The never-ending Saw horror franchise continues. Sigh. Fans and non-fans will get exactly what they expect, and not much more.
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10/21/09
Saw VI (2009)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:25
Rotten:31
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: It won't earn the franchise many new fans, but Saw VI is a surprising step up for what has become an intricately grisly annual tradition.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $27,669,413
Synopsis: The makers of the Saw films continue to make Rube Goldberg roll over in his grave with this sixth film in the series. SAW VI finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) the target of a FBI... [More]
Starring: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell
Director: Kevin Greutert
Reviews for Saw VI
Top Critic'Saw VI' proves to be the one to pull the series out of its tailspin. Film No. 6 is not only good, it's really good.
11/17/09
Would make a good co-feature with Michael Moore's 'Sicko,' as self-righteous maniac Jigsaw -- apparently a fan of the public option -- plays his bloody, lethal 'games' with health insurance professionals who deny coverage to the needy.
11/06/09
When torture porn becomes as snooze-inducing as lecture hall, it's time to call it a day.
11/03/09
A clear improvement over its two most recent predecessors...
11/01/09
A vast improvement over the previous two installments of the series taking on the health insurance industry in the series' first overtly political statement.
10/31/09
Saw movies and Halloween go together like ho and hum.
10/31/09
a welcome return to enjoyable horror fare for a series that seemed to have lost its way.
10/30/09
It's been three films since they killed off Jigsaw, the putative psycho-killer of the Saw series of slasher films. So at this point, they literally are beating a dead horse.
10/30/09
Saw VI is, pardon the pun, a cut above the rest but not, sadly, by much.
10/30/09
If you haven’t followed the series up until now, there’s not much point in trying to catch up.
10/29/09
Editor-turned-director Kevin Greutert shows confidence behind the camera -- still, one can only hope that Jigsaw’s gruesome Pecksniffian pedagogy gets a taste of its own blade soon.
10/29/09
For the next installment, I think Jigsaw should time travel into the past and mess with the ancestors of his enemies. That would be cool!
10/28/09
Intense, relentlessly horrifying, disgusting and often implausible, but surprisingly intriguing at times.
10/28/09
the best entry in the series since Saw II.
10/28/09
Yes: a horror movie about health insurance.
10/28/09
This script, by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, has a more lyrical bent, and a more satiric bite, than any of the other Saw sequels.
10/28/09
A triumph (a very relative triumph) for two reasons: first, it is not so confusing as Saw IV, and second, it is not so sleepy and wholly pointless as Saw V.
10/27/09
Michael Moore would have a field day with this latest installment, where the writers tackle the health care system with Jigsaw as an answer.
10/26/09
The usual critiques apply: terrible acting, zero suspense, laughable logic and the promise of another one next year.
10/26/09
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