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Movie Overview
Cast
• Tobin Bell
• Angus MacFadyen
• Dina Meyer
Director
• Darren Lynn Bousman
MPAA Rating
R - for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.
Saw III (2006)

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OFCS Rating: 36% Rotten
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3.5/5
"Saw III may not be the scariest, or most successful horror film ever made, but if you're looking for your pound of fright fan flesh, you'll get a nice craven corpse-full with this shockingly sick flick."  DVD Verdict  Bill Gibron

D-
"If it's Halloween, it must be Saw. And if it's Saw, it must be God awful."  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

"A movie of its moment even as it borrows from so many that have come before, Saw III conjures all manner of torments, displayed for you as they are for its virtuoso showman."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

1.5/4
"The third Saw in the franchise loses its edge."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  David N. Butterworth

3/4
"...if ever there was a movie that warranted a "not for the squeamish" advisory, this is certainly it."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

3/4
"Quite a nifty and superb thriller ... thought out with precision and executed with irresistible macabre flair."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

B-
"Is it an enjoyable feel-bad film? I guess. Is 'enjoyable' even the right word?"  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1.5/4
"...getting dangerously close to turning the mangled bloody body business into tedious and tripe titillation...the Jigsaw chaotic chronicles have run its corrosive course"  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

D
"Extremely dull in every sense. Even the most devoted fan won't find much to enjoy in this grab-bag of tired cliches and inept tricks."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"Like an herbal blend of grand guignol and gothic horror, Saw isn't everyone's cup of tea."  Light Views  John Larsen

2/5
"full review in Greek"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

3.5/4.0
"The makers... demonstrate a genuine integrity for their series by reigning the story back in to its original core elements... Fans of Saw will not be disappointed."  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

3/5
"If you don't know by now what you're getting into when you see a movie from the Saw series, you deserve to be offended."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

2.5/4
"The emphasis on character is a welcome change, but the principle of diminishing returns still holds."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

D
"Saw III is essentially a grim schoolyard game of 'would you rather...?' rendered in nasty vignettes."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

2/4
"Peddles gruesomeness of a disgusting rather than frightening order."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

1/5
"Call this franchise 'Chicken Soup for the Soulless.'"  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

1/5
"Starts with an interesting premise but quickly squanders it on the usual barely-glimpsed bloodbaths."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

F
"Face your fears. A lesson worthy of praise, if the film preaching them weren't so completely full of ****."  Projection Booth  Rob Humanick

3.5/5
"There's a reason that this series has exploded at the box office while other sequels wither on the vine -- and it's not just because of the perpetually rusty torture devices."  Cinematical  Scott Weinberg

1/10
"Nihilistic, amoral, self-congratulatory wanking."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton

0.5/4
"A stomach-churning gore-a-thon pandering to viewers' basest appetites for violence, Saw III is a repellent piece of schlock that manages to disgust and bore you, often simultaneously."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight
OFCS Rating: 36% Rotten
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