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Saw IV
Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.
2007 · Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman · 93 min · Horror · Thriller · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
You thought it was over...but the games have just begun.
Plot
An autopsy of the Jigsaw Killer reveals a wax-coated microcassette in his stomach. Detective Mark Hoffman is called in to listen to it. The tape promises him that "the games have just begun." In a mausoleum, a man named Trevor and lawyer Art Blank are chained to a large device. Trevor's eyes and Art's mouth have been sewn shut, making communication between them impossible. When the device begins pulling them together, they panic, and Art eventually kills Trevor to retrieve a key from his collar.
Meanwhile, the police discover the remains of Detective Allison Kerry. Hoffman cautions Officer Daniel Rigg for barging through an unsecured door in attempt to save Kerry. Hoffman is introduced to FBI Agents Peter Strahm and Lindsey Perez, who deduce that Amanda, Jigsaw's apprentice, would have needed assistance with Kerry's death, indicating that there is another apprentice.
That evening, Rigg and Hoffman are kidnapped. Rigg is told that Detective Eric Matthews is in fact still alive, and is given ninety minutes to save himself. He is then given his first test, where he finds sex trafficker Brenda strapped to a device that scalps her. He rescues her, despite being warned not to, and Brenda later attempts to stab Rigg; Rigg subdues her and learns that Brenda was told that Rigg was there to arrest her for her crimes.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
- Cinematography: David A. Armstrong
- Edited by: Brett Sullivan, Kevin Greutert
- Music: Charlie Clouser
- Production design: David Hackl
- Produced by: Oren Koules, Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman
Cast
- Tobin Bell as Jigsaw / John
- Costas Mandylor as Hoffman
- Scott Patterson as Agent Strahm
- Betsy Russell as Jill
- Lyriq Bent as Rigg
- Athena Karkanis as Agent Perez
- Louis Ferreira as Art
- Simon Reynolds as Lamanna
- Donnie Wahlberg as Eric Matthews
- Angus Macfadyen as Jeff
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Twisted Pictures
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $139,352,653
- Themes: pain, sadism, psychopath, fbi, victim, sequel, electric chair, doctor, torture, police officer
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