Saw IV
Saw IV
R | 26 October 2007 (USA)
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Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.

Reviews
Cortechba

Overrated

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Invaderbank

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Taha Avalos

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Jenni Devyn

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

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Eric Stevenson

I might have been too kind to "Saw III" but keep in mind that I won't be like that to this movie. The part I found to be strongest in the previous movie was Jeff having to go find his daughter. In this movie, he's eventually shown dying so the whole thing was pointless. That movie had two stories that connected but this one seems just a mess. Not even Jigsaw dying could stop the series. He's still credited as the main character!He appears through a ton of flashbacks. It does just seem like this movie was made for no reason other than to show more gore. Like my friend and mom said, there's enough bad stuff in the real world that we don't have to contribute to it. I admit the premise is still pretty good and the series is fairly creative, but it's just not rewarding. They should have probably just ended this after the third. Tobin Bell's a pretty good actor though. **

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Davis P

Saw IV (2007) does not waste ANY time at all with getting to the extreme gore. The very first scene in this fourth installment features the autopsy of John Kramer's dead body. I had to overt my eyes through about 75% of that first scene, I am not a fan of that kind of EXTREME violent content. This movie dives straight into the traps and continuing the jigsaw, Hoffman and Jill Tuck storyline. The acting is so-so, nothing to rave about at all, but I wouldn't say it's Razzie level. I liked Tobin Bell and Betsy Russel's performances, their storyline is interesting, it deals with exactly what drives John Kramer/Jigsaw into lunacy and into a serial killer. The traps are of course extremely gruesome and to be honest, not all that interesting. The characters other than Tuck and Kramer aren't interesting or well developed. This film has moments where it's interesting to see people's motivations behind what they do, but those moments come far and few inbetween and it certainly doesn't save it from being mediocre and mostly uninspired. Gotta give Saw IV (2007) a 5/10 due to the sense of unoriginality that runs rampant throughout the whole movie.

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Leofwine_draca

Since they began, the SAW films have been little more than a string of grisly death set-pieces fixed together by story lines which are often silly and sometimes completely implausible. The fourth entry in a series that shows no signs of flagging offers more of the same, except in even greater amounts: the deaths are bloodier and more painful and the storyline completely ludicrous by now. The problem is that there's so much baggage, with references to all three previous films and recurring characters popping up all over the place, that the resulting plot is a confused mess, with people turning up from two films ago only to die and more unfinished strands than you can shake a stick at. What's even worse, the events of this film play concurrently with the events of SAW 3, but that's something we only find out at the very end, leading to much "what the heck?" confusion come the final moments.The movie kicks off with an utterly gratuitous autopsy scene in which Jigsaw is dismembered in exquisite detail. First, out comes his brain, then we witness his body being sawed open and his stomach removed and cut apart. It's all slaughterhouse graphic and adds utterly nothing to the plot or movie; it's just there to be repulsive. Shortly afterwards we're back to the deadly puzzles, although they're more confused by now and kind of just happen all over the place. Yet these are still worse than before: one woman is scalped in the film's most excruciating moment, while another guy has to push his face through knives. It's all very bloody and nothing is kept to the imagination. What I did enjoy was the movie's set-piece, in which three guys are trapped in a room. One of them is chained by the neck on a block of ice that's readily melting, another one is about to get electrocuted from the rapidly collecting water beneath him. This ends with many twists, as you'd expect, and nothing disappointed.Elsewhere, the film concentrates on the acting with some surprisingly good performances from the assembled cast members. Costas Mandylor and Lyriq Bent are both fine as investigating cops, while Justin Louis puts in a kooky turn as a corrupt lawyer. Donnie Wahlberg and Angus McFadyen also pop up in returning roles, but the best performance goes to Tobin Bell, who gets a chance to develop his character in a lot of flashback scenes. Here we learn how Bell turned from family man into psychotic killer, and it's pretty interesting, giving the movie more depth than the last three films all together. Which is why I found SAW IV to be a surprisingly watchable film, much better than the last sequel. Please, though, don't let there be any more...

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Alex Pezzano

When Saw III ended, we all thought it was over. Jigsaw's dead, Amanda's dead, Lynn's head exploded and Jeff was left in the room to rot.What an conclusive trilogy!Then Saw IV was announced and I said "Oh god why?". Saw IV was a pointless cash grab, an awful stain to the series, useless and pathetic. The story consist's of Officer Rigg, who was only a minor character we never cared about in II and III. He is being tested because he... Runs through doors.He also can't forget about saving everyone and won't give up trying to find Detective Matthews. So he is tested and has to save Matthews, Detective Hoffman and some guy Jigsaw met. There is also a second plot where Jill (Jigsaw's wife) is being interrogated by a hot head called Peter Strahm and we get to learn Jigsaw's origins, which is the only part of the movie I enjoyed.Overall the trap's sucked, the story was pointless and it was an obvious cash grab. However Tobin Bell will forever be a great and entertaining actor.So I'm giving the movie 2/10 jigsaw autopsies.

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