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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]

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