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Many lovers of the series will be happy to see Amanda again. But a lover of the series, I am not. First of all, Smith looks far too old for the character. It's been nearly 20 years since Saws 1 and 2, which is when this movie takes place. She is visibly older, and there is no attempt to hide an actress in her 50s playing a woman in her 30s. What they should have hidden was the horrible-looking wig that they had attached to her head. It's a very obvious wig that you will notice every time she is on screen.
It all turns out to be a scam, of course, with the doctors, nurses and even the driver who picked Kramer up from the airport all part of the con. And if there's one person you don't want to con, it's John Kramer, who soon turns the tables on all of them by capturing them and subjecting them to his very particular brand of gamesmanship. Aiding him in his efforts is his trusted apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), who was at this point still his trusted ally. (That both Bell and fan favorite Smith are many years older than when they originally played their characters in this time frame is just something you'll have to get over.)
Somewhat admirably the filmmakers have eschewed any kind of de-aging VFX on Bell and Smith, letting the skills of the franchise's two best character actors speak for themselves, but it is occasionally distracting that both of them do look 20 years older than they should because time has passed in the real world and not the film world.
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