Saw 3
Tagline: Legends Never Die
October 27, 2006
After his capture (at the end of Saw 2), Detective Eric Matthews escapes from his captors.
Later, Lieutenant Rigg as well as Detectives Allison Kerry and Mark Hoffman, investigate a pair of Jigsaw murders that feature inescapable traps – a development that goes against Jigsaw’s normal routine.
Meanwhile, Jeff Denlon – a father whose son was killed by a drunk driver – is put through a series of tests, given the choice of either saving or allowing the deaths of a group of people involved in his son’s death and/or the subsequent DUI trial (a witness who refused to testify, a lenient judge, as well as the drunk driver responsible for the incident).
In addition to Jeff’s “game,” his wife, Lynn Denlon, a doctor suffering from depression, is tasked with keeping John Kramer alive (now in the late-stages of complications from his cancer) until Jeff’s game is complete. Amanda Young oversees both games. However, as time passes Amanda grows increasingly distressed as Kramer’s love for her comes into question and, despite the fact that Jeff’s trials are over, she refuses to let Lynn go, claiming that no one truly changes. Amanda reveals that she has designed her trials to be inescapable, punishing the victims. Amanda then tries to kill Lynn.
Jeff, now in the room with Jigsaw, sees Lynn in danger and shoots Amanda in the neck. As Amanda dies from her gunshot wound, Kramer reveals that he was not testing Lynn – he was testing Amanda all along. Jigsaw had unknowingly tasked her with helping someone stay alive – a test which she failed.
Kramer offers Jeff one last task: if he forgives Kramer for the pain he has caused Jeff’s family, Kramer will save his family; or, Jeff can kill Kramer – though his family will suffer for it. Jeff chooses to slash Kramer’s throat, and before dying, Kramer reveals that he was the only person who knew the location of Jeff’s daughter, Corbett, and that Jeff will have to participate in another game to find her. When Kramer finally dies, the device attached to his wife Lynn detonates – killing her in front of Jeff.
Primary Characters (Deceased = Strikethrough):
- John Kramer (Tobin Bell)
- Jeff Denlon (Angus Macfadyen)
- Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh)
- Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith)
- Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor)
- Corbett Denlon (Niamh Wilson)
- Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg)
- Allison Kerry (Dina Meyer)
- Sergeant Rigg (Lyriq Bent)
Saw 4
Tagline: It’s a Trap
October 26, 2007
Detective Mark Hoffman and Lieutenant Rigg discover Detective Allison Kerry’s body, in what appears to be another inescapable Jigsaw trap. Hoffman and Rigg then meet FBI agents Peter Strahm and Lindsey Perez, who are now investigating the Jigsaw murders. Strahm speculates that, given the height of the device Kerry is found in, there has to be another accomplice (besides Amanda Young) in the Jigsaw murders.
Rigg later awakens at home and discovers that he is caught up in a Jigsaw game – one that holds his life, as well as that of his old partner, Eric Matthews, at stake. Rigg is forced through a series of games to see the world as John Kramer did – face to face with criminals who have escaped justice: Brenda (a female pimp), Ivan (a serial rapist), and Rex (an abusive husband), as well as his wife, Morgan. Rigg manages to save only Morgan before stumbling toward his final destination.
In the final room of Rigg’s game, Eric Matthews hangs over a block of ice, which is slowly being melted with heating pads. Matthews is positioned on a weighted platform with the recently kidnapped Detective Hoffman (who will be electrocuted if Matthews falls). Art Blank, a corrupt defense attorney, is overseeing Rigg’s game (though he is merly a pawn of Jigsaw).
Strahm and Perez interrogate John Kramer’s ex-wife, Jill Tuck, who reveals that Kramer became Jigsaw when Jill lost the couple’s baby following an attack by an addict attempting to steal prescription drugs from Jill’s clinic. Strahm and Perez also investigate each subsequent crime scene related to Rigg’s game - until an exploding Jigsaw doll incapacitates Perez. Strahm eventually finds the factory where Rigg’s game concludes, and there he runs into Jeff Denlon (from Saw 3) surrounded by the corpses of John Kramer, Amanda Young, and Denlon’s wife Lynn – thereby revealing that the events of Saw 3 and 4 are happening simultaneously. Strahm kills Jeff in self-defense.
Rigg charges into the final room of his game, setting off a tripwire that kills Detective Eric Matthews and electrocutes Detective Hoffman (Rigg’s test was to let go of his obsessions). Thinking Art Blank is a Jigsaw accomplice, Rigg shoots him. Moments later, Detective Hoffman stands up, unharmed, and locks Rigg in the room to die – revealing that he is the other Jigsaw apprentice.
Primary Characters (Deceased = Strikethrough):
- John Kramer (Tobin Bell)
- Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor)
- Peter Strahm (Scott Patterson)
- Lindsey Perez (Athena Karkanis)
- Jill Tuck (Betsy Russell)
- Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg)
- Sergeant Rigg (Lyriq Bent)
- Allison Kerry (Dina Meyer)
- Jeff Denlon (Angus Macfadyen)
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Will screenrant be doing a review of Saw 3D?
Yep.
Yay! I noticed there was only a review for the original so I was just making sure
Will you (Kofi Outlaw) be reviewing it?
Don’t know about myself but one of the equally talented and good-looking SR Reviewers will
haha. Nice
As long as it’s someone good-looking
foopher -
Sounds like I’ll be reviewing it – as well as updating the guide with the new info
Alright!
Just out of curiosity, what’s your opinion of the series this far…?
Watching them back-to-back for the guide definitely gave me a better appreciation for the connections that they’re making in the franchise. Though, I remember (with a year in between each installment) feeling like the series was really convoluted.
