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"2 stars"
by Lew Irwin
full review:
If Saw VI didn't meet expectations at the box office, the reason may have been that word got around that the franchise wasn't what it used to be. That seems to have been the conclusion of critics who saw it with regular audiences over the weekend. (It wasn't screened for them in advance.) As Mike Hale observed in the New York Times: "In VI one test involves dodging hot steam. That's quite a comedown from the good old days of being drowned in liquefied hog carcasses or having to remove your own foot with a hacksaw." Robert Abele in the Los Angeles Times suggested that the usual criticism of Saw movies apply to this one, too: "terrible acting, zero suspense, laughable logic and the promise of another one next year." But Jason Anderson in the Toronto Star concluded that the movie is actually, in his words, "a cut above" the usual Saw sequel, particularly because of its socially aware attack on health insurers. "Then again," he writes, "that's not such a great achievement considering the mostly dire quality of" previous Saw movies.
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