Jeff Reinhart
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Jeff Reinhart is a fictional character in the Saw series, making his first appearence in Saw III. He was portrayed by Angus Macfadyen.
[edit] Character History
Jeff's son Dylan was tragically killed in a drunk driving accident. Jeff never fully recovered from his grief, and would often fantasize about killing the man responsible, who had gotten a much shorter jail sentence than Jeff wanted.
Jeff was later kidnapped by Amanda Young, the apprentice of the notorious serial killer known as Jigsaw. Jigsaw, who was dying of cancer and an inoperable brain tumor, often placed his victims (those he deemed unappreciative of their lives) in death traps to test their survival skills. Jeff was to be one of Jigsaw's final test subjects; Jigsaw wanted to see if Jeff could forgive those responsible for his son's death.
Jeff awoke in an abandoned warehouse, Jigsaw's defacto headquarters. There he was directed to a series of rooms, each holding someone who was involved in his son's death. In each room, Jigsaw left a tape recording explaining what to do in the situation, and in between each rooms, Jeff was supplied with a box, containing pieces of a gun, and pieces of a torn up photograph showing him and his family, along with a note.
The first room featured a woman, Danica Scott, who had witnessed the accident occur but did nothing about it and had driven away. She was suspended naked in an a freezer room where ice cold water was sprayed on her, slowly freezing her to death. At first, Jeff was angry at her, arguing with her before he finally came to his senses. He ran to retrieve a key, which required him to stick his face against a freezing pipe. Grabbing the key, he tore some flesh from his face and ran back to Danica. However, he was too late; the water being sprayed over her had already frozen and left her in a sheet of ice, from head to toe.
The second room had Judge Halden, who had, in Jeff's opinion, let the killer of Jeff's son off too easily. Halden was chained down at the bottom of a vat, where rotted pig carcasses would be dropped through a shredder, covering and ultimately drowning him in fermented pig guts. Nearby was a case filled with all of Jeff's son's belongings. If Jeff were to press a button, all of Dylan's items would be incinerated, leaving nothing but ash and a key that would unlock the judge's neck brace. Once again, Jeff, still bitter over his son's death, considered letting the judge die. However, the judge convinced him to save him, telling Jeff that vengeance never solved anything. Burning all of his son's belongings, Jeff managed to save the judge in the nick of time.
The final room had the killer responsible for Dylan's death, a man named Timothy Young. As Jigsaw pointed out, the killer was extremely devastated and remorseful over his involvement in Dylan's death. The killer was placed on a metal 'crucifix' of sorts that twisted his hands, feet, and head around 360 degrees. The only way to get the key was by removing a key from a glass box. The key was attached to the trigger of a shotgun, and removing it would wound Jeff in the proccess. Jeff unwound the key from the wire, triggering the shotgun. He moved out of the way and accidentally shot the judge in the head. With the key, he attempted to save Timothy, but Jeff was too late to get the key in the lock, and Tim's head was twisted around the 360 degrees.
As Jeff left the room, he found a bullet for the gun, as well as the last piece of the photograph.
Jeff arrived in Jigsaw's warehouse in time to see Amanda shoot Lynn Denlon, and in response fatally shot Amanda in the neck with the gun Jigsaw had left him. It was then revealed by Jigsaw that Lynn was Jeff's wife, and that Amanda was being tested to see if she could cope with the pressure of being Jigsaw's apprentice. As Lynn lay dying from the gunshot to her stomach, Jigsaw asked Jeff if he would forgive him for being responsible for the death of his child. Jeff said he forgave him, but took a circluar saw to his neck. As Jigsaw bled to death from his neck wound, he revealed on a tape that Jeff had learned nothing from his games, and was still angry and vengeful. He also revealed that Jeff's daughter Corbett was still locked away somewhere with a limited air supply, and that Jeff would have to play another game if he wanted to find her. As Jigsaw died, the collar around Lynn's neck activated, and blew her head away.
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