Line #7 YMMV/SawVI


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4	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Before William is abducted by Hoffman, he mistakes a security guard for an invader and shoots him. The guard apologizes just before Hoffman subdues William. Did the guard apologize for unintentionally scaring his boss, or because Hoffman forced him to assist in William's kidnapping?
5	* {{Anvilicious}}: The film was released right in the middle of a bad recession and a heated debate on healthcare, and it shows in the types of people that Jigsaw targets this time around. The opening trap features 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 with a notoriously stingy policy 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 goes outright AuthorFilibuster; in a flashback in William's office, Jigsaw 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.
6	* 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", unless you count him being clearly traumatized by the incredibly gruesome death he subjected William to]].
7	** However, while his fate is left ambiguous, the fact that Brent 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]].
8	* FanNickname: People (fans of the franchise and non-fans alike) are far more likely to refer to 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.
9	* 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 (and their) time and money on snake oil.
10	* 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.
11	* MemeticMutation: Due to Creator/DevonBostick's role as Brent, it's not uncommon to find jokes about [[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid Rodrick Heffley]] (his most famous role that came about a year later) being in a ''Saw'' movie. These jokes range from saying Jigsaw is testing Rodrick, to calling the movie ''Saw VI: [[Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules Rodrick Rules]]''.
12	* NarmCharm:
13	** Few would call Costas Mandylor's performance in the film worthy of Shakespeare, but he's also having a ball hamming it up as one of the most obviously evil characters in the series.
14	** While Josh's FinalSpeech to William is definitely over-the-top, it's one of the only times in a ''Saw'' movie that a trap victim gets to have their say before they bite the dust, making it strangely badass in a way.
15	* RetroactiveRecognition:
16	** Series/WynonnaEarp is one of the people killed on the Shotgun Carousel.
17	** Brent 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'').
18	* TheScrappy: Brent for his horribly annoying and [[spoiler:murderous]] behaviour. Not even having recently lost his father makes him in any way endearing or likable.
19	%%** Shelby from the carousel trap and Simone from the opening trap. Simone gets RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in ''Saw 3D'', but Shelby? No such luck.
20	* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Saw VI'' was regarded by fans and critics alike as a huge improvement over the [[Film/SawIV two]] [[Film/SawV previous]] films, and a worthy successor to [[Film/SawI the]] [[Film/SawII original]] [[Film/SawIII trilogy]].
21	* 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. Unfortunately, the broader issues of greed and dysfunction in the American healthcare system remain as timely as ever.

Context YMMV / SawVI