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Overview

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Writers:
Patrick Melton (screenplay) &
Marcus Dunstan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 October 2007 (USA) more
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It's a Trap more
Plot:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers... more | full synopsis
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1 win & 5 nominations more
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Nothing that we haven't already seen more (298 total)

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Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language.
Runtime:
93 min | 96 min (unrated director's cut)
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The dog that Ivan is seen hugging and kissing is director Darren Lynn Bousman's dog named Chance. more
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Continuity: When the scene with Perez on her way to the hospital ends, it shows Art sitting at the desk with the timer on 19.47. Later in that scene he walks back over to the desk and the timer is on 19.39 when about a minute of the scene had gone by. more
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Pathologist: Subject's name is John Kramer. 52 year old male; Caucasian. He's seen better days.
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I.V. more

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What's with the box full of glass? We see it under a blanket, but we don't see anyone in it. What's with that?
Why is the removed piece of Jigsaw's skull back in his head during the autopsy?
When Art takes off his jacket in the final room what's the deal with the thing on his back?
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98 out of 167 people found the following comment useful.
Nothing that we haven't already seen, 26 October 2007
7/10
Author: vichy from Slovenia

So I went to see Saw IV yesterday night. What do we actually gain from this movie? Basically it shows nothing new, it's like a reprise of Saw III. And the question is, do we prefer Saw III or Saw? Saw started with only two guys, chained in a bathroom, wondering where they are and what's this all actually about, and those questions are typical for existentialism. The point of this movie reminded me a lot of "No Exit", written by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Both Saw II and Saw III distinguish from the first Saw but Saw IV doesn't bring anything new. It sticks to its prequel. We get to see the same scenes (flashbacks), the same places and again we face those Jigsaw traps that never seem to end. I think that we all know by now what Jigsaw really wants and how we are supposed to play. But the detectives and agents seem to lack intelligence and don't listen to his rules. That's how we face again the catastrophe of this spectacle. We also get to see a bit of John's past and his ex-wife, Jill. I thought she was there to reveal something new about John but she never does.

Actually, Saw IV offers quite a lot, many traps, many people who got into them, many stories and also a lot of blood and violence. The truth is, I don't want to see those things anymore. I have already seen all of that in Saw III. It's like the creators of the movie are falling with every sequel deeper and deeper into meaninglessness. They have forgotten a long time ago about the meaning of this whole thing and rather decided to focus on blood and violence. Too bad the team Leigh Whannell and James Wan, the founders of Saw, does not any longer exist. Nothing can save Saw anymore.

But the director Darren Lynn Bousman keeps on trying, which is actually a big plus. He really can create the atmosphere that fits best to the movie.

I have also nothing against the new actors that appear in Saw IV, p.e. Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson, who played really professionally for those two roles that they got.

I guess I still hope that they will save Saw, because I'm a big fan, although I already assume that the situation is hopeless. They have sunk too deep.

Good luck with the next sequel. You will definitely need it.

7/10

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