It's a Trap.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis |
| Director |
Darren Lynn Bousman |
| Screenplay | Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, Thomas H. Fenton |
| Music | Charlie Clouser |
| Cinematography | David A. Armstrong |
| Editing | Kevin Greutert |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Lions Gate Films, Twisted Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
| Genre | Horror, suspense, thriller |
| Language | Strong, infrequent, mild impact |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Intense psychological threat, extreme implication of violence, explicit effects of violence, bloody, gory, high impact. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Sensitive viewers are warned of the extreme violence and explicit effects of violence — very disturbing and realistic. |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo  He came, he saw, they bled. | 10 |  |
| iAfrica.com Melanie Daly Quite frankly, Jigsaw has been playing games for a little too long now — it's time for him to grow up. | 5 |  |
| The Citizen Leon van Nierop Predictable, long-winded and forced. And will, undoubtedly, continue its tedious path in a fifth instalment once the writers stop striking. | 8 | |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler Saw IV will give you your fix in the recent drought of horror movies, but then you could also wait to rent it, or watch it on e-tv a year down the line. Basically, it's just the third sequel to the poor man's version of Seven. | 5 | |
| BBC Jamie Russell With restless flashbacks fleshing out the late Jigsaw's origins and a collection of infernal torture implements shredding the flesh of the living, it's a cut above the rest of Saw's sequels. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Saw IV will likely sate the appetite of long-term, hardcore fans of the franchise, but it offers nothing to anyone who does not fall into that category | 8 | |
| ScreenItThere's no reason for this film to exist, except to make money and thus spawn yet another unnecessary follow-up flick. | 2 | |
| Metacritic.com 16 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 60 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer More disturbing than compelling. | 4 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 14585 Netizens Let's hope the games never end | 13 |  |
Average .. 36% | 7 | |