History YMMV / SawVI

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A major part of the film's backstory is William using a bit of LoopholeAbuse to terminate the policy of a customer with a potentially fatal heart defect, all but consigning him to death, as his pre-existing medical condition will render it virtually impossible for him to get coverage from anyone else. The year after the movie was released, the passing of the Patient Affordable Healthcare Act made it illegal for insurance companies in the United States to deny coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions, though recurring efforts to repeal or invalidate the law have kept it from full irrelevancy.

* HarsherInHindsight: John goes after William and his associates because they prevented his insurance from covering a potentially revolutionary new cancer treatment that could've saved his life. ''Film/SawX'' reveals that this treatment was all a scam, and its creators were [[SnakeOilSalesman con artists]] who [[ConsumerConspiracy cried persecution from Big Pharma]] whenever anybody tried to expose them or crack down on them. William and his co-workers may have been motivated by penny-pinching corporate greed, but they were otherwise trying to ''help'' John, and prevent him from wasting his time and money on snake oil.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Released right in the middle of a bad recession and a heated debate on healthcare, the writers give us an opening trap featuring two bankers who gave loans to people they knew couldn't pay, and the main game's victim, William, is an executive at a health insurance company who is forced to make some fantastically gory life-or-death decisions for his co-workers before [[spoiler:getting killed by the widow and son of a man he denied coverage.]] One scene is an outright AuthorFilibuster in which Jigsaw, in a flashback in William's office, states that it's hypocritical to attack the government for trying to take life-and-death decisions away from doctors and their patients, when the health insurance industry does this regularly by denying coverage.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Released right in the middle of a bad recession and a heated debate on health care, the writers give us an opening trap featuring two bankers who gave loans to people they knew couldn't pay, and the main game's victim, William, is an executive at a health insurance company who is forced to make some fantastically gory life-or-death decisions for his co-workers before [[spoiler:getting killed by the widow and son of a man he denied coverage.]] One scene is an outright AuthorFilibuster in which Jigsaw, in a flashback in William's office, states that it's hypocritical to attack the government for trying to take life-and-death decisions away from doctors and their patients, when the health insurance industry does this regularly by denying coverage.

** However, while his fate is left ambiguous, the fact that he isn't at the Jigsaw Survivors Group meeting in the following film, whereas his mother [[spoiler: who has no blood on her hands]] is, may point to an indication that [[spoiler: he was subject to legal punishment due to this crime]].

** However, while his fate is left ambiguous, the fact that he isn't at the Jigsaw Survivors Group meeting in the following film, whereas his mother [[spoiler: who has no blood on her hands]] isn't, may point to an indication that [[spoiler: he was subject to legal punishment due to this crime]].

''YMMV/SawI'' | ''YMMV/SawII'' | ''YMMV/SawIII'' | ''YMMV/SawIV'' | ''YMMV/SawV'' | '''''Saw VI''''' | ''YMMV/Saw3D'' | ''YMMV/{{Jigsaw}}'' | ''[[YMMV/Spiral2021 Spiral]]'' | ''Film/SawX''-]]]]]

''YMMV/SawI'' | ''YMMV/SawII'' | ''YMMV/SawIII'' | ''YMMV/SawIV'' | ''YMMV/SawV'' | '''''Saw VI''''' | ''YMMV/Saw3D'' | ''YMMV/{{Jigsaw}}'' | ''[[YMMV/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''-]]]]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The director's cut includes, to date, the series' [[TheStinger only post credits sequence]]. It concerns a guilt-ridden Amanda going to Corbett's cell and warning her through the keyhole not to trust the man who will rescue her. This scene loses much of it's impact being placed at the end of Saw VI, when it's already been established during the course of this movie that the FBI and police no longer trust Hoffman. It would have had much more dramatic effect if it had occurred at the end of Saw V, when that whole movie had been establishing that a) Hoffman was seen as a hero by law enforcement for surviving the Saw IV game and saving Corbett and b) that by all appearances the FBI was buying into the notion of Strahm being the killer much more so than Hoffman, and so would leave them a little thread for them to pull at and foreshadow Hoffman's eventual unmasking by the time of VI (and explaining why Perez taunts him that "everyone" knows now). Granted, it may have been a scheduling issue if they couldn't have secured Creator/ShawneeSmith to film the scene in 2008, but regardless. Hooray for fan edits!

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Before William is abducted by Hoffman, he mistakes a security guard for an invader and shoots him. The guard apologizes, and Hoffman subdues William. Does the guard apologize for unintentionally scaring his boss or because Hoffman forced him to assist in William's kidnapping?

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The director's cut includes, to date, the series' [[TheStinger only post credits sequence]] to date. It concerns a guilt-ridden Amanda going to Corbett's cell and warning her through the keyhole not to trust the man who will rescue her. This scene loses much of it's impact being placed at the end of Saw VI, when it's already been established during the course of this movie that the FBI and police no longer trust Hoffman. It would have had much more dramatic effect if it had occurred at the end of Saw V, when that whole movie had been establishing that a) Hoffman was seen as a hero by law enforcement for surviving the Saw IV game and saving Corbett and b) that by all appearances the FBI was buying into the notion of Strahm being the killer much more so than Hoffman, and so would leave them a little thread for them to pull at and foreshadow Hoffman's eventual unmasking by the time of VI (and explaining why Perez taunts him that "everyone" knows now). Granted, it may have been a scheduling issue if they couldn't have secured Creator/ShawneeSmith to film the scene in 2008, but regardless. Hooray for fan edits!

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The director's cut includes, to date, the series' [[TheStinger only post credits sequence]] to date. It concerns a guilt-ridden Amanda going to Corbett's cell and warning her through the keyhole not to trust the man who will rescue her. This scene loses much of it's impact being placed at the end of Saw VI, when it's established during the course of this movie that the FBI and police no longer trust Hoffman. It would have had much more dramatic effect if it had occurred at the end of Saw V, when that whole movie had been establishing that a) Hoffman was seen as a hero by law enforcement for surviving the Saw IV game and saving Corbett and b) that by all appearances the FBI was buying into the notion of Strahm being the killer much more so than Hoffman, and so would leave them a little thread for them to pull at and foreshadow Hoffman's eventual unmasking by the time of VI (and explaining why Perez taunts him that "everyone" knows now). Granted, it may have been a scheduling issue if they couldn't have secured Creator/ShawneeSmith to film the scene in 2008, but regardless. Hooray for fan edits!

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The director's cut includes, to date, the series' [[TheStinger only post credits sequence]] to date. It concerns a guilt-ridden Amanda going to Corbett's cell and warning her through the keyhole not to trust the man who will rescue her. This scene loses much of it's impact being placed at the end of Saw VI, when it's established during the course of this movie that the FBI and police no longer trust Hoffman. It would have had much more dramatic effect if it had occurred at the end of Saw V, when that whole movie had been establishing that a) Hoffman was seen as a hero by law enforcement for surviving the Saw IV game and saving Corbett and b) that by all appearances the FBI was buying into the notion of Strahm being the killer much more so than Hoffman, and so would leave them a little thread for them to pull at and foreshadow Hoffman's eventual unmasking by the time of VI. Granted, it may have been a scheduling issue if they couldn't have secured Creator/ShawneeSmith to film the scene in 2008, but regardless.

* TheScrappy: Brent for his horribly annoying and [[spoiler:murderous]] behavior. Not even having recently lost his father makes him in any way endearing or likable.

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Much less prominent in comparison to the other films, as whereas their Director's Cut/Uncut versions are considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split over whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen despite them being completely unrelated (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also starting the timer for the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]), which most of the fanbase considers to be unnecessary and plot-hijacking.

* AssPull: TheReveal that the main game [[spoiler:''isn't'' William's. In all trap plots before and after this one, the people forced into the game are the ones being tested, with even Jeff from ''Film/SawIII'' having to injure himself physically and emotionally to save the people in the traps, and the set up for this one even feels similar to that, with William having to decide who lives and dies amidst his staff while maiming himself to save them, representative of how his policy hurt others. Instead, the game is apparently Tara and Brent's, despite the two doing nothing but sitting in a cage watching William. It also isn't even clear what Jigsaw is testing them for, since while the obvious idea is if they'd be willing to forgive William after he doomed their husband/father to die due to his policy, the idea falls apart when ''neither'' forgive him, but while Tara can't bring herself to kill him, Brent ''can'', killing William while the two of them face no repercussions]]. It's made especially baffling by the fact that [[spoiler:this ''is'' a game John designed, and yet Brent isn't punished for being a "killer"]].

* StockParodyJokes: French audiences mocking the title of ''Saw VI''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw VI'' pronounced in French [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike sounds exactly like]] "saucisse" ("sausage").[[/labelnote]]

* AcceptableTargets: As is the case with most ''Saw'' films, Jigsaw has some pretty set-in-stone ideas of who is and isn't deserving of life.
** The janitor Hank is basically an innocent victim whose biggest crime is ''smoking'', but Jigsaw flat-out says that smoking is a sign that you don't appreciate your life.
** Jigsaw also frankly has this view about people with substance abuse disorder as well – or, at the very least, that they're not deserving of conventional treatment.
** To a lesser extent, Jigsaw views any employees of an undeniably immoral industry – health insurance – as deserving to be murdered. William is one thing – he's an executive with all the power to decide if someone lives or dies and has made an empire out of it. His employees? Mere cogs in the machine who don't make much of an impact systemically.
** The same goes for Pamela, who has the stereotypically sleazy job of being a crime reporter – doubles as an InformedAttribute, as we merely hear a few times that she is a sensationalist journalist who "twists Jigsaw's message" without really seeing anything in her work or approach that indicates anything (and frankly, targeting a journalist because she doesn't lionize a serial killer seems to be more personal than anything).

* FanNickname: People (fans of the franchise and non-fans alike) are far more likely to refer Brent as "[[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid Rodrick]]" rather than his actual name, courtesy of his actor being Creator/DevonBostick and the fact that his name is rarely said and hard to catch in the film itself.

** Brent Abbott is likely Creator/DevonBostick's most infamous role before he played Rodrick Heffley in ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' and its [[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules first]] [[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKidDogDays two]] sequels, since it led many people in the Internet to joke that they don't remember Brent's scenes from ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' or that "Rodrick went insane" (since Brent [[spoiler:kills William]] at the end of ''Saw VI'').

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Much less prominent in comparison to the other films, as whereas their Director's Cut/Uncut versions are considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split over whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen despite them being completely unrelated (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also affecting the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]), which most of the fanbase considers to be unnecessary and plot-hijacking.

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Zig-zagged in comparison to the other films, as whereas their Director's Cut/Uncut versions are considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split over whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen despite them being completely unrelated (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also affecting the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]), which most of the fanbase considers to be unnecessary and plot-hijacking.

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Zig-zagged in comparison to the other films, as whereas the Director's Cut/Uncut versions were considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split over whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen despite them being completely unrelated (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also affecting the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]), which most of the fanbase considers to be unnecessary and plot-hijacking.

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Zig-zagged in comparison to the other films, as whereas the Director's Cut/Uncut versions were considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split over whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen despite them being completely unrelated (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also affecting the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]), which most of the fanbase considers unnecessary and plot-hijacking.

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Zig-zagged in comparison to the other films, as whereas the Director's Cut/Uncut versions were considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also affecting the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]).

* ImprovedByTheReCut: Played with in comparison to the other films, as whereas the Director's Cut/Uncut versions were considered superior to the theatrical ones (with ''Saw IV'' having an inversion), fans are notably split whether or not this film's Director's Cut did better than the theatrical version, mainly because in spite of the typical addition of new details that are well-received, the ending adds a connection between the two outcomes that happen (namely, [[spoiler:the Acid Room's trigger also affecting the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0]]).