Saw VI (2009)

Jigsaw takes on corporate America in this sixth installment of the usually engrossing, but now fairly played out horror series. A pair of insurance executives find themselves the subject of Jigsaw's latest set of choice based Rube Goldberg torture scenarios. There's also another storyline about law enforcement trying to stop Jigsaw's games (even though Jigsaw died in "Saw 3"). The first Saw film is easily the best. That film was more of a grizzly thriller than a torture porn horror film, which the sequels quickly became. James Wan left after the first film, and Darren Lynn Bousman took over directing the next three films, which were reasonably clever and managed to continue the story without repeating themselves, but from part five on, the series began to repeat itself ad nauseam. As was with part five, the story fo part six serves only an excuse to create new elaborate torture chambers and violent traps where the characters have to repeatedly make awful no-win decisions in order to survive. As a fan of horror films, I will admit that Jigsaw's grizzly "games" hold my interest and each scenario makes me think, "what would I do in that situation?" That's the major hook for the Saw films and it still works here, but that's not really enough to justify this film's existence or the sequels that followed. Still, I suppose this is worth watching if you liked the prior films, even if it's nowhere as good.

The biggest strength the 'Saw' series possesses it how intelligent they are, however the biggest weakness the series possesses is that too many of the film aren't unique enough and don't have personally identifying features. So where does 'Saw VI' fall in terms of those two parameters? As far as intelligence goes it is up there with the smartest in the series. It is thought-provoking, challenging and has an extremely clever twist ending. It succeeds in this area as much as, if not more than, every other entry in the series. What about in terms of being unique though? Again this is the only fault with the film, as it is with many of the later editions. It feels very similar in format and style to every other film and when there are seven entries in your series, that makes them very hard to separate in your mind.I really enjoyed 'Saw VI'. It is everything a 'Saw' film should be. The brutality is immense, the layers to the story are plentiful and the ending is superbly executed. I would say the dialogue in this one is perhaps less memorable in spots than other films in the series, but only in a very minor way. This is probably the best of the latter editions to the series and one that ensured the series would have a lasting impact on a lot of people. A 'Saw' entry not to be missed.

Thank God... Somehow I managed to survive third and fourth, I was thinking to quit, fifth gave me little bit of hope, but when I sat to watch this one I really wasn't optimistic at all and I was almost sure I'll give it up in first half and say goodbye to Saw once and forever. But this was pleasant surprise. I'm not sure if this movie really is good or I just lowered criteria terribly after watching crappy prequels, but now I'll definitely watch seventh movie and go to theater to see the latest one. Current order from best to worst:1. Saw I 2. Saw II 3. Saw VI 4. Saw V 5. Saw III 6. Saw IV7,5/10

Saw VI is definitely a step up from 2010's Saw 3D: the final chapter. This film had better acting, still not great though. The storyline is pretty entertaining, not academy award winning, but it's somewhat entertaining. Now I still cannot approve or say that I'm a fan of the EXTREME gore that runs rampant through this film and the whole series really. The gore in the movie is extremely graphic and unsettling, I mean I know that it's meant to be, but it's still just too much for my taste. Jill Tuck is one of my favorite parts of this installment, her role was very active in this movie and contributed a lot to it. The "game" was better here than the next final movie, and the game is well constructed here, again, too graphic, but never the less, well constructed. I liked seeing the friction between Jill and the detective. Their complicated and hectic relationship takes a very interesting turn here, and I kinda like where it went. I will be reviewing the previous saw films as I see them, I know it's weird, I'm going backwards, but I catch what I can on TV lol. 6/10 for Saw VI.