In the summer of 2006 Saw 3 reached the news headlines, people were vomiting and passing out in the cinemas because of the extreme nature of the movie. Of the back of this publicity over night all cinemas were given a trimmed down version of the movie from the producers, who obviously did not want the movie to get banned in this country. So after three nights of screenings, it was only an edited version that the UK public got to see. With the release of Saw 3: The Extreme Edition the UK public are now going to see what caused such a furore. On such a legendary event how could I resist seeing this movie?

Lynn is on the verge of a massive crisis; her marriage is in tatters and there is something far deeper bothering her that we are not privy to initially. Having completed her shift as a Doctor in a busy hospital, Lynn is abducted by a sinister figure. Upon awakening she meets John or Jigsaw as he is better known, and his accomplice Amanda. John tells Amanda that he is on the very verge of death, and that if she can keep him alive while a man faces numerous "tests" she will be freed. However if John dies the collar he has just made Amanda lock round her neck will explode blowing her head clean off. In the other part of the same building a man called Eric battles to save several people from horrific traps that will kill them, his prize for completion he will be able to exact revenge on the man that killed his son.

On to the plus points, the movie movies at an epic speed; I mean legendary. You just don't get chance to catch your breath. At the beginning I suspect the story ties up a couple of ends from Saw 2 (though I could be mistaken) and your almost into a realm where the action packed finale has happened right at the start of the movie. When you get to the end however your under no false illusions as to where the movie ends. The thing about Saw 3 with the exception of the nature of the trilogy, quality wise it stands out on its own. The first Saw had a ending that made you almost cry out at the screen, Saw 3 repeats this but leaves you dead cold to the touch, a real shiver shot down my spine at its conclusion.

Although I appreciate she was in the 2nd movie, which I missed and briefly in the first; I was extremely pleased to see the return of 80's actress Shawnee Smith who's career I followed from The Blob but seemed to disappear without a trace after The Shining (1997). As Amanda she creates moral and ethical dilemma's in Johns grand plan of things, You see John likes to play vicious games, but morally his games have purpose and the endings or not of his victims are almost "justified". Amanda seems to be achieving the wrong kind of buzz from these games and might not be playing along with John's text book rules of "the game". Amanda clings to John, she needs him and loves him. The arrival of Lynn and a softer more agreeable side to John is exposed, why is she not the one to be exposing this is a issue that causes her some intense pain. And from this point you remember (those who know who she is) what an underestimated actress Shawnee is.