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(1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 28% Rotten Page   1   3.5/5 "If the original Saw was the kernel of a potential terror universe, Saw IV is, by this time, a series of satellites and lesser celestial bodies bound together by some of the best bloodletting in modern macabre."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron D "By far the best installment of this cringingly moronic odyssey of pain. There's something to be said about leaving a theater with only a mild cultural headache instead of a knee-buckling case of cinematic depression."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf "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."   Common Sense   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "The games, the traps, are still the thing and as long as Jigsaw's flunkies continue to build 'em, we will come."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 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."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1.5/4 "Easily the worst entry in the series, and the first one that undeniably feels like a sloppily thrown-together rush job."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C- "It is impossible to take a movie seriously when the movie obviously doesn't care if you do or not."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "... any serious consideration of the killer's fascination with violence is superseded by the director's (and the returning viewers') own sadistic pleasures."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. 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"   World Voice News   Frank Ochieng F "If it ever had a prime, the Saw franchise is well past it...a mess...and an ugly mess at that."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1.5/4 "Easily the worst and most pointless episode of the gore-saturated quadrology."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 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."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3/5 "As far as fourth installments in a series, Saw IV is quite impressive."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 1/5 "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."   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 1/4 "An excessively convoluted rehash of its predecessors."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1/5 "Two of the more degrading and debasing hours of big-screen "entertainment" that you are likely to endure in this lifetime."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "It's a been-there, done-that sort of sequel, but it's still more creative than most of what passes for Hollywood horror these days."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 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."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 28% Rotten Page   1