Saw VI
Movie, 2009, The Successors
Saw VI is #6 of 10 in release order and #7 of 10 in chronological order in the Saw.
The story
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
Saw VI recap
Hoffman plants Strahm's fingerprints at a new Jigsaw scene to keep the blame on the dead agent. Jill Tuck receives a box from John Kramer's will and helps carry out his plan. The new test targets William Easton, an insurance executive whose company denied John coverage for an experimental cancer treatment. William wakes in an abandoned zoo and is forced through tests on his own staff, deciding who lives: his janitor, his secretary or a clerk, his lawyer, and six junior employees on a carousel, of whom he can save two. Agent Erickson and the recovered Lindsey Perez work out that Strahm's fingerprints were planted. Hoffman also finds a letter he wrote to Amanda missing. Watching from a cage are a widow, Tara Abbott, and her son Brent, whose husband and father William denied coverage, and William's sister Pamela, a journalist.
Saw VI ending explained
Brent pulls a lever that kills William with acid, and Jill puts Hoffman in a reverse bear trap, which he escapes with his face torn. Erickson and Perez identify Hoffman's voice on a tape, and he kills them. Jill, acting on John's instructions and the letter that shows Hoffman caused Amanda's betrayal, straps the trap to his head. Hoffman breaks his wrist and escapes, wanting revenge on Jill.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. The theatrical cut has no post-credits scene; an extra scene was added after the credits on the home release.
Where to watch Saw VI
Saw VI isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 39%
Where it fits
What to watch before Saw VI
In release order, the essentials before Saw VI (2009) are Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), and Saw V (2008).
Cast
- Tobin Bell as Jigsaw / John
- Costas Mandylor as Hoffman
- Mark Rolston as Erickson
- Betsy Russell as Jill
- Shawnee Smith as Amanda
- Peter Outerbridge as William
- Athena Karkanis as Agent Perez
- Samantha Lemole as Pamela Jenkins
- Tanedra Howard as Simone
- Marty Moreau as Eddie
- Shawn Ahmed as Allen
- Janelle Hutchison as Addy
Directed by Kevin Greutert.