Saw VI

Saw VI
Gears and machinery form the shape of a VI. The title of the film is seen near the bottom of the poster
Theatrical poster
Directed by Kevin Greutert
Produced by Mark Burg
Oren Koules
Executive: James Wan
Leigh Whannell
Written by Patrick Melton
Marcus Dunstan
Starring Tobin Bell
Costas Mandylor
Betsy Russell
Mark Rolston
Peter Outerbridge
Shawnee Smith
Music by Charlie Clouser
Cinematography David Armstrong
Editing by Andrew Coutts
Studio Twisted Pictures
Distributed by Lionsgate
(United States)
Maple Pictures
(Canada)
Release date(s) October 22, 2009 (2009-10-22)
(Australia and New Zealand)
02009-10-23 October 23, 2009
(United Sates and Canada)
Running time 90 minutes
Country Canada
United States
Language English
Budget US$11 million
Gross revenue $64,344,699
Preceded by Saw V
Followed by Saw 3D

Saw VI is a 2009 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment of the Saw film series and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith. It was produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures and distributed by Lionsgate. Saw VI concludes the second trilogy of the series that focused on the posthumous effects of the Jigsaw Killer and the progression of his successor, Mark Hoffman. In the film, Hoffman sets a new trap for an insurance executive, William Easton, while the FBI trails the last living Jigsaw accomplice suspect, Peter Strahm.

Greutert, who served as editor for all the previous Saw films, made his directorial debut with Saw VI. Melton and Dunstan, the writers for both Saw IV and V, returned to write the screenplay and Charlie Clouser, who provided the score for all previous Saw films, composed the score. The soundtrack mostly consists of heavy metal and hard rock. Filming took place in Toronto from March to May 2009 with a budget of $11 million.

The film was released in New Zealand and Australia on October 22, 2009, and October 23 in the United States and Canada. In Spain it was the first film to receive a Película X rating for violence (a rating usually reserved for pornographic films); the rating restricted screenings to eight select theaters in that country. After the producers edit out the offensive content, the film will be released on October 8, 2010 in Spain with an "18" rating. With gross receipts of US$14 million in its opening weekend, Saw VI placed second to Paranormal Activity's $21 million. Saw VI went on to gross over $64 million worldwide, the lowest-grossing Saw film to date. Reviews were mixed, with some criticizing the acting and others praising Greutert's directing.

Contents

Plot

Simone (Tanedra Howard) and Eddie (Marty Moreau), two predatory lenders, wake up wearing head harnesses with screws poised to their heads in a room with a caged-in scale in the center. They must tip the scale with some part of their own body to live. Simone chops her left arm off and tips the scale, saving herself. Lieutenant Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) is called to the scene by Dan Erickson (Mark Rolston), who found Peter Strahm's fingerprints around the room. Erickson shows him that Lindsey Perez (Athena Karkanis) is alive despite the events that took place in Saw IV. Jill Tuck (Betsy Russell) meets with Hoffman at her clinic; he informs her that he is taking control of the games, and Jill hands him five envelopes from the box left to her in Jigsaw's (Tobin Bell) will.

William Easton (Peter Outerbridge), executive of a health insurance corporation, talks with his company's attorney, Debbie (Caroline Cave), about Harold (George Newbern), whose insurance policy was revoked after a discrepancy was found on his application and who later died from his illness. Later that night, William is kidnapped from his office and placed through a series of 'tests' at an abandoned zoo. In his first test he wakes up with a large vise enclosing his torso and an oxygen mask covering his face. Hank (Gerry Mendicino), his janitor and a smoker, is in the same situation across from him. Hank is killed when he fails to hold his breath longer. In the second test, Jigsaw's puppet informs William that he must choose to save either his file clerk Allen, who has no relatives, or his secretary Addy (Janelle Hutchison), who has family but is ill. William chooses to save Addy, and Allen is hanged by a barbed wire noose when his platform retracts.

