Saw IV (2007)

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Patrick Melton (screenplay) &
Marcus Dunstan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

It's a Trap

Plot:

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Stomach | Trap | Autopsy | Corpse

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Jan. 6

11:30 PM

TMC

Cast

Tobin Bell	...	Jigsaw / John
Costas Mandylor	...	Hoffman
Scott Patterson	...	Agent Strahm
Betsy Russell	...	Jill
Lyriq Bent	...	Rigg
Athena Karkanis	...	Agent Perez
Justin Louis	...	Art
Simon Reynolds	...	Lamanna
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Eric Matthews
Angus Macfadyen	...	Jeff
Shawnee Smith	...	Amanda
Bahar Soomekh	...	Lynn
Dina Meyer	...	Kerry
Mike Realba	...	Fisk
Marty Adams	...	Ivan

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language.

Runtime:

93 min | 96 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS | DTS (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Hong Kong:III | Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) | Australia:R (original rating) | Denmark:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:R21 | Taiwan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Austria:18 | Germany:18 (cut) | Italy:VM14 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | France:-16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | New Zealand:R18 | Brazil:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/18 | Peru:18 | South Africa:16LV (DVD rating) | South Africa:18 (theatrical rating) | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

When the results from the fingerprint analysis from the bullet come in, two other names can be seen on the sheet that matches the fingerprint on the bullet to Officer Rigg: "Entry Employee: Scoffield, Sean" and "CSI Case App: Armstrong, David". Sean Scoffield is in charge of doing the graphics for Saw IV, and David A. Armstrong is the Director of Photography.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Officer Rigg enters the hotel room with the box on the bed, there is a photo of his wife on top of it. On the back of the photo, the words "she needed you" are clearly displayed in red ink. However, as he opens the box, you can see the that the back of the photo now reads "she needs you" instead from the letters "eds" at the edge of his hand.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Pathologist: Subject's name is John Kramer. 52 year old male; Caucasian. He's seen better days.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Seth Rogen/Spoon (#33.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

I.V.

Amazing! Nearly as good as the first movie!

The first time I watched "Saw," I was horrified beyond belief, yet as soon as the credits rolled I wanted to watch it again and again and again.

Saw II was just as amazing, but I thought the traps were a little dull, probably because I spoiled myself watching the traps on YouTube. =/ Saw III was very good, but nowhere as near as great as I, II, or IV.

Saw IV was amazing. It was a thriller that had me racing the entire time. However, just like how Saw II and Saw III failed to deliver the true horror the first movie delivered, Saw IV didn't have me cowered into a little ball in my seat. Despite the fact that I was more thrilled than scared, I still found the movie extremely scary. The number of jumpers was kept to a minimum, and, as with the previous movies, you could always tell when a jumper was going to happen. The only thing that made me jump out of my skin was when my old girlfriend showed up at the theater.

The traps were phenomenal! The traps were by far the best out of all the movies! Some of the traps were EXTREMELY gory. I wondered what they had cut out to merit it an R rating! Even though the traps were extremely gory, they weren't a mindless killing spree and they were very interesting.

The acting was superb! Tobin Bell (John Kramer AKA Jigsaw) stole the show yet again, followed by Scott Patterson (Strahm), and then Lyriq Bent (Rigg). All of the emotions of all of the characters seemed genuine and I did not notice a single sentence that was poorly acted.

The only minor drawbacks to this film were- a)Several of the things that we were told would be revealed were not! b)The ending seems like it sucks until you think about it, but the writers wanted us to think, so I'm not sure if I should put this as a drawback.

Overall, this movie was amazing, and you should definitely see it if you've seen the first three.