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Saw III Reviews

How can Jigsaw possibly think he or his undertaking has achieved anything with such a low success rate? He would do better by looking at the numbers, realizing he's doing more harm than good, and trying a new approach. I wish these films would do the same

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 11, 2023

Saw III neatly concludes the original trilogy of films while providing an off-ramp for the ridiculous glut of sequels to follow.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 20, 2021

I don't have a problem with uncomfortable violence if it comes in a film that's at least remotely entertaining, which this movie is not. This installment is lazy, coasting on everything that made the first two films so popular.

Full Review | Nov 20, 2019

Really nothing more than a quick, cheaply produced studio money-making machine feeding off Americans' insatiable bloodlust.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 6, 2019

The third movie doesn't go over the edge, but it does start to feel like John is setting his subjects up to fail, and the game shouldn't be rigged quite so hard if he really wants people to walk the path of redemption.

Full Review | Oct 27, 2017

Saw III's careless nature and its drive to go bigger doesn't consistently lead to better things. Its once compelling twists have now become overdone.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2017

Images jump, blip, strobe, and shock like an epileptic seizure - all the result of director Darren Lynn Bousman's lack of trust in his screenplay.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 1, 2010

Witness the distortion of the series' original premise bastardized by those who believe they know better.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 31, 2009

The power of "Saw III" lies not in the gore, torture, or tension, but in the relationship between Amanda and Jigsaw.

Full Review | Apr 29, 2009

The extreme gore is gratuitous, and character development non-existent in a movie packed with the cookie-cutter visual design of the previous two films. Torturer, victim and audience become one.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Apr 24, 2009

Staying mostly faithful to the successful blueprint of its two earlier installments, Saw III is an adequate sequel that works well enough on its own terms.

Full Review | Jul 23, 2008