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Saw III (2006)

★ 6.4 · 4,911 ratings on TMDB

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Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scrambles to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

DirectorDarren Lynn Bousman
CastAngus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Barry Flatman, Dina Meyer, Donnie Wahlberg, Leigh Whannell
GenresCrime, Horror, Thriller
The emergence reading

Saw III keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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