trial, Jigsaw promises him that should he complete the tests, he will come face-to-face with "the man responsible for the loss of his child". Jeff (and the audience) naturally assumes it is the drunk driver who killed his son in an accident. [[spoiler:However, Jigsaw never exactly said ''which'' child was he speaking of; only after Jeff kills him does he reveal in a tape that ''he'' is the person responsible for the loss of his child, as only he knows where Jeff's ''daughter'' is.]]

Whannell and Wan were initially averse to the idea of a third film, but after series producer Gregg Hoffman's sudden death shortly following the release of ''Saw II'', the two and Bousman convened and decided to make the film in honor of him. While the two creators intended for ''III'' to be the finale of the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules' 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.

** [[spoiler:Danica is left naked and tied up in a freezer room. She dies freezing to death when Jeff fails to save her in time.]]

*** The first deleted scene is of her in the lobby of Adam's apartment building, seemingly there to scope out the layout for when she comes back to abduct him. He walks down the stairs and sees her, and although he doesn't know her, he strikes up a conversation; he sweetly compliments her hair, invites her out to a Wrath of the Gods concert, and asks if he can take her picture, to which she genuinely smiles and says yes. Long story short, he went out of his way to be really friendly and kind to her, honestly hoping to "see her around," and she paid it back by abducting him for John.

** In a flashback, Amanda goes back to deliver a MercyKill to Adam after John seals him in the Bathroom to die, because she feels immense guilt for bringing him there in the first place. She goes back and puts him out of his misery via suffocation, saying she's going to "free him," sobbing the whole time while he tries to fight back.

** Two deleted scenes really help expound on why Amanda would feel this awful:

* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Amanda goes back to deliver a MercyKill to Adam after John seals him in the Bathroom to die, [[ShootTheShaggyDog even though he technically passed his test]] because she feels immense guilt for bringing him there in the first place. She goes back and puts him out of his misery via suffocation, saying she's going to "free him," sobbing the whole time while he tries to fight back.[[note]]Two deleted scenes really help expound on why Amanda would feel this awful. The first scene is of her in the lobby of Adam's apartment building, seemingly there to scope out the layout for when she comes back to abduct him. He walks down the stairs and sees her, and although he doesn't know her, he strikes up a conversation; he sweetly compliments her hair, invites her out to a Wrath of the Gods concert, and asks if he can take her picture, to which she genuinely smiles and says yes. The second is of her having a vivid nightmare of hearing something go bump in the night while she's the only one awake in the Nerve Gas House, and when she goes to investigate, she sees an apparition of Adam, who rushes her and [[SdrawkcabSpeech speaks in a garbled moan, which, when played in reverse, is him asking her, "How could you do this to me?"]] She immediately bolts awake, breathing frantic, and covered in sweat.[[/note]]

* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Amanda goes back to deliver a MercyKill to Adam after John seals him in the Bathroom to die, [[ShootTheShaggyDog even though he technically passed his test]] because she feels immense guilt for bringing him there in the first place. She goes back and puts him out of his misery via suffocation, saying she's going to "free him," sobbing the whole time while he tries to fight back.[[note]]In addition, there's a deleted scene where she has a nightmare of being confronted with his apparition. He [[SdrawkcabSpeech speaks in reverse, and says, "How could you do this to me?"]].[[/note]]

* ChainsawGood: [[spoiler:When his pistol runs out of ammo, Jeff uses a circular saw kill Jigsaw.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Judge Halden]] gets himself shot in the side of the head by a shotgun in a trap not even meant for him; he just happened to be positioned in the line of fire.

--->"A monster. A murderer."

* VillainousBreakdown: We see Amanda methodically commit self-harm early on in the film. Towards the end, she does it again, but this time without the ritual, just cutting herself quickly. [[spoiler:When she's forced to kill Lynn and realizes what a shame John's philosophy is, she's almost sobbing.]]

* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: John's cancer has advanced considerably over the previous movies, and has by now left him bedridden and physically dependent upon his apprentice Amanda, with Lynn Denlon being kidnapped in order to keep him alive until Jeff completes his test. [[spoiler:In the end, it's not the cancer that kills John, but Jeff [[SlashedThroat slitting his throat]] with a circular saw.]]

''Saw III'' is the third film in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' horror film 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.