Saw IV (2007)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 75
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 63
Saw IV is more disturbing than compelling, with material already seen in the prior installments.
Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 18
Saw IV is more disturbing than compelling, with material already seen in the prior installments.
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Just when audiences thought they'd heard the last of the demented killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), here comes Saw IV, continuing his trap-filled legacy -- this time, targeting the last remaining officer who has touched the case, SWAT Commander Rigg (Lyriq Bent). As FBI agents Strahm (Scott Patterson) and Perez (Athena Karkanis) begin to dig through the remains of Jigsaw's crime-scene hideout, a new puzzle presents itself, with Rigg as the pawn in another deadly game filled with moral quandaries and
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Cast
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Tobin Bell
Jigsaw/John -
Costas Mandylor
Hoffman -
Scott Patterson
Agent Strahm -
Betsy Russell
Jill -
Lyriq Bent
Rigg -
Athena Karkanis
Agent Perez -
Justin Louis
Art -
Simon Reynolds
Lamanna -
Donnie Wahlberg
Eric Matthews -
Angus Macfadyen
Jeff -
Shawnee Smith
Amanda -
Bahar Soomekh
Lynn -
Dina Meyer
Kerry -
Mike Realba
Fisk -
Marty Adams
Ivan -
Sarain Boylan
Brenda -
Billy Otis
Cecil -
James Van Patten
Dr. Heffner -
David Boyce
Pathologist -
Kevin Rushton
Trevor -
Julian Richings
Vagrant -
Kelly Jones
SWAT Pete -
Ingrid Hart
Tracy -
Niamh Wilson
Corbett -
Janet Land
Morgan -
Ron Lea
Rex -
Joanne Boland
Crime Scene Photographe... -
Zoe Heath
Lab Technician -
Bill Vibert
Young Cop -
Eric Gores
Matt -
Devon Bostick
Derek -
Tony Nappo
Gus -
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Addison -
Noam Jenkins
Michael -
Mike Butters
Paul -
J LaRose
Troy -
Oren Koules
The Man -
Alison Luther
Young Girl -
Kim Roberts
Nurse Deborah -
David Webster
Dr. Steve -
Sandra Manson
Nurse Patti -
Shauna Black
Voice -
Darrell Dennis
Voice -
Tracey Frerencz
Voice -
Catherine Fitch
Voice -
Chris Marren
Voice -
Christopher Morris IV
Voice -
Geoffrey Pounsett
Voice -
Angus MacFayden
Jeff -
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All Critics (81) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (65) | DVD (16)
The reports of torture porn's demise may have been greatly exaggerated, but this fourth entry in the mutilate-yourself-or-die series joins what may be the worst genre of the decade: the lamely ''sympathetic'' serial-killer backstory.
This death trap may be rusty, but as long as it keeps generating fresh blood, it's unlikely to slam shut anytime soon.
Just as Jigsaw tests his victims, the franchise's own test will be whether such suspension can be maintained, or if matters lapse into a torture chamber of self-parody.
An incomprehensible cacophony of screams, shock cuts, dour pseudo-philosophizing, heavy metal mutilation and low-rent TV-standard performances.
The Syriana of slasher films, so complicated and circuitous that your only hope of understanding everything is to eat lots of fish the night before and then watch each of the previous films, in order, right before you enter the theater.
It's somewhat better put together than Saw II or III, though there isn't a scare in it.
The first thing you see in Saw IV is Jigsaw's balls. A sign of things to come? Most definitely.
There's the obligatory twist at the end, which hardly makes up for the excruciating boredom viewers are forced to endure. But, hey, if you're paying for torture, expect to suffer.
We now find ourselves in the downward slope of the Saw series as Saw IV stretches credibility to the breaking point.
Jigsaw is an interesting character with an interesting worldview and an interesting way of carrying out his will. It's too bad the movies themselves aren't worthy of him.
This gruesomely efficient horror sequel shows noticeable wear and tear.
I do wish that these movies were well made, because I actually think the premises are quite clever, but unless a veteran who is more confident in his abilities takes over, we are left with what could have been...
Poor Jigsaw. The architect of the most deadly traps ever committed to celluloid has endured inoperable cancer, a debilitating car crash and even the premature death of his son, but nothing as painful or degrading as 'Saw IV.'
There is nothing spectacular included here, but fans of the Saw franchise should easily be satisfied by what is offered on this DVD.
... any serious consideration of the killer's fascination with violence is superseded by the director's (and the returning viewers') own sadistic pleasures.
Director Darren Lynn Bousman, helming his third sequel in a row, has plenty of gratuitous style to enhance the gratuitous violence and sadistic torture devices...
[It has a] not only an entertaining yak-track, it's also quite informative. I have seen all the Saw movies, each of them at least two or three times, and I learned quite a lot from the verbal puzzle-piecing.
Audience Reviews for Saw IV
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- Tracy: What you can't do, is save everyone.
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- Cecil: I don't have a fucking soul.
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- Agent Strahm: Girl loves boy, Boy loves girl. Boy gets girl pregnant, Girl loses baby... boy turns into a serial killer. Jill, I'm not buying it.
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- Jigsaw/John: You don't want to do that.
- Cecil: The fuck's your problem?
- Jigsaw/John: You're my problem... and you're becoming everybody else's too.
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- Art: I recommend that you stay alive until the fucking... clock counts down.
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- Agent Perez: Who's he?
- Hoffman: Lieutenant Rigg, the SWAT commander.
- Agent Strahm: What's his problem?
- Hoffman: Everyone around him keeps dying.
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