Saw IV

Saw IV (2007)

  • 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

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Directed By
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Written By
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Oct 26, 2007 Wide
Lionsgate Films

Critic Reviews

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    An incomprehensible cacophony of screams, shock cuts, dour pseudo-philosophizing, heavy metal mutilation and low-rent TV-standard performances.

  • 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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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim C


    Saw IV is a bad film to make, and I know realize they should have stopped making Saw films after the first one. The plot is very boring, after the second film I thought "oh cool, this will all be one big story," but now I realize they are running out of ideas and are now… More

  • Unknown H


    This is one of my least favourite Saw movies and that depresses me because it has a lot of good in it, yet somehow between trying to give us the history of John Kramer (Jigsaw) and keep up with the usual inovative gore fest that we know, I think this movie got a little lost along the… More

  • Zach B


    Okay, let me just ask this: What the hell happened?!?!?! Seriously, this film should of never been made. Okay, let me breath for a few seconds before I continue. Alrighty. The first three films told a complete story. Simple as that. But, may I ask who decided to make a film that is… More

  • Bethany M


    It was ok. Another horrible and gory film and they all seem to get more and more disgusting each time.

  • Luke B


    I give the Saw franchise points for consistency. More inventive traps and a further look into the life of Jigsaw further the story. Unfortunately the film still has a lack of a plot, and it is still twisting and turning in an attempt to escape the inevitable. Now we have Bent… More

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