Here we go again. I loved the first Saw, LOVED it. It was a fresh, original take on the horror genre that had not been seen before. The next two come out, completing the story set up in the original. Then the rest came, turning the franchise in to a Freddy and Jason affair. The entire sub-genre of "Torture Porn" was born with Saw. In Saw VI, the series has long since fully accepted that it will be nothing more than a torture and gore franchise, and revels in that knowledge. I love horror movies, and this one, in terms of gore, does not disappoint. Story-wise, however, I really think this series has run its course. The filmmakers decided to use this story as a thinly veiled attack on the health care industry. Go with whats topical I guess. End it before it degrades into Abbott and Costello Meet Jigsaw. This is not the best in the franchise, but it definitely not the worst. The cool thing about Saw is that we all know who Jigsaw is, he was even dead and committed horrific acts, but we still want to see what's next in his sick bag of games.
Costas Mandylor does a good job, continuing the carnage as the new incarnation of Jigsaw. Tobin Bell revisits his ongoing role as the original Jigsaw through flashbacks, hallucinations and onscreen video segments. Three movies removed from being alive, his presence is still creepy as hell.
My main concern with the movie is, and has been since the fourth installment, that Jigsaw was showing people the error of their ways and teaching his players the value of their lives. The lesson was that they were unappreciative of what they had, and he taught them otherwise, with potentially lethal results. The latest bunch seems to just be giving "sinners" their just desserts for past moral and personal indiscretions. As a horror film though, i did kind of have fun. Call it a guilty pleasure. 6.75/10.
Tomorrow's movie: I'm going with pot luck again. I really can't decide what I want to see. See you then, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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