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Saw VI (DVD)

Member Name: lilmsnaughty79
Product:
Saw VI (DVD)
Date: 21/04/10
Rating:
Advantages: Some Scary Moments
Disadvantages: Too Similar To Previous Films
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Jigsaw has been dead for a while and yet his games still continue, confirming the police's suspicions that he had at least one accomplice. How can they catch the killer or killers remaining as the leave no traces, or has the killer made a mistake this time?
It's an insurance man (we all love those don't we) who get's put through the test but this time it could be game over!
Conclusion
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Saw has entered the realm of horrors like Friday 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street that seemed to go on forever. Saw 6 attempts to be a little cleverer by having interlinking plots that sometimes run in the same timeline as previous films. Fortunately (or unfortunately for some) the gore lets up a little.
Horror films need to be chilling as much as they are gory, Saw 6 tries to be suspense full and gory at the same time, but emphasis for me is definitely in the gory. The first scene is the goriest of the lot, in fact it was a little bit disturbing even knowing that of course it's not real at all. If you've come for the gore then you still won't be disappointed.
Tobin Bell get's to come back as Jigsaw again in flashbacks, as does Shawnee Smith as Amanda. The star of this one is Costas Mandylor
as detective Hoffman. However, I find him to be very wooden, he really has very little depth at all. His character is really used as
a way to keep the franchise running.
Peter Outerbridge who won't be familiar to many (including me) gets to play William Easton the insurance guy who doesn't like to pay up (do any of them?), he's not at all bad, despite the slightly cliched role as token hate figure. Can't say we'll be seeing him again soon in any big budget films but he's more than adequate here.
The effects are a big part to most horror films, the effects come down to the traps and false body parts to get chopped off etc, it's not the best and not the worst in this category, some of it's certainly cringe worthy and I think that's exactly what they aim for. Although they're not really showing anything that has not been done in the previous films.
The music appears to be exactly the same music they used in every other Saw films, that must save then a bit of cash along with having mostly unknown actors.
The biggest problem with Saw is that despite attempting to be clever and create links between the films, the basic premise is still the same. I'm quite surprised that they have managed to get so many made. They're not the worst horror movie ever, there are many many worse that are usually acclaimed as the scariest things you will ever see. The idea of taking the moral high ground is interesting but has been done in too predictable a way, taking a very easy hate target. At least it's not gone as bad as the Final Destination series has. I wonder if they'll be another as this is the lowest grossing of them all, I think there really have been enough now.
Main Cast List
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Tobin Bell - Jigsaw / John
Costas Mandylor - Mark Hoffman
Mark Rolston - Dan Erickson
Betsy Russell - Jill Tuck
Shawnee Smith - Amanda Young
Peter Outerbridge - William Easton
Directed By : Kevin Greutert
Running Time : 90 Mins.
Certiciate : 18
Summary: Another Chance For Gore

