Saw IV
Lionsgate | Release Date: October 26, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It's a depressing experience to view something like Saw IV. It's not just the soullessness that's dispiriting, but the lack of invention. When a movie does little more than repeat what its predecessors accomplished with grotesque effectiveness, it's past time to tip this corpse into its grave and bury it. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
He now imparts so many life lessons via his Rube Goldberg thresher devices that he's starting to turn into the Rod Serling of severed body parts. Now that's torture. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
There is no narrative tension in the film, however, just a variety of grisly crucifixions. And the morality tales are blood-stained window dressing. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
One more small thing: Every other scene in Saw IV starts and ends with a potential victim pressing "play" on a tape recorder, to the point where it's almost funny. Read full review
20
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
For devotees of the series, the gore is still there and the traps are just as weird as they were in the other entries but for the rest of us, your mind will forget it the second the end credits roll. Read full review
12
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Getting to the true root of his evil may necessitate "Saw LX." Read full review
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