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Saw VI
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 66 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime | Horror | Mystery | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Patrick Melton
Marcus Dunstan
Directed by: Kevin Greutert
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 23, 2009
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: Canada | USA | UK | Australia
Summary
RATING: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language
Starring Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, Shawnee Smith, Samantha Lemole, Caroline Cave, and Costas Mandylor
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. (Lionsgate)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Saw Saw II Saw III Saw IV Saw V
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What The Critics Said
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Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Who knew that the franchise’s creators would eventually find a plot twist that made sense?
Read Full Review >The New York Times Mike Hale
Warm feelings are inspired by the reappearance of old friends, even those who had their faces ripped off or their intestines ejected several films ago.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Stina Chyn
Conveys a much louder political message and the implementation of violence reflects as much.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York Joshua Rothkopf
There’s still too much flashback material here about apprentices and evil cops. But if you’ve ever raged at nameless, insensitive service people, you won’t mind seeing them strapped into a rotating turret, the shotgun cocking.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
It might well be time for a creative rebooting; the freshness, if not the viscera, has begun to strongly diminish.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Because Saw does nothing to alter the look, tone, and engineered gimmickry from one movie to the next, it keeps going deeper into backstory and character arcs than horror series past, as if this ugly, cheap-looking schlock were somehow "The Lord Of The Rings."
Read Full Review >Variety Rob Nelson
A film so frighteningly familiar it could well be called "Saw It Already."
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
For fans, however, Saw VI is, pardon the pun, a cut above the rest but not, sadly, by much.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The thinnest, draggiest, and most tediously preachy of the Saw films.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Nick Pinkerton
Taken just as an objet d’art, Saw VI — gray, grisly, solemn, stupid — would be about the most dismal thing I’ve ever laid eyes on, the argument against film preservation. But it vaults into the realm of real detestability through pretensions of relevance.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Robert Abele
Terrible acting, zero suspense, laughable logic and the promise of another one next year. How can we get this policy canceled?
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 66 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chad S. gave it a6:
This "Saw" is topical; it makes a point about the true meaning of "exploitation", relative to the filmic sort. The gore remains the same, but here, the blood and guts are placed in a social context, which makes the latest entry in this puerile franchise, a little less pointless than the four preceeding sequels. Real horror is not two people hacking away at their own limbs and entrails in a survivor type contest; real horror is a HMO claims adjuster who says, in so many words, that your insurance policy is worthless. Erikson(Mark Rolston), who denies coverage to a dying man, supplants Jigsaw(Tobin Bell) as the real "Sicko", since the dishonest strategems of an insurance company kills far more people with its profit-based model than a serial killer ever could. Although Michael Moore, more or less, fights the good fight against the HMOs in his 2007 documentary, as is often the case, grandstanding undermines the filmmaker's advocacy, like when he takes a speedboat to the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, in a disingenuous attempt to secure health care for his documentary subjects. Jigsaw(or John), on the other hand, couldn't be more antipodal, more low-key and self-effacing; he takes on the health maintenance organization from beyond the grave. The sadism in "Saw VI" is a little, a LITTLE more cerebral this time around, as Erickson, an arbiter of life and death, sees for himself, representationally, the after-effects of his rulings. It's hamfisted, but effective, and for some, dangerously cathartic.
Alec B gave it a5:
T.C. your a dumbass, saw 4 and 5 had to be the worst movies ever created, horror masterpieces? lmfao, Saw 6 is the 4th best in the series, which isnt saying much but its at least worth watching, no where as good as the first 3 saws, but 39753497384738 times better then the last 2 saw movies especially saw 5.
Harvey B gave it a1:
Saw IV is well... just like all the saw movies before it except the first because the first has no flashbacks from any previous film. If you saw Saw IV,Saw V you just add these two and get this film, utter waste of time. go and see "Where The Wild Things Are" instead.
killdarren gave it a1:
Clearly, ever since well Saw 2 the producers don't give a darn about telling a good story they only want to keep making sequels. I think we're entering the law of diminishing returns and way too many splattered brains. The shop is closed.
Lana K. gave it a10:
Loved it- great traps, and great kills. Just as engaging as SAW 1.
Zog gave it a10:
Great addition to the Saw franchise. The story was great and Tobin Bell is fantastic as usual. This time, we actually sympathize with Jigsaw in his game. He has his sights on health insurance companies and we can see where he's coming from, providing a new, refreshing take on the Saw formula. I now am interested in seeing VII, which I initially refused to have anything to do with.
t c gave it a10:
WFT is everyone's beef with this series? its one of the strongest and longest running series in all of horror history. and the films keep getting better! the first saw was totally shabby and 2 wasnt much better, but by 3 they were really getting it together. 4 and 5 are borderline horror masterpieces and 6 was directed by the editor of 1-5 so it is technically incredible! get off your high horses for once.