The genre can be a little intense for my horror tastes but they’ve certainly got some great twists – and a pretty interesting premise (the game/will to live angle).
The first Saw is one of my favorite twists/concepts of all time.
I cant wait for your review
Mine too
I cant wait for saw 7!
If I could get past the possible viewing of too much torture gore, I would be tempted to watch all these in one sitting just to see how it all ties together but alas, I can’t stomach grusome horror flicks.
They do get pretty gross. But they do all tie together and haven’t gotten ridiculous like most horror franchises (Jason takes Manhattan??)
By far the best Saw moment was the twist in the first movie revealing that Jigsaw was in the room the entire time. I don’t know anyone who saw that coming. They’ll never be able to surprise use like that again. But I’m still looking forward to seeing the last one and reading the SR review.
I don’t know. I was completely shocked after watching the first one. BUT, while the second one wasn’t that great all together, I do think the ending of Saw II was even more of a shock than the first one.
That’s what I really like about the Saw films, the endings always twist it all around. You never see it coming. Can’t wait for Friday! (Or whenever I get around to see it
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I really loved the surprise in Saw 1 as well. Definitely ranks as one of the greatest twists of all time. In reality, it’s kind of ridiculous but, in the moment, I agree – no one saw it coming.
i enjoy all the saw movies. they once talked of plans to do 9 of them and tie everything up in part 9. too bad box office receipts and hollywood big wigs control creativity in the movies. they do a great job with rebuilding the sets and tieing up loose ends in the saw movies.
I recently saw saw6 and i liked it! The only one i havent seen is saw 5…
I’ll warn you, it’s not the greatest. But you do have to watch it to know what the heck is going on. haha
eh,i get it pretty much already…
Oh no my friend… You haven’t got it… YOU HAVEN’T!!!
haha
LOL well ill get to it sooner or later
I am anxious to see how everything ties together in Saw 7. Also can’t wait to see how Dr. Gordan is reintroduced. I’m also wondering whatever happened to detective Matthew’s son fom Saw 2. Also at the end of Saw 6′s credits it shows Amanda talking to Jeff’s daughter through a door telling her not to trust the one who saved her. (Hoffman) I hope they deal with these two things in Saw7. I’ve looked at the Saw movies as one big puzzle. Each one is a piece and in the final film all the pieces come together to give us “the big picture”.
Really it’s a complete guide in 7:06. Just sayin’
But where’s the fun in that?
i don’t get it who were the… (Spoilers)?
Robert – I’ve edited your comment in order to remove spoilers for Saw 3D (to protect viewers who haven’t seen the film yet). Comments in this thread should be limited to Saw 1-6. Please ask Saw 3D questions in our spoiler thread – http://screenrant.com/saw-3d-spoilers-benk-85114/
PS: This question has officially been addressed in the Spoiler article now.
In one of the movies of Saw…they go back to the dreaded bathroom seen and you see the decaying corpse of the kid that was chained to the wall. When they were walking down the hall to the bathroom you see the body of Dr. Gorden decaying so how the hell is he back in the last movie?
Maybe it was Zep? Who was also killed in/around the bathroom in the first Saw. Or, it could be someone else entirely.
It’s also possible it’s just a continuity problem (they probably didn’t expect Cary Elwes to return after Saw).
Its adam
In the last installment, does it really clarify that Bobby Dagen dies? Did I miss this during the end of the movie? Please let me know if anyone has any insight on this because if he did not die, then how can the series end?
I dont think so..
You don’t think he died either, I wasn’t sure with your comment….
Tamara
Bobby does NOT die it says so on the “saw 3D spoilers” thread.
Like I said when we were doing interviews – just tell Carey Elwes to just freaking admit he’s the one.
Glad I saved my money…ever since Saw 4
You lost me at Saw 4.
Why is that guy a Jigsaw Apprentice?
watch saw 5.
’nuff said.
After reading this, I would like to watch the movies, but I don’t want to fill my head with all the blood gore and violence, If they could make it a PG movie (swearing is allowed, and off screen splatter, but nothing directly on screen) then I’d consider watching it. Pity, such a good plot hook twist concept, has to be spoiled by such filth.
Here’s my problem. innocent people don’t usually die. like-technically, in Saw The little girl and the mom live. Okay, that was fine. The unsurane adjuster guy was killed as a result of his activities. And Hoffman’s games suck because he doesn’t give anyone a real chance–I have issue with Dagen’s wife getting incinerated–That seems the most utterly unfair aspect of that one. His other friends were complicitly complicit in the lie–she was an utter vicitim, and if Cary Elwes orchestrated that game, that seems unlike his character.
Thats the problem i have with the last one. Jill Tuck’s behavior concerned me, because I was unsure how much she had to do with the situation, Hoffman saying she knew, seems to smack of hypocracy.
The Good cops all seems to suffer for no reason too. John does seem to not want to hurt the innocent.. Hoffman doesn’t care and from what I can remember, Amanda really was a true disciple, she was just manipulated by Hoffman.
just as few things- at the bottom of your “who died” list under saw 3 you said agent kerry was still alive…she died in saw 3, they just found her body in saw 4. also, when talking about agent strohm and the glass box he must enter right before the room closes in around him, you said that kramers voice was on the recorder, when really if you listen its hoffmans voice. just helpful pointers
Can anytone tell me how come kramer is still in one piece after the autopsie ,when they find him in saw Iv.
Saw 3D ends with dr. Gordon locking away Hoffman. Is that a cliffhanger or is that how it’s supposed to end?