You can’t accuse the makers of SAW IV of not taking their title literally.
the cast and crew to learn about their individual favorite scenes throughout the series. Finally, there’s the obligatory “Sneak Peek at SAW IV,” which is not a teaser trailer—it’s the first “trap” scene taken out of context, with no clue as to whom the two potential victims (one blinded and one rendered mute by crude stitchwork, the better to prevent their cooperation) might be (which is exactly the way it works in the film—and by the time it’s over, one of them still remains a mystery...) With Leigh Whannell re- nouncing the writer’s seat, Lionsgate turned to Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan (the writers of FEAST) to con- tinue the franchise. Theirs was a formidable task in more ways than one. Please note: as with SAW and SAW II, it would be quite impossible to move be- tween the third and fourth entries
without serving up a major spoiler. Then again, the promo- tional materials for SAW IV made it abundantly clear that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell again, of course) did not survive the pre- vious entry. Fortunately for the two writers, the original team had already established that the series explored the past and the present simultaneously... SAW IV opens with Jigsaw’s grisly autopsy, which reveals one of his special audiocas- settes secreted in special pack- aging inside his stomach. Said tape is received by police de- tective Hoffman (Costas Man- dylor), and the contents trigger two parallel gauntlets. On the one hand, S.W.A.T. Com- mander Rigg (Lyriq Bent)
forced on an unwilling journey if he wishes to save the life of a friend (against all odds, the long- suffering Detective Matthews, played by Donnie Wahlberg in
is
the second and third entries, is still hanging in there... literally, ILSA-style, on a block of ice!)— and his trap-mate is none other than the swiftly-vanished Hoff- man. Rigg, ever conscious of a time limit, must decide whether or not to intervene when faced with various pre- set Jigsaw victims along the way (the mastermind’s re- corded voice offers plenty of advice which he’s free to take or disregard—he also makes it clear why, in his view, the vic- tims have earned their fates). In the meantime, agents Strahm and Perez (Scott Patterson and Athena Karkanis), still investi- gating the SAW III death of Agent Kerry (Dina Meyer from all previous films), hope to find additional leads in the person of Jigsaw’s ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell). This leads to a series of flashbacks revealing that Jill ran a free medical clinic in the
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