Review of Saw IV (2007) by Mrpajamas — 09 Jan 2022

I consider the first two volumes of the series to be successful horror films. Especially the first one. The third one was already mediocre for me and now I've finished the fourth one. Well, I won't beat around the bush.

I liked it more than the third one and it was actually not bad, but the quality will never get to the first one, which was original in its idea and although the new parts try to be something new again in the form of more brutality, for example, they don't succeed in my opinion.

One had its charm in one location, two was something else. The third one had one location, but it bored me and the fourth one has more locations and I definitely enjoyed it more than the third one, but still not enough to make it worth doing.

How can I put this? Saw IV is not a bad movie in my opinion. It has its good moments, like John Kramer's backstory, which improved the film a lot in the finale, but otherwise it doesn't offer much new.

The reveal at the end was fine, but it wasn't something that made me sit on my ass. For me, an above average horror film that I would only recommend to fans of the franchise.