History Film / SawIII

** Amanda delivers an extended one to John after she snaps at seeing his growing closeness with Lynn, screaming about how his methods don't actually work in "reviving" people's appreciation of life and how she's even more miserable now that she works with him than she was as a drug addict.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When John asks Lynn how people will remember his horrific story, her response is short, but effective:

* SamusIsAGirl: This movie retroactively reveals that Amanda was the eerie pig-masked figure who abducted Adam and Lawrence in the first film.

'''Amanda:''' [[spoiler:[[VillainHasAPoint What you do is no different than murder.]] You torture people. You watch them die. But now you're begging me not to kill this worthless bitch on the grounds of some game?]]\\

* 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 sham John's philosophy is, she's almost sobbing.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: Essentially the point of the Shotgun Collar. Lynn Denlon was kidnapped, put in the collar, and made to operate on Jigsaw. If Jigsaw died, then the five shotguns on the collar would go off, killing Lynn. [[spoiler:They do.]]

** Jeff's fatal flaw. He could have forgiven all those responsible, save them from death, and find peace for himself. He could have also chosen to live the rest of his life with his other family members, learning to live with his son's death. Yeah, he doesn't. The result? [[spoiler:Every victim of the games dies, including his wife]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: One instance of note in a movie after the first film (which is the main user of this trope): [[spoiler:Lynn's collar detonating]] takes place offscreen, and we only see the incredibly grisly aftermath.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:While she did support Jigsaw's testing, Amanda is revealed to be the one behind the inescapable traps. This is because she believes that death would be more merciful, and that nobody really changes.]]

* DiabolusExMachina: The movie is particularly sadistic when it comes to this, even when compared to other ''Saw'' films, but actually gives an explanation for it. [[spoiler:The traps in the movie weren't actually designed by Jigsaw, but his now AxCrazy apprentice Amanda, who deviated from Jigsaw's philosophy in that she thought her victims were irredeemable and explicitly deserved an unpleasant death. She catches a bullet to the throat from Jeff's pistol.]]

* 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 trap to test Jeff's capacity for forgiveness.

* 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 trap to test Jeff's capacity for forgiveness. [[spoiler:Despite his efforts, Jeff fails to save Timothy, who [[CruelAndUnusualDeath dies gruesomely]].]]

* MurderTheHypotenuse: A non-romantic example. Amanda does this towards Lynn, since she wants John for herself. [[spoiler:If she only knew Lynn was really Jeff's wife.]]

* ShamefulStrip: Poor Danica is hung up by a chain on her wrists while completely naked as she's sprayed with ice cold water in the Freezer Room.

* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Jigsaw ultimately meets his end this way, courtesy of Jeff Denlon and a buzzsaw.]]

* TheToothHurts: A WhatCouldHaveBeen example. The commentary reveals that the creators wanted to have Troy pull his teeth out in the way of various promotional posters (including the one pictured above). Setting up his trap like this didn't go well.

* ShamefulStrip: Poor Danica is hung up by a chain on her wrists while completely naked as she's sprayed with ice cold water in the Freezer Room. [[spoiler:Jeff is unable to save her in time, resulting in her being turned into a HumanPopsicle]].

* HeelRealization: Subverted. [[spoiler:After hearing Lynn's sincere words of wanting to turn her life around, he orders Amanda to release her shotgun collar and seems to genuinely see the error of his ways. Unfortunately, Amanda refused to do so, and once John sees Jeff learned nothing from his test, he decides to condemn everyone in his room to death.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted. [[spoiler:After hearing Lynn's sincere words of wanting to turn her life around, he orders Amanda to release her shotgun collar and seems to genuinely see the error of his ways. Unfortunately, Amanda refused to do so, and once John sees Jeff learned nothing from his test, he decides to condemn everyone in his room to death.]]

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. Regardless of this, ''Saw III'' remained the series' highest-grossing film since its release.