Saw VI: Critic Reviews

The Saw series long ago cannibalized its cleverest bloodbath gimmicks, but now it's figured out a new way to torture us: by taking a barb-wire stab at political relevance.

The latest installment of the movie franchise is as customer-service-oriented as ever.

Who knew that the franchise's creators would eventually find a plot twist that made sense?

If you haven't followed the series up until now, there's not much point in trying to catch up.

These movies lack a whole lot of panache.

Saw VI doesn't come close to reigniting the spark of the original, but at least it approaches coherence, which is more than can be said for the last several installments of the series.

A film so frighteningly familiar it could well be called Saw It Already.

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.

After six installments, it's not exactly cutting edge.

The usual critiques apply: terrible acting, zero suspense, laughable logic and the promise of another one next year.

It's funny, but the thing that the series seems to have lost track of amidst all the soap opera and moralizing is the idea that these are horror films.

Thrives on extreme, ghastly gore as its primary motivation, making all other concerns secondary; in essence, it's more an endurance test than it is a movie.

They keep reviving dead characters to keep the poor excuse for a story going. When will it all end? Jigsaw is dead, everyone's dead. Please make it stop! Paul Chambers, CNN.

Embora ainda nao tenha assumido o tom de auto-parodia que eventualmente envolve toda franquia do genero, a serie ja comecou ha muito a provocar risos involuntarios.

'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.

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.

When torture porn becomes as snooze-inducing as lecture hall, it's time to call it a day.

A clear improvement over its two most recent predecessors...

Saw movies and Halloween go together like ho and hum.

A vast improvement over the previous two installments of the series taking on the health insurance industry in the series' first overtly political statement.

a welcome return to enjoyable horror fare for a series that seemed to have lost its way.