6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Jigsaw has disappeared. 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 scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
Starring: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Donnie WahlbergHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 73% |
Crime | 18% |
Video codec: MPEG-2
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD HR 6.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
English, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (A, C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 3.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Note: This version of this film is available on Blu-ray as part of Via Vision Entertainment's Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K.
Nothing screams the holiday season like the Saw franchise, am I right? (At least if the emphasis is on screaming.) Via Vision
Entertainment is
offering fans of the series some rather luxe packaging, but a release that is a bit odd in that it combines 4K UHD and 1080 offerings of the Saw
films. The release more or less duplicates the releases that fans on this side of several ponds have seen, and so relevant portions of
reviews I've personally written may be reprinted here, and some reviews of the Via Vision releases may contain further links to Region A reviews I
didn't have a hand in.
Saw III is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Via Vision Entertainment with an MPEG-2 encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. This is a decent if definitely improvable looking transfer that Marty describes in some detail in his Saw III Blu-ray review . As I've often mentioned, "different reviewers means different opinions", and I might tweak that slightly to say "different reviewers means different scores", since I in fact agree with Marty's comments but with the benefit of some years of hindsight now and intervening improvements, my scores are a bit lower than Marty's.
Saw III features DTS-HD HR 6.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 options. Again, with the benefit of hindsight (and/or hindhearing), newer audio codecs most likely could have improved things like fluidity, fidelity, dynamic range and especially a more full bodied midrange and low end, surround activity is reasonable and dialogue is delivered cleanly and clearly. Optional English and Spanish subtitles are available.
Marty's review is so old it doesn't feature our "new, improved" way of listing things, but Marty does provide quite a bit more information on these supplements in his Saw III Blu-ray review:
Saw III has plenty of gross out material for those who like such things, but it may not have the visceral intensity of some of the other Saw films. Technical merits are dated but acceptable, and the supplements are enjoyable, for anyone who may be considering making a purchase.
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