Product Information
Jigsaw may be dead, but Tobin Bell is mysteriously back in this fourth installment in the popular Saw series in this sequel that examines the killer's origins.Product Identifiers
ProducerOren Koules, Mark Burg
EAN5060052413864
eBay Product ID (ePID)62905257
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleSaw 4
ActorTobin Bell
DirectorDarren Lynn Bousman
FormatDVD
Release Year2008
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesWidescreen
FranchiseSaw
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsBBC - It's deeply unsettling; just like a horror movie should be
Consumer AdviceContains strong horror, violence and gory images
Additional InformationThe fourth SAW film takes fans into uncharted waters. Now that John/Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is dead, screenwriters Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan (writers of the Project Greenlight-produced FEAST) give us Jigsaw's origin story--finally showing us why he does what he does. Along they way, they still find time to work in the usual dose of elaborate Rube Goldberg-like torture devices and heaps of censor-defying gore in what plays like an extreme version of CSI. During his (extremely graphic) autopsy, JigsawÆs final tape (swallowed in SAW III) is found in his stomach. Promising that his work will continue despite his passing, his message sets off a series of grisly tasks for anxious SWAT team leader Rigg (Lyriq Bent), who is given 90 minutes to rescue detectives Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) and Hoffman (Costas Mandylor), who are to be dispatched via blocks of ice and high voltage wires. Trailing Rigg are FBI agents Strahm (Scott Patterson of GILMORE GIRLS) and Perez (Athena Karkanis), who get some unexpected blood on their hands along the way. A series of flashbacks details a pivotal event between Jigsaw and his girlfriend, Jill (1980s beauty Betsy Russell, PRIVATE SCHOOL), which inspired him to devote the remainder of his life to the creation of his signature puzzles.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Darren Lynn Bousman, director of the previous two sequels, returns once again to ensure that the series retains its trademark de-saturated look. Though viewers starting with this instalment may find the brief glimpses of characters from the previous films confusing, fans should be pleased with how the films link together. They are also sure to appreciate that, like FRIDAY THE 13th carrying on sans Jason in PART IV: A NEW BEGINNING, the death of Jigsaw won't keep the franchise from evolving into SAW V and beyond.
Movie/TV TitleSaw 4
Sound sourceDolby Digital
ScreenwriterPatrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan