SAW VI
2 out of 5 stars


ya know... i wouldn't have expected anything less, esp. since it is a SAW movie afterall. you've got the gore, the flashbacks, and even CRAZIER traps for all of jigsaw's victims in his 6th movie about determining those who live or die. you know we're getting close to HALLOWEEN when you've got to watch a SAW movie! :P


truth be told: i skipped over the 5th one, but then again, i don't think i missed much since the saw movies have a tendency of flashing back to the previous or even referring to the 3rd or 4th saw movie. however...to recap: saw VI starts out with the crushing death of agent strahm and the continuing legacy of det. hoffman, who is now the NEW jigsaw and thus carrying out his work. det. hoffman thinks he can get away with it all, except that 2 FBI agents are re-investigating the jigsaw murders, esp. when they find 2 predatory lenders forced to cut off their flesh in order to prevent screwbolts from drilling holes into their skulls. it's pretty nasty whether you cut off a limb or suffer with screwbolts in your skull, but hey...this is SAW we are talking about. we also learn that det. hoffman has had some help. jill kramer AKA jigsaw's wife is his "accomplice", and of course, she's got a plan up her sleeve... comeon! it wouldn't be a SAW movie w/o one! ;)

a lot of the motive-related questions are asked, and the game of william easton AKA the senior VP of a major health care provider really gets the test of his LIFE. he has to go through a series of tests determining who lives and dies, or... his limbs get blown off by these time-bombs strapped to his arms and ankles. now, the SAW franchise has had some CRAZY/really disgusting traps created, but i have to say madd props to the creatives on the death-go-round, the rib-crunching breathing apparatus, and of course, bringing back the signature jigsaw reverse bear trap head apparatus! now, if i can keep myself from not hurling my dinner due to the graphic nature of the death effects... :P