His third test takes place in a large boiler room. Debbie stands at the bottom of a caged-in maze with a device on her chest set to fire a spear through her head. At the end of the maze, she discovers through X-ray films that the key has been implanted in William's side and tries to attack him with a circular saw. She fails to get the key before the timer runs out and the spear kills her. In his final test, William finds his six staff members chained to a spinning carousel with a shotgun pointed towards each person, but he can only choose to save two of the six by pushing buttons in a device that will drive spikes into his hand and divert the shotgun upward. He reluctantly chooses to save Emily and Shelby.

Meanwhile, Erickson and Perez inform Hoffman that abnormalities were found in Strahm's fingerprints, and that the scrambled voice from the Seth Baxter tape did not match Jigsaw's. They lead Hoffman to the site where the voice is being unscrambled by a technician. The moment they discover it is Hoffman's voice on the tape, he kills all three of them and sets the room ablaze, using Strahm's severed hand to plant his fingerprints. Tara (Shauna MacDonald) and Brent (Devon Bostick) wake up in one locked cage, while reporter Pamela Jenkins (Samantha Lemole) wakes up in another.

When Hoffman returns to the observation room, he finds a letter that Jill has placed on the desk, which he had written to blackmail Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith) in Saw III. Jill enters the room suddenly and gives Hoffman an electric shock. William simultaneously reaches the end of his path and finds himself between the two cages. It is shown that he and Pamela are brother and sister, while Tara and Brent are the family of Harold Abbott. Now they can choose to either kill William or set him free using a marked switch next to the tank. Tara cannot bring herself to end William's life, but Brent shows no mercy and shifts the switch to "Die" causing a platform of needles to swing into William's back, killing him by pumping hydrofluoric acid into his body. Jill straps Hoffman's hands to the chair and places a modified "Reverse Bear-Trap" on his head. She leaves Hoffman with a 45 second timer, but no key; he escapes the chair by breaking his hand. He lodges the trap in between the bars of the door and pulls his head free, leaving his right cheek ripped open.

Production

Development and writing

Photo of Greutert
Greutert agreed to return and edit Saw V under the condition he would be allowed to direct Saw VI.[1]

On May 14, 2008 Bloody Disgusting reported that Kevin Greutert, the editor of the first five films in the franchise, would make his directorial debut with Saw VI.[2] Newcomer Andrew Coutts replaced him as editor for the film.[3] Saw VI marked David Armstrong's last time to serve as cinematographer of the series.[4] Mark Burg and Oren Koules again served as producers, with James Wan and Leigh Whannell, creators of the series, as executive producers. Charlie Clouser was brought back to compose the score.[5] Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, writers of Saw IV and Saw V, returned to write the sixth installment.[6][7] Melton said that there would be good pacing and a resolution for the series.[8] Greutert commented that Saw VI would have some finality to it, something he always wanted to see in the series.[4] During the early planning stage for the script it was suggested that Mandylor's character, Detective Hoffman, should take on the mafia, but the idea was quickly dismissed as not "feeling Saw enough".[9]

Casting

On July 26, 2007 before Saw IV was released, CraveOnline's horror website ShockTilYouDrop.com announced that Costas Mandylor would sign on to appear as Mark Hoffman in Saw V and Saw VI.[10] Mandylor commented on his character: "Hoffman is sort of torn of becoming a mad man or becoming a guy that's more composed, coming from a pure place like Jigsaw. That's my character's dilemma; does he go fucking crazy or follow the rules of the boss?"[4] Greutert said in an interview with Bloody Disgusting that Saw VI would have the most characters of any Saw film to date but reassured the writers would stay true to previous story lines to prevent any "violations of logic and chronology".[4] A TV reality show called Scream Queens aired in 2008 on VH1, in which 10 unknown actresses competed for a "breakout" role in Saw VI. Unknown actress Tanedra Howard won the role. LionsGate made a public statement ensuring her a leading role in the film but did not elaborate further on her character.[11] It was confirmed on March 24, 2009 that Shawnee Smith would return as Amanda Young. Newly filmed "flashback" scenes would be created instead of using archive footage from previous entries, as had been done in the films since her character's death in Saw III.[12][13][14] On April 19 it was announced that James Van Patten would return as Dr. Heffner, a character featured in the opening scene of the fourth installment performing the autopsy on John Kramer/Jigsaw.[15] On April 29 it was reported that Peter Outerbridge had been cast as a new character, William, and that Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, and Mark Rolston would return as their characters John Kramer/Jigsaw, Jill Tuck, and Special Agent Erickson, respectively.[16] Russell commented about her character: "You find out a little more about if Jill is good or evil. Pretty much you'll know."[4]

Filming and trap designs

With a budget of $11 million, Saw VI began principal photography on March 30, 2009 and wrapped on May 13, 2009.[17][12][18] The film was shot in an industrial Toronto studio.[19] The producers wanted to make Saw VI in 3D but Koules told Ryan Turek of ShockTilYouDrop.com that "the technology wasn't there to meet our needs".[20] Greutert said that the trap victims would be more one-on-one with the trap and would be more personal to them. This was compared to Saw IV and V, which most of the traps were set in big rooms and involved several people at one time.[4]

"Everything got so big and you have to ask yourself 'how the hell does this guy with cancer able to pull all of this stuff off?' I think the traps in Saw VI go back home to what the traps were. It's more personal. It's about you and the trap."

—property master Jim Murray[4]

Armstrong told Bloody Disgusting reviewer Mike Pereira that he thinks "visually" Saw VI might be his favorite, saying "We're kind of pulling back a little bit in the color palette. It's going to be more suggestive and not so vibrant, in your face like III and IV. It's more neutral and shows natural flesh tones. On Saw V, I pulled back a little bit and on this one, I pulled back even more."[4] He commented that the "steam room" trap was the "best looking" of them all. He went on to say, "It's big and expensive. It's got furnaces, fires and steam. It's multi-leveled. The most complex Saw. We had techno cranes flying through. It was pretty amazing."[4] Commenting on the "carousel room" trap Armstrong said: "It's very carnival, playground-like. It's just nasty. [There are] spinning red lights in there. It's really overwhelming to walk in and look at because everything is spinning." Greutert said in an issue of the horror magazine Fangoria that the "carousel room" was, to date, the "longest trap scene ever". He admitted that originally they had ten actors riding the carousel, but it was ultimately scaled down to six, to "tie in to the [film's] title".[21]

Release

Saw VI was released on October 22, 2009 in Australia and New Zealand, a day earlier than the Canada, United States, and United Kingdom release. Most of the film's stars attended the Lionsgate annual "red carpet" event for the film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.[22] The Motion Picture Association of America gave the film an R rating without much content having to be edited.[23] In Spain the film was rated with a Película X rating for extreme violence, and restricted screenings to only eight adult movie theaters in that region. Buenavista, the film's foreign distributor, appealed the decision.[24] After producers cut several of the "most violent scenes" to obtain a "not under 18" rating, it will be released in Spain on October 8, 2010.[25]

Box office

Saw VI opened in 3,036 theaters and earned US$6,957,263—$2,292 per theater on its opening day, in second place behind Paranormal Activity which grossed $7,572,457 that day during its second weekend of wide release.[26] This was less than any of the other Saw films.[27] It grossed $14,118,444—$4,650 per theater its opening weekend.[28] It remained at number two behind Paranormal Activity which was playing on only 64% as many screens as Saw VI, but made 67% more money.[29][30] On Halloween weekend, it moved down to No. 6 and made $5,270,794—$1,736 per theater, a 62.7% decrease in ticket sales from the previous weekend.[31] By its third weekend it declined in sales by 61.4% and was removed from 945 theaters. It fell into 11th place with $2,031,944—$972 revenue per theater.[32] By its fourth weekend, ticket sales declined by 77.9% and the film was pulled from 1,314 theaters. It made $449,512—$579 per theater.[33] On its fifth and final weekend it made $91,875—$516 per theater, a 79.6% decrease, and it was pulled from an additional 599 theaters. It was being shown in 178 theaters by the end of its run.[34] The film closed out of theaters on November 24, 2009, after only 35 days.[35]

Saw VI began its international run in tenth place with $4.73 million on 946 screens in 11 markets. It opened in the UK, where it placed second, grossing $2.683 million on 375 screens. In Australia, it opened at fourth place with earnings of $846,000 on 164 screens.[36] In its second week it came in eighth place with $4.48 million on 1,229 screens in 20 markets for a total of $11.86 million. The film opened in third place in Russia with $1.13 million on 273 screens while it fell to fourth place in the UK with $1.53 million on 381 screens over the weekend for a total of $6.16 million.[37] The film has grossed $27,693,292 in the United States and Canada and $36,651,407 in other markets, for a worldwide total of $64,344,699, the lowest-grossing film of the series to date.[27][35]

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 42% of 60 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 4.5 out of 10.[38] Among Rotten Tomatoes' "Top Critics", which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 20%, based on a sample of 10 reviews.[39] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 reviews from film critics, gives the film a rating score of 30 based on 12 reviews.[40] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was a "C" on an A+ to F scale.[41]

Even though Bell was killed off in Saw III, his character still sustains a crucial part in every sequel thereafter.[42]

Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said that "Saw VI is the thinnest, draggiest, and most tediously preachy of the Saw films. It's the first one that's more or less consumed by backstory—which is to say, it's one of those hollow franchise placeholders in which far too many fragments from the previous sequels keep popping up in flashbacks." He said, "If your goal is to do a quick study for a round of Saw Trivial Pursuit, then this may be the movie for you. If you're looking to be jolted into fear or queasy laughter, skip this sequel and hope that the producers get their sick act together next time."[43] Rob Nelson of Variety wrote "Squeezing another pint of blood from its torture-porn corpus, Lionsgate slays again with Saw VI, a film so frighteningly familiar it could well be called "Saw It Already". At least the requisite moralism is more playful than pious in this edition," but praised first time director Kevin Greutert stating, "Presumably owing to director Kevin Greutert's work as editor of all five previous Saw pics, the film's juggling of chronology is the franchise's best—"downright slick," as Jigsaw would say."[44] Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review, writing "But, really, do reformers and victims of callous health insurers really want a guy with a penchant for elaborately constructed death panels of his own to be their advocate? Elsewhere, the usual critiques apply: terrible acting, zero suspense, laughable logic and the promise of another one next year. How can we get this policy canceled?"[45]

Christopher Monfette of IGN Movies rated Saw VI three out of five and wrote that "while Saw VI certainly offers a redemption for the series and the promise of a coming power struggle for Jigsaw's legacy, Saw VII will no doubt mark the time to either shake things up or watch this franchise get the ax".[46] Kim Newman of Empire gave the film three out of five, stating "Saw VI gets back to Saw basics in gripping, gruesome manner."[47] Blake French of AMC Filmcritic gave the film three and a half out of five, writing "Director Kevin Greutert hasn't helmed a lot of films in the past, but he did edit all of the previous Saws. As it turns out, his mastered craft lends well to directing. He spins a taut, tight, concise web of terror and surprise. The best entry in the series since Saw II".[48] Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting gave the film seven out of ten and wrote "Saw VI is faithful to the franchise and the twist/finale are 100% satisfying. Saw fans will walk out of the theater with their fists in the air with the feeling that they've reclaimed their beloved franchise."[49]

Home media

The DVD and Blu-ray were released in three editions on January 26, 2010: an "R-rated Theatrical Full Screen Edition", an "Unrated Director's Cut Widescreen Edition", and an "Unrated Director's cut Blu-ray Disc"—as well as a digital download.[50] The release includes featurettes about Jigsaw, the traps, and the Halloween Horror Nights "Saw: Game Over" maze.[50] Music videos by Memphis May Fire, Hatebreed, Mushroomhead, and Suicide Silence were included with all editions.[50] The Director's Cut included two commentary tracks, one with director Kevin Greutert and writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and the other featuring producer Mark Burg and executive producers Peter Block and Jason Constantine.[51] All three editions have a "2-Movie Set", which bundles the first film with no bonus features.[50] According to The Numbers.com,[52] Saw VI placed number three its first week on the DVD sales chart, selling 220,107 units ($2,766,088).[53] In comparison, Saw V sold 515,095 units ($11,326,939) its first week.[54] In the first three weeks Saw VI sold 443,710 units for $7,587,396.[55]

Soundtrack

Saw VI: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released October 20, 2009
Genre Metalcore
Length 64:01
Label Trustkill
Various Artists chronology
Saw V Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2008)		 Saw VI: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2009)

Saw VI: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack includes music by the bands Kittie, Chimaira, Suicide Silence, Nitzer Ebb, Mushroomhead, Lacuna Coil, and Converge, among others.[56] It was released on October 20, 2009, through Trustkill Records.[57] James Christopher Monger of allmusic praised the use of hard rock and heavy metal, something that had been missing since Saw IV. He said in his review that "It's a fitting marriage, as hard rock and heavy metal are the sonic suitors to horror and torture porn films and video games". He particularly praised the songs by Hatebreed ("In Ashes They Shall Reap"), Converge ("Dark Horse"), My My Misfire ("The Sinatra"), and Kittie ("Cut Throat"), calling the songs the "most ferocious moments this time around".[58]

Track listing
6 Chances
No. Title Artist Length
1. "In Ashes They Shall Reap"   Hatebreed 3:20
2. "The Last Goodbye"   Lacuna Coil 4:15
3. "Reckless Abandon"   It Dies Today 3:56
4. "Your Soul Is Mine"   Mushroomhead 4:50
5. "Warpath"   Chimaira 4:18
6. "Code of the Road"   Danko Jones 2:58
6 Lessons
No. Title Artist Length
7. "Genocide" (Saw VI Remix) Suicide Silence 3:00
8. "Ghost In the Mirror"   Memphis May Fire 3:53
9. "The Countdown Begins"   Outbreak 1:48
10. "Still I Rise" (Saw VI Remix) Shadows Fall 3:27
11. "Dead Again"   Type O Negative 4:16
12. "Dark Horse"   Converge 2:55
6 Choices
No. Title Artist Length
13. "Cut Throat"   Kittie 2:56
14. "Never Known"   Nitzer Ebb 4:04
15. "Roman Holiday"   Every Time I Die 2:51
16. "The Sinatra"   My My Misfire 3:20
17. "Lethal Injection"   The Flood 3:48
18. "More Than a Sin"   James Brothers 3:59
Bonus Digital Tracks
No. Title Artist Length
19. "We Own the Night"   The 69 Eyes 3:57
20. "Watch Us Burn"   Ventana 4:00
21. "Forgive & Forget"   Miss May I 3:32

Sequel

Saw 3D (then called Saw VII) was greenlit in July 2009.[59] Originally two sequels were planned after Saw VI, but the decreased ticket sales for Saw VI caused Lionsgate to end the series with the seventh installment.[60][61] Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Betsy Russell returned along with Cary Elwes, who was last seen in the first film of the series.[62] David Hackl was attached to direct but Twisted Pictures replaced him with Kevin Greutert, who was about to begin work on Paranormal Activity 2, two weeks before filming began.[63][64] Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan wrote the screenplay.[59] It was filmed in 3D from February to April 2010 and will be released in the United States and Canada on October 29, 2010.[65][66][67]

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