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Saw VI

(2009, Rated R, Horror, Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Costas Mandylor)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 17.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Sixth film in revenge series is just as bloody as the rest.

Themes in this movie include:   revenge

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    There's some lip service paid to the human will to live, but it's coated in blood. A critique of health care and for-profit insurance is intrinsic to the film's plot, but it's also smothered in gore.
  • Role models :

    Not a single character in the film shows mercy, kindness, or forgiveness when given the chance. The protagonist displays some selflessness but still dies at the hands of someone desiring revenge. 
  • Violence:

    Constant bloody, grisly violence, including horrifying deathtraps requiring self-mutilation in order to escape, fighting, shooting at point-blank range, dismemberment, disembowelment, decapitation, death by crushing, hanging (by barbed wire), slashed jugulars, shootings, being set on fire, and much more. And it's all depicted with state-of-the-art makeup and gore.
  • Sex:

    Some cleavage.

  • Language:

    Constant strong language, including "f--k" and its derivatives, "s--t," "ass," "p---y," "hell," "goddamn," and much more.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters drink beer, wine, and hard liquor. Discussions of the health effects of smoking (smoking itself is shown); a smoker's reduced lung capacity winds up being what kills him (as part of a deathtrap, of course). Discussion of the psychological characteristics and chemical treatment of addiction, including methadone.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Saw VI

Parents need to know that this "torture porn" film, like all of the movies in the Saw series, revolves around cruelty, gore, and diabolical deathtraps -- all smothered in horrific make-up and special effects. A person is injected with acid until they literally melt in half; a group of people are shot, one by one, at point-blank range; and so on -- the deaths are brutal, bloody, and lingered over (viewers will see exposed organs, compound fractures shoving shattered bone edges through flesh, and worse). The movie is theoretically trying to make a few points about healthcare, but any social commentary is lost amid the buckets of blood and constant strong language.

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Most Recent Reviews

  1. I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0

    Not scary at all , mostly just a little sick

  2. I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language

    I Took My Boyfriend And If It's Halloween It Must Be Saw!

    Saw VI Had The Worst Traps! But The Traps Were Bloody And Gory.

  3. I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language

    I Took My Boyfriend And If It's Halloween It Must Be Saw!

    Saw VI Had The Worst Traps! But The Traps Were Bloody And Gory.

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    The gore speaks for itself.

    Not for kids.

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Negative role models

    Okay, I agree it has a lot of bad stuff in this movie, like demented/syko people and violence but that is why some people like it. Obviously, there arnt role models in this video, and i dont think any kid in their right mind would think there were (because they should be discustd by what is going on). if they do think that, then you have another issue on your hands bigger than this movie. I say if your kid really wants to watch it, let them watch it. Telling them they cant until they are over 17 is kindof too clingy of the parent, because if YOU dont let them watch it you know they will at someone else's house anyways. My thought is that as long as they arnt turning evil on me, and they like this stuff then they can watch it. And if it scares the crap out of them, then at least they will learn they dont want to watch movies like that anymore. I think this is a fine movie for your kid if they want to watch it, obviously not under 14 though... but 17, guys thats just crazy. you can't control your kids forever- let them experiance things- let them get scared.

  6. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Negative role models

    Okay, I agree it has a lot of bad stuff in this movie, like demented/syko people and violence but that is why some people like it. Obviously, there arnt role models in this video, and i dont think any kid in their right mind would think there were (because they should be discustd by what is going on). if they do think that, then you have another issue on your hands bigger than this movie. I say if your kid really wants to watch it, let them watch it. Telling them they cant until they are over 17 is kindof too clingy of the parent, because if YOU dont let them watch it you know they will at someone else's house anyways. My thought is that as long as they arnt turning evil on me, and they like this stuff then they can watch it. And if it scares the crap out of them, then at least they will learn they dont want to watch movies like that anymore. I think this is a fine movie for your kid if they want to watch it, obviously not under 14 though... but 17, guys thats just crazy. you can't control your kids forever- let them experiance things- let them get scared.

  7. I rate this title off for age 11 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    hated it

  8. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative role models

    3.5 stars

    not as good as #1, but still, good job.

  9. I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    Uggh,... saw again

    how many of these are they going to make, i don't know its like any saw movie if you seen the other sequels....

  10. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    i hate saw movies there not scary and do you really think he is helping them. Over all dont waist youre money on this junk

  11. I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 5.0

    It's fine for 14 I saw it in thetres and loved it

  12. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language

    New Saw film is best in series.

    I saw this movie today and just like the other movies in the series, Saw VI has constant grisly bloody violence and some language. Just like Saw 1-5 the person playing Jigsaw's game will die of a brutal death if they fail their challenge. There is some language just like in the previous films. I think Saw VI is iffy for 12+ because if you are a mature teen or young teen you might be able to handle this.

  13. I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    scary for kids very gorry and bloody deaths are way to graphic so i say not for kids 17 +

  14. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Louisiana
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages

    Really intriguing story is told considering the flawed Health Care System, but because it is SAW we see its message coated in blood, guts, and splintering bones. Also the Hoffman storyline reaches a climax, but of course in SAW fashion that climax is the final shot of the movie. I am looking forward to SAW VII in theaters October 22, 2010.

  15. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    THE WORST SAW FILM

    I HAVE STOOD BY SAW FOR ALL 5 OF IT'S PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS. BUT THIS ONE IS JUST WELL BAD SURE IT TAKES OUT PEOPLE WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE GO THROUGH THIS BUT IN THE END IT'S JUST STUPID BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE A F**K ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WE CARE ABOUT THE TRAPS AND HOWW THEY DIE AND THE STORY. BUT THE STORY IS A DUD. BUT THE SEQUENCESARE JUST BD BECAUSE THEY ARE SIPLE DON'T DO ENOUGH OR SHOW ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTING SO THERE DUDS JUST LIKE THE FILM GRADE C-

  16. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    awful

    nok kiddies

  17. I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    we hope it is the last one or else of this awful gore

    i hope it is the last sequel. what if it is the same as the five saws. it is going to be gissly and ugh, nothing anyone should see, frankly, unless u like to see people get sliced, cut, beat up, and other torturing nightmares.

  18. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    this better be the last movie, these are so gross and dunb

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