Since 2004 the Saw movie series has kept movie goers cringing and scared with its intense gore and bloody scenes. The latest film, Saw 6, is no different. Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) may have died in Saw 4 but he still makes appearances in the film via flashbacks.
In Saw 6 the first target of one of Jigsaw’s twisted traps are two deceitful house lenders. They have made a career of giving loans they know people could never pay back. The game is set up to where the person who gives the most flesh will walk out alive, while the other dies. This very intense and bloody introduction lets you know how intense Saw 6 is.
To tie up loose ends from the 5th installment Jigsaw’s ex-wife, Jill (Betsy Russell), has the box that was left to her from Jigsaw that will execute his last wishes. One of Jigsaw’s last wishes involves a life game that has to deal with William, a health care executive. William is much more concerned with saving money on his company’s bottom line than saving lives. Jigsaw’s goal is to test William and make him decide whether people will live or die just like he does at work. One of the brutal games that William must play is to save the lives of only two of his six employees. Those who will die are strapped to a merry-go-round that will shoot them with a shot gun at close range.
Detective Hoffman has taken over for the deceased Jigsaw but his games steer away from Jigsaws ideal to teach the participants a life lesson if they make it out alive and he leans more toward trying only to kill his victims. Hoffman has to deal with keeping the FBI off his trail. The FBI is getting closer to finding out he has been Jigsaw’s accomplice.
Filled with a surprise or two along the way Saw 6 should leave you intrigued and a little uneasy at some of the death scenes. It may be the bloodiest of all the films so it’s definitely not for the easily scared or fainthearted. The movie is an hour and a half long so it’s at just the right running time to keep your attention. While tying up loose ends from past movies it will still leave you wondering will this be the last Saw movie or will Jigsaws twisted games continue.