Saw IV (2007)

2.5/4

I do wish that these movies were well made, because I actually think the premises are quite clever, but unless a veteran who is more confident in his abilities takes over, we are left with what could have been...

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07/22/08

1.5/4

Poor Jigsaw. The architect of the most deadly traps ever committed to celluloid has endured inoperable cancer, a debilitating car crash and even the premature death of his son, but nothing as painful or degrading as 'Saw IV.'

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04/10/08

N/A

... any serious consideration of the killer's fascination with violence is superseded by the director's (and the returning viewers') own sadistic pleasures.

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02/27/08

2/6

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01/18/08

2/5

Outro típico exemplar da série: o final, como de hábito, é até engenhoso, mas a fórmula cada vez mais desgastada exige paciência até que cheguemos a ele.

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01/08/08

2.5/4.0

Whereas the first Saw and the third met the right balance, the second film and now the fourth push things a little too far and end up being less effective as a result.

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12/26/07

2.5/4

Were it not for the saving grace of Tobin Bell's mere presence, there's little doubt that Saw IV would come off about as well as a typical straight-to-video horror sequel.

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11/21/07

2.5/5

Torture, you may recall, used to be an unparsable, unpardonable sin. Now it's porn.

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11/17/07

N/A

Like many villains before him, John turns out to have been wronged rather randomly, an act of terrible violence that he absorbs into his worldview.

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11/14/07

2/4

Opens with the clinically graphic dissection of the deceased Jigsaw, who finally lives up to (dies down to?) his name by being separated into pieces...

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11/09/07

1.5/5

Might be the best since the first, but still a task to watch. A painful, meaningless task.

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11/04/07

2/5

Previously, Jigsaw and the filmmakers played fair, but too much about this latest instalment seems simply arbitrary.

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11/03/07

1.5/4

Stultifying in its pseudo-sensationalistic schlock, this numbingly and nightmarish narrative has no legitimate creepy conviction beyond flexing its meaningless, morose muscles

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11/01/07

3/4

There's more gore in store. Now here's "Saw IV."

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11/01/07

C

The puzzles in this movie and the infinite number of sequels which have already been queued behind it have been designed to tear the dead presidents from your wallet like a sobriety chip from the shaky palm of Lindsay Lohan.

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11/01/07

N/A

Like the movie’s mysterious Jigsaw doppelgänger, Saw IV is itself a poor substitute for the original (or even the first two sequels).

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11/01/07

2/5

The law of diminishing returns is in full effect here.

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11/01/07

2/4

The games, the traps, are still the thing and as long as Jigsaw's flunkies continue to build 'em, we will come.

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11/01/07

2/10

Perfunctory and confusing and needlessly over-plotty...but somewhat better-constructed and significantly less morally outrageous than at the very least Saw III.

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10/31/07