Saw III (2006)
Saw III was released in the United States on October 27, 2006, by Lionsgate. It was a financial success, opening to $33.6 million and grossing $80.2 million in the United States and Canada. It is the highest-grossing film of the series in the international market with $84.6 million and the highest-grossing film in the series overall with $164.9 million worldwide. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Bell was nominated for “Best Villain” at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards and the film received nominations for a Saturn Award as “Best Horror Film”. The film was released to DVD and Blu-ray on January 23, 2007, and topped the charts selling 2.5 million units in its first week. A sequel, titled Saw IV, was released in 2007
After being left in the bathroom to die, Detective Eric Matthews breaks his foot with a toilet lid to escape his shackle. Six months later, the aftermath of a Jigsaw “game” is discovered by a SWAT team. The victim, Troy, had to rip chains from his body to escape from a bomb. Detective Allison Kerry arrives at the scene and points out that the room’s exit was welded shut, breaking Jigsaw’s modus operandi of giving his victims a chance to survive. While reviewing the videotape, she is abducted and awakens in a harness hooked into her ribs. Even though she retrieves the key from a beaker of acid and unlocks the harness, she is unable to remove it and is killed when time runs out.
