Saw IV

Like the tagline "It's a Trap" for this one states, it certainly is a trap... to keep on raking in the money and making more. If I had a dollar, no make that a dime, for everytime in the past 2 months I have heard some variation of the phrase "OMG they made a Saw 4?!" I'd be rich. Brace yourself folks, OMG there will be a Saw 5... and 6... and at least a 7, according to rumors that they wrote at least thru number 7 after they finished 2.

But onto the review! part IV leaves off right where 3 did... sorta...

without giving too much away, this one we see multiple interrogations of Jigsaw's ex-wife and learn a little bit about what drove him to his insanity of becoming the derranged 'killer' that he was as well as his first 'trap' and 'victim'. The last 5-10 minutes were just 1 twist after the other, linking together this trap with all previous ones in the first 3 installments. The whole time we're trying to figure out who the latest accomplice is in the Jigsaw murders, since we know it's not Jigsaw himself or Amanda, based off what happened in part 3. It also shows us the test of the SWAT team cop who's been in all of them up to this point (in minor roles so you probably never noticed him) who wants to save everyone but needs to learn that sometimes, you just need to let people save themselves.

Donnie Whalberg (Marky Mark's lil bro, or 'the bad boy' from NKOTB) is back reprising his previous role of Det. Eric Matthews, and he was actually pretty amusing.

If you've seen the previous 3 and don't mind them, then feel free to continue on in this series, if you haven't seen any or are tired of them dragging out the plot just to make money off ya, don't bother, you really don't miss much. The 'gore factor' is about on par with the previous installment - there's the medical gross factor they implimented in part 3, as well as the usual odd 'methods' of teaching the victims a lesson.