Saw 3
How it all began...
2 young University Students from Melbourne, Australia wanted to tell a story, a bloody and horrific one at that. But the AFI (Australian Film Institute) didn't share their vision so they took it to America and the rest it history.
I loved the first Saw movie. It was clever, shocking and in some parts funny. Then when I heard they were releasing a sequel exactly one year later, I had my doubts, but they pulled it off quite nicely. Still no match for the original though. When part 2 was also a hit, Hollywood of course continued with their mission to make a trilogy/franchise. At a time when cinema attendance is at a low, the Saw movies are probably the most successful for putting bums on seats. So, let me talk about the latest installment of the series then.
The opening scene is extremely hard to watch as the doomed detective from part 2 is revisited in the grimy, corpse filled bathroom, still chained to a pole by his feet. What happens then is hard to give away but also hard to watch, just to let you know. We then meet a young and struggling doctor. It appears as if her relationship is on the down spiral, but her skills as a surgeon are unquestionable. She saves lives quicker than anyone and seems to be able to see the problem instantly. So of course she is the perfect candidate for nursing the very sick and bed-ridden killer Jigsaw back to health, or at least delaying his death.
Amanda, the girl who was the helper and the source of the twist at the end of part 2, is still involved in his games and quite dedicated to him. The surgeon is given her orders - to keep Jigsaw alive or it will be the end of her. Now we move onto our test subject. A man who has lost his son to a car accident and is bent on revenge and anger, awakens in a box in an dark and creepy warehouse. He soon finds out he is Jigsaws latest test subject and must work his way through a series of decisions. As he moves from room to room, he encounters the people that were in some way responsible for the death of his son. They are rigged up to death traps that are more elaborate than anything seen in the previous movies. Our hero must decide whether to forgive and forget to save their lives, or let them suffer so he can move on. His conscious is definitely tested to the max, and that seems to be the main psychological theme running through out the movie. Amanda also goes through this process, of how faithful and loving she is of Jigsaw.
In parts Saw 3 is very predictable but it is still shocking and horrific. Some of the death scene are just unbelievable and very hard to watch. One in particular involves a doomed victim attached to a machine that will slowly twist both his arms and legs one at a time until the bones break and snap out of his body, and then finally.... I can't ruin it.
My advice is if you liked the Saw movies then you'll probably enjoy this. I think it's gone as far as it can go now and in a way that's a good thing. These films are, at the core, not very positive, but I guess they go to show again how humans will always have a fascination with death and suffering and what we will do for the struggle to stay alive.
2 young University Students from Melbourne, Australia wanted to tell a story, a bloody and horrific one at that. But the AFI (Australian Film Institute) didn't share their vision so they took it to America and the rest it history.
I loved the first Saw movie. It was clever, shocking and in some parts funny. Then when I heard they were releasing a sequel exactly one year later, I had my doubts, but they pulled it off quite nicely. Still no match for the original though. When part 2 was also a hit, Hollywood of course continued with their mission to make a trilogy/franchise. At a time when cinema attendance is at a low, the Saw movies are probably the most successful for putting bums on seats. So, let me talk about the latest installment of the series then.
The opening scene is extremely hard to watch as the doomed detective from part 2 is revisited in the grimy, corpse filled bathroom, still chained to a pole by his feet. What happens then is hard to give away but also hard to watch, just to let you know. We then meet a young and struggling doctor. It appears as if her relationship is on the down spiral, but her skills as a surgeon are unquestionable. She saves lives quicker than anyone and seems to be able to see the problem instantly. So of course she is the perfect candidate for nursing the very sick and bed-ridden killer Jigsaw back to health, or at least delaying his death.
Amanda, the girl who was the helper and the source of the twist at the end of part 2, is still involved in his games and quite dedicated to him. The surgeon is given her orders - to keep Jigsaw alive or it will be the end of her. Now we move onto our test subject. A man who has lost his son to a car accident and is bent on revenge and anger, awakens in a box in an dark and creepy warehouse. He soon finds out he is Jigsaws latest test subject and must work his way through a series of decisions. As he moves from room to room, he encounters the people that were in some way responsible for the death of his son. They are rigged up to death traps that are more elaborate than anything seen in the previous movies. Our hero must decide whether to forgive and forget to save their lives, or let them suffer so he can move on. His conscious is definitely tested to the max, and that seems to be the main psychological theme running through out the movie. Amanda also goes through this process, of how faithful and loving she is of Jigsaw.
In parts Saw 3 is very predictable but it is still shocking and horrific. Some of the death scene are just unbelievable and very hard to watch. One in particular involves a doomed victim attached to a machine that will slowly twist both his arms and legs one at a time until the bones break and snap out of his body, and then finally.... I can't ruin it.
My advice is if you liked the Saw movies then you'll probably enjoy this. I think it's gone as far as it can go now and in a way that's a good thing. These films are, at the core, not very positive, but I guess they go to show again how humans will always have a fascination with death and suffering and what we will do for the struggle to stay alive.
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