Saw IV
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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.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Saw IV as a tired, overcomplicated retread, panning its convoluted plotting and increasingly mechanical gore. The few defenders argued it still functioned as effective horror, but the majority found the franchise's creative engine running on fumes by this fourth installment.
“a film as edgy as a rubber knife”
Scott Schueller·Chicago Tribune
“the famously inventive torture sequences here seem depleted of imagination”
Frank Scheck·The Hollywood Reporter
“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”
Peter Hartlaub·The San Francisco Chronicle
“Saw IV functions as a drawn-out, tedious epilogue to a series that began with an energetic bang three years ago with Saw, then progressively lost momentum, coherence, and intelligence with each successive annual installment”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“deeply unsettling; just like a horror movie should be”
Jamie Russell·BBC
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
Darren Lynn BousmanDirector
Tobin BellJigsaw / John
Costas MandylorHoffman
Scott PattersonAgent Strahm
Betsy RussellJill
Lyriq BentRigg
Athena KarkanisAgent Perez
Louis FerreiraArt
Simon ReynoldsLamanna
Donnie WahlbergEric Matthews
Angus MacfadyenJeff
Shawnee SmithAmanda
Bahar SoomekhLynn
Charlie ClouserComposer
Patrick MeltonWriter
Marcus DunstanWriter
Thomas FentonWriter
David A. ArmstrongCinematographySaw IV
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.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Saw IV as a tired, overcomplicated retread, panning its convoluted plotting and increasingly mechanical gore. The few defenders argued it still functioned as effective horror, but the majority found the franchise's creative engine running on fumes by this fourth installment.
“a film as edgy as a rubber knife”
Scott Schueller·Chicago Tribune
“the famously inventive torture sequences here seem depleted of imagination”
Frank Scheck·The Hollywood Reporter
“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”
Peter Hartlaub·The San Francisco Chronicle
“Saw IV functions as a drawn-out, tedious epilogue to a series that began with an energetic bang three years ago with Saw, then progressively lost momentum, coherence, and intelligence with each successive annual installment”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“deeply unsettling; just like a horror movie should be”
Jamie Russell·BBC
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
Darren Lynn BousmanDirectorTobin BellJigsaw / JohnCostas MandylorHoffmanScott PattersonAgent StrahmBetsy RussellJillLyriq BentRiggAthena KarkanisAgent PerezLouis FerreiraArtSimon ReynoldsLamannaDonnie WahlbergEric MatthewsAngus MacfadyenJeffShawnee SmithAmandaBahar SoomekhLynnCharlie ClouserComposerPatrick MeltonWriterMarcus DunstanWriterThomas FentonWriterDavid A. ArmstrongCinematographyRent & Buy