Not my first time to watch this but it really didn't make any more sense this time than the first time (or couple of times?) I've watched it. The traps were still "fun" (in a gruesome way) but not as elaborate and weren't given the time/duration to play out in full like they did in the predecessor, _Saw III_ (i.e. you kind of got the gist of what was happening/going to happen but you didn't really SEE it happen, like the Rack Trap, the Pig Trap, the Venus Fly Trap, etc in the previous movies). Instead, you got a sort of teaser so you knew what was going to be the demise of the victim but you didn't really see anything happening. (Perfect example: I have no idea what happened to "Ivan" in the hotel, apart from the split-second that was shown. Same for the final scene in the "ice house".) To me, this installment was more confusing than enjoyable. [spoiler]I still don't