Saw IV (2007)
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16% of critics liked it
(75 reviews) -
70% of users liked it
(530,467 ratings)
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)… More 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 torture-filled traps. At stake is the life of his superior officer Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) as well as his friend and fellow cop Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg), whose abduction by a now-dead Jigsaw triggers an obsession in Rigg that will haunt him til the grisly end. Director Darren Lynn Bousman returns to the series after helming both Saw II and III, with a script penned by Feast writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marcus Dunstan, Darren Lynn Bousman
- Written By
- Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
- In Theaters
- Oct 26, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Lionsgate Films
Critic Reviews
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
This death trap may be rusty, but as long as it keeps generating fresh blood, it's unlikely to slam shut anytime soon.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
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.
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
An incomprehensible cacophony of screams, shock cuts, dour pseudo-philosophizing, heavy metal mutilation and low-rent TV-standard performances.
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
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.
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Cast
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Tobin Bell
as Jigsaw/John
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Costas Mandylor
as Hoffman
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Scott Patterson
as Agent Strahm
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Betsy Russell
as Jill
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Lyriq Bent
as Rigg
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Athena Karkanis
as Agent Perez
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Justin Louis
as Art
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Simon Reynolds
as Lamanna
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Donnie Wahlberg
as Eric Matthews
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Angus Macfadyen
as Jeff
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Shawnee Smith
as Amanda
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Bahar Soomekh
as Lynn
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Dina Meyer
as Kerry
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Mike Realba
as Fisk
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Marty Adams
as Ivan
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Sarain Boylan
as Brenda
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Billy Otis
as Cecil
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James Van Patten
as Dr. Heffner
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David Boyce
as Pathologist
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Kevin Rushton
as Trevor
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Julian Richings
as Vagrant
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Kelly Jones
as SWAT Pete
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Ingrid Hart
as Tracy
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Niamh Wilson
as Corbett
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Janet Land
as Morgan
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Ron Lea
as Rex
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Joanne Boland
as Crime Scene Photographer
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Zoe Heath
as Lab Technician
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Bill Vibert
as Young Cop
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Eric Gores
as Matt
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Devon Bostick
as Derek
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Tony Nappo
as Gus
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Emmanuelle Vaugier
as Addison
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Noam Jenkins
as Michael
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Mike Butters
as Paul
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J LaRose
as Troy
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Oren Koules
as The Man
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Alison Luther
as Young Girl
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Kim Roberts
as Nurse Deborah
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David Webster
as Dr. Steve
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Sandra Manson
as Nurse Patti
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Shauna Black
as Voice
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Darrell Dennis
as Voice
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Tracey Frerencz
as Voice
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Catherine Fitch
as Voice
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Chris Marren
as Voice
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Christopher Morris IV
as Voice
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Geoffrey Pounsett
as Voice
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Angus MacFayden
as Jeff
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