Saw IV (2007) - Quotes

Self-Preservation in Challenging Situations

Daniel Rigg: You have to save yourself.

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The Power of Truth in Preventing Consequences

Daniel Rigg: You can stop it from happening if you tell me the truth.

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Questioning Time Management Choices

Daniel Rigg: This what you do with your spare time?

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A Life Saved Amidst Danger

Daniel Rigg: [Whilst [[w:List of Saw characters#Brenda|Brenda] ] is trying to kill him] I just saved your fuckin life!

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Concern for Eric's Safety

Daniel Rigg: [Matthews] Eric is still out there, man.

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The Instinct to Save Others

Daniel Rigg: It's in our nature to save them. It's what we do.

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A Misguided Belief in Saving Others

Daniel Rigg: [Kerry] I thought she was still alive. I thought I could save her.

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Consequences of Obsession and Failure

Tapes: Hello, Officer Rigg. If you are hearing this, then you have reached Detective Matthews and Detective Hoffman in under 90 minutes, resulting in their deaths. The rules were clear. You were warned. They had to save themselves. Their salvation was out of your hands. Time was on your side, but your obsession wouldn't let you wait. Instead of saving Detective Matthews, you cost him his life. You failed your final test.

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Confronting Truth in a Life of Deceit

Tapes: [Part of Cecil's rejected tape] Your life is a lie. Now comes your moment of truth. As a drug user and a hustler, you've played roulette with other people's lives. Today, you play with your own.

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A Warning to Agent Perez

Tapes: [Whispers] Hello, Agent Perez. And welcome to the world you have long studied. Your partner, Agent Strahm, will soon take the life of an innocent man. Heed my warning, Agent Perez: Your next move is critical. Open the door...

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Lessons of Judgment and Redemption

Tapes: Hello, Officer Rigg. What have you learned thus far? Experience is a harsh teacher. First comes the test, second comes the lesson. If you are to save as I save, then you will see the person in front of you is but a student. So I ask you, Officer Rigg: Has the pupil learned her lesson? Has she been taught the error of her ways? Does she now view the world differently? Officer Rigg, the key to this person's freedom lies in the palm of your hand, but only after she has done her own part. Can you play your role in her salvation? Once judgement has been made, though, the key to finding your next destination is just off the map.

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Empowerment Through Pain and Healing Choices

Tapes: The human body is a fascinating organism. It can withstand the most brutal injury... and yet repair itself miraculously. But you know this all too well. How many broken bones have you suffered at the hands of your husband? How many flesh wounds have you endured? With time, the bruises have healed, but your pain has not. Today, I empower you to take control of your life. Can you disconnect from the one thing that has brought you and others so much pain? With time, your wounds will heal. His, however, will not. Remove the ties that bind or bleed to death from your inactivity. The choice is yours.

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The Choice Between Eyes and Body

Tapes: Hello, Ivan. As a voyeur, you have kept photos of those you have victimized. Can you see the pain you have brought them? You have torn apart their lives. You've used your body as an instrument of abuse. Now I give you the chance to decide what is more important: Your eyes, which have led you blindly astray... or your body, which has caused those around you endless suffering. You have been handed the tools which can save your life. Decide quickly, though. In 60 seconds, the choice will be made for you.

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Understanding Choices in Life and Death

Tapes: If you are playing this tape, then you are one step closer to truly understanding how to save a life. As an officer of the law, you find yourself torn. Is the man before you a victim or a perpetrator of violence? His salvation is out of your hands. It is your choice if you wish to put it into his own. Once this lesson is learned, you will find yourself one step closer to truly saving Eric Matthews. Without you, this man's game cannot begin. Force him into position to face his demons and let him make the decision.

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A Choice Between Life and Death

Tapes: Hello, Officer Rigg. In order for you to fully understand my way, you must feel what I feel. The photo before you is of a man in desperate need of help. In the next room are the tools to his salvation. His life is in your hands but in the end, only he can save himself. Be careful. There are cameras watching and you must hide your identity. Make your choice.

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A Game of Choices and Consequences

Tapes: Hello, Brenda. I want to play a game. An officer will try to save you. If he is successful, then your game begins. This man will use these photos to sentence you for your crimes and the only way to stop him is taped underneath the TV. Let him save you and accept your fate to rot in prison, or kill him and guarantee your freedom. Make your choice.

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The Dilemma of Saving or Letting Go

Tapes: Officer Rigg, your first test. The person in front of you is in desperate need of help. But it is not your job to save them. You view this person as a victim, but if you were to see what I see, beneath the mask is a criminal undeserving of the life she leads. Your obsession tells you to save the victim. I tell you to walk away. The choice is yours.

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Confronting Obsession and the Choice to Save

Tapes: Hello, Officer Rigg. Welcome to your rebirth. For years, you have stood by and witnessed as your colleagues have fallen. You have remained untouched, while Eric Matthews has disappeared. But, with your survival came your obsession. Obsession to stop those around you from making the wrong choices, thus preventing you from making the right ones. You wanted to save everyone. Tonight, I will give you the opportunity to face your obsession. Look closely. Eric Matthews is still alive. The block of ice he stands upon is melting. He has but 90 minutes to save himself. Detective Hoffman's fate is linked to Eric's survival. Heed my warning Officer Rigg: Their lives hang in the balance of your obsession. Will you learn how to let go and truly save them? The choice is yours.

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The Continuation of the Games

Tapes: [Tape found in Jigsaw's stomach, heard by Hoffman] Are you there, Detective? If so, you are probably the last man standing. Now, perhaps you will succeed where the others have failed. You think you will walk away untested? I promise that my work will continue. You think it's over just because I am dead. It's not over. The games have just begun.

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Questioning Personal Transformation

Quotes: What's happened to me?

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A Choice Between Life and Death

Quotes: Live or die, Cecil. Make your choice.

Confronting the Truth of Existence

Quotes: Your life is a lie, Cecil. Now comes your moment of truth.

Desire to Engage in a Challenge

Quotes: I want to play a game.

The Tool That Saves Your Life

Quotes: It's the tool: the tool that's going to save your life.

The Unpredictability of Life's Outcomes

Quotes: [To Cecil] You see, things aren't sequential. Good doesn't lead to good, nor bad to bad. People who steal, don't get caught, live the good life. Others lie, cheat and get elected. Some people stop to help a stranded motorist and get taken out by a speeding semi. There's no accounting for it. How you play the cards you're dealt—that's all that matters.