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Wow. This was pretty sad on every level. Whenever horror movies start to become a series (Friday Xiii, Nightmare on Elm, Halloween or Saw) there are a few simple courtesies. The foremost one is that it doesn’t nor shouldn’t matter, which order you see these flicks. It is just about brutality and killings. Saw VI was hugely disappointing in that regard. And if they wanted me to know some history from Saw V then follow the lead of the other horror flicks and have a little recap at the start. As for the film itself I have several other beefs. Firstly it looked like it was filmed in Technicolor, which went out in the 60’s. And the music…give it a rest once in a while. Throughout the ENTIRE movie this repetitive “foreboding” cello and kettledrum stuff was relentless. It was so bad/loud that you could barely understand the mumbling of our friend Mr. Jigsaw. After the initial blood bath in the opening scene, the movie then went into a 30 minute very slow moving nothingness. (again to the foreboding music) I lost track of what was going on and couldn’t figure out if Jigsaw was dead or alive. I am sure the director couldn’t figure that out either. The ending was downright nutty. The only upside would be the assorted and expected “Want to play a game? ” scenes. There are a few new gadgets, and the deaths are colourful. But just rent any of the other Saw movies and you’ll be further ahead. This one is the worst of the bunch. They should have stopped after II. This one was, as Shaquille O’Neil would say, “Horrorawful”
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Recaps of previous movies are for people with no attention span, and need to be spoon fed a story! Plus, it's cheesy as heck! You could always just.. remember things.
You missed my point about these type of movies. I was saying that any movie that becomes a series should not expect or assume that its audience knows what happened in the previous movie. The movie should stand on its own as a story. The audience going in should have a cursory idea of the storyline only. Rocky movies for example are about some guy who boxes and is slow witted. It doesn't matter if you see number VI then number II. Each movie is its own independent story. It should not be a prerequisite for me to have seen Saw V in order to enjoy VI... The series is about some psycho who sets up murderous games for people to play and there is tons of blood and torture... The only mystery is about figuring out why this group is chosen... I shouldn't have to have seen number V to see number VI. All these movies are cheesy, Jason has bikini clad bimbos running and screaming... token minority groups being killed off first, idiots running down to a basement instead of outside... etc.. My point was not about attention span or poor memory. Just don't expect or assume that your audience has seen the previous installment in order to watch/enjoy a "series" movie. Freddy does the dream thing, Jason has his machette, Mike Myers is almost the same as Jason but has a meaner streak than Jason, Halloween movies take place on... umm err.. I forget, but you get my point I hope. Thanks for reading my review.