WHAT'S HOT?

Saw IV Reviews

Saw IV Poster

Movie Info


Genre :

Horror, Thriller

Release Date :

October 26, 2007

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Darren Lynn Bousman

Starring :

Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Mike Realba, Marty Adams, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2 of 5

“..This time out, the inspiration is fading – none of the set-pieces match the best gimmicks of earlier films..”
by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine]
2 of 5

“..there isn't much else about the movie to enjoy, since the story is the most convoluted, house-of-cards pile of nonsense since, well, "Saw III."..”
by David Medsker [Bullz-Eye.com]
1 of 4

“..the story is merely an excessively convoluted rehash of its predecessors..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2 of 5

“..now lacking any real forward movement, the series threatens to collapse into a black hole of its own making..”
by Jesse Hassenger [Filmcritic.com]
1 of 5

“..It's somewhat better put together than Saw II or III, though there isn't a scare in it..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
1.5 of 4

“..easily the worst and most pointless episode of the gore-saturated quadrology..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
Review rate : D

“..by far the best installment of this cringingly moronic odyssey of pain..”
by Brian Orndof [Filmfodder]
Review rate : D
Reviewed by Adam Graham [Detroit News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Ken Fox [TV Guide]
0.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by Jeannette Catsoulis [NY Times]

Reader's Reviews


Screen Name
Rate This Movie
Comment
 
 
 

LATEST MOVIE REVIEWS

MILK :

“..worthy docudrama..”
by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]

FOUR CHRISTMASES :

“..disappointing..”
by Christy DeSmith [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]

TRANSPORTER 3 :

“..not quite as nuts as the second film..”
by Jeremy Wheeler [TV Guide]

AUSTRALIA :

“..big, bold and beautiful..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]

LAKE CITY :

“..generic, undifferentiated..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

SPECIAL :

“..Genuinely original in parts but this works as a comedy only in places..”
by Kat Brown [Empire Magazine]

BOLT :

“..a sweet Disney family film..”
by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]

TWILIGHT :

“..kitschy..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

EASY VIRTUE :

“..it doesn't know how much Coward to use, how modern to be, and where its real strengths are..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE :

“..gaudy, gorgeous rush of color, sound and motion..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]