not for kids
Sixth film in revenge series is just as bloody as the rest.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this "torture porn" film, like all of the movies in the Saw series, revolves around cruelty, gore, and diabolical deathtraps -- all smothered in horrific make-up and special effects. A person is injected with acid until they literally melt in half; a group of people are shot, one by one, at point-blank range; and so on -- the deaths are brutal, bloody, and lingered over (viewers will see exposed organs, compound fractures shoving shattered bone edges through flesh, and worse). The movie is theoretically trying to make a few points about healthcare, but any social commentary is lost amid the buckets of blood and constant strong language.
- Families can talk about the popularity of the Saw movies. What draws audiences to movies like this?
- How do the violent images in movies like this impact viewers, especially young ones? Why do you think there's been a trend toward these "torture porn" movies in recent years?
The good stuff
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Messages: There's some lip service paid to the human will to live, but it's coated in blood. A critique of health care and for-profit insurance is intrinsic to the film's plot, but it's also smothered in gore.
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Role models: Not a single character in the film shows mercy, kindness, or forgiveness when given the chance. The protagonist displays some selflessness but still dies at the hands of someone desiring revenge.
What to watch for
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Violence: Constant bloody, grisly violence, including horrifying deathtraps requiring self-mutilation in order to escape, fighting, shooting at point-blank range, dismemberment, disembowelment, decapitation, death by crushing, hanging (by barbed wire), slashed jugulars, shootings, being set on fire, and much more. And it's all depicted with state-of-the-art makeup and gore.
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Sex: Some cleavage.
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Language: Constant strong language, including "f--k" and its derivatives, "s--t," "ass," "p---y," "hell," "goddamn," and much more.
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Consumerism: Not an issue
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink beer, wine, and hard liquor. Discussions of the health effects of smoking (smoking itself is shown); a smoker's reduced lung capacity winds up being what kills him (as part of a deathtrap, of course). Discussion of the psychological characteristics and chemical treatment of addiction, including methadone.
Fan Reviews provided by
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After wathcing saw 4 and 5 and completely lost interest in the abilty to make an interesting movie than by movie critic 671
I watched saw 6 and became a born again fan of the series. Saw 6 finally explains anything and everything that we have all been wondering about. If you liked saw 1 and 2 than you are sure to enjoy this one!!
4
The Saw franchise is back in action. by AntonEgo23
If you like the Saw movies then you'll like Saw 6. It's not the best in the series, but that's okay, because nobody really expected it to be. It reminded me a lot of Saw 3, so if you're a fan of that one you may like this movie more than other fans, but I think all fans will agree Saw 6 is better than the 4th and 5th. It's gory; it's nasty, and that's why we love it. And of course we get a lot of back story that may change our feelings for some characters. Last, but not least, we get the classic Saw ending; that is, a nice little twist that you won't see coming. To be honest, after seeing this one, I'm looking forward to the 7th.
5
Five Word Review by jeppylynn
Best Saw Movie Out Yet!!
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SAW VI by cshel69
This was not one of the better Saw movies that I have grown to expect. The beginning started out great with lots of detail in the first "test" but then it pretty much trailed off. Not so much what I would have expected but all in all it was still and OK movie to see but after seeing it I wish I would've waited for the video.
5
Best of them all! by llanos73
Saw 1 - Sucked to only become somewhat interesting in the last 10 minutes.
Saw 2 - A tad better than the first
Saw 3 - Best of the three
Saw 4 - Completely sucked!
Saw 5 - Boring because the need to recap and explain the Saw series.
Saw 6 - You will finally understand the SAW series! It is the best of them all!
Please trust my review!
4
Five Word Review by jraencore
Worth Seeing Better Than Expected
5
Exactly what I wanted it to be! by michelle9141
So the acting wasn't awesome, but it was exactly what this movie should be. BLOODY AND GORY! It had me cringing from the very beginning all the way to the head! Loved it!
5
SAW VI - AWESOME!!! by Cheerlove2007
If you're a SAW fan, you will love SAW VI. This is the first time that I have watched a movie where I ended up sick to my stomach. I have seen a lot of horror movies in my time from Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc. etc. Those movies had some gory things in them that I thought I'd never get over but along came SAW and totally changed my mind. SAW VI is really good and it answered a lot of questions that I had remaining from the previous movies. I have to warn people though, it's REALLY gory. The traps that are set in this movie are the best traps yet. Like I said, I left the movie with an upset stomach because of the gore factor. Go see it! Don't wait until it comes out on DVD because it won't have the same effect like watching it in the movies. I can't see how Paranormal Activity beat SAW VI out in the box office when SAW VI is clearly the winner!
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SAW VI was a pleasant surprise by austinallen89
As a Saw fan I have felt this series was slowly going downhill. But Saw VI seemed to disrupt that trend. The traps were way cooler than III IV and V, and the plot for this movie was better too. The reasoning behind putting the characters of this movie in traps was a bit more logical than previous movies. (For example, putting someone through traps for mourning their dead son, or trying to save everyone...III and IV respectively). Without giving anything away...the main character has to make choices about the deaths of his co-workers in a series of traps just as he has to make choices about people's deaths for a living. The ending twist is a bit less predictable than the ending of V. The acting is a couple steps up from previous movies as well. I would not suggest taking a young child to this movie, but I'm assuming anyone who has seen any of the Saw movies would already know this. Overall, I would say they have stepped up the bar from previous movies.