OK I’m gonna keep this one short and sweet. Saw VI is pretty much the same thing as all the other Saw movies. People are tested with horrific traps or “games” to challenge their way of looking at things. Oddly enough the Saw series has been one to stick pretty closely to the truest meaning of sequel and it’s all one big convoluted story (convoluted because they make shit up for the newest one and then add it to the backstory like it was part of the plan the whole time). So due to that fact I’m not going to give really any more of a plot summary than that because I’d have to explain at least a few of the other movie’s plots for this to make much sense. You can see this though without having seen the other Saw movies because they have flashbacks.

So how bad was this? Honestly it’s probably one of the better movies in the series. I was a fan of the first Saw but after that they were pretty bad. They gave up trying to make much sense and violence for violence’s sake is boring. Here they lay message on real thick, way too thick, choosing to punish predatory lenders and insurance companies. But there’s sort of a plot going on, and it’s fairly easy to follow. The “games” at this point in the series are pretty worn out and these movies feel more like soap operas than horror movies.

Basically if you liked the other Saw’s you’ll like this. If you haven’t liked the more recent Saw movies but liked earlier ones you might enjoy this a little bit, and if you never liked Saw to begin with I’m not quite sure why you’ve read this far. Whatever you do, at least wait till it hits dvd and rent it. Even if you like this, it’s really lazy filmmaking and we should send hollywood the message that we don’t want that anymore. At least so far this has been a total box office flop. Let’s not encourage them with video sales. Rent don’t buy.