Saw IV
SWAT Commander Rigg is forced to follow a blood-drenched trail of torture, dismemberment and death in order to find two missing colleagues and now has been marked for death by Jigsaw.
17 August 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 August 1969, Ontario, Canada
3 September 1965, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
21 September 1963, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
20 February 1966, Terceira, Açores, Portugal
23 June 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
29 October 1956, Toronto, Canada
13 November 1991, Canada
31 January 1961, LaGrange, Illinois, USA
7 October 1956, Brooklyn, New York, USA
27 November 1975, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
7 August 1942, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
October 31, 2009
We now find ourselves in the downward slope of the Saw series as Saw IV stretches credibility to the breaking point.
October 31, 2007
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.
October 29, 2007
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.
October 18, 2008
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.
November 03, 2012
The first thing you see in Saw IV is Jigsaw's balls. A sign of things to come? Most definitely.
November 01, 2007
Like the movie's mysterious Jigsaw doppelgänger, Saw IV is itself a poor substitute for the original (or even the first two sequels).
October 29, 2007
This death trap may be rusty, but as long as it keeps generating fresh blood, it's unlikely to slam shut anytime soon.
July 07, 2010
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.
July 22, 2008
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...
October 29, 2007
An incomprehensible cacophony of screams, shock cuts, dour pseudo-philosophizing, heavy metal mutilation and low-rent TV-standard performances.
July 23, 2008
This gruesomely efficient horror sequel shows noticeable wear and tear.
October 29, 2007
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.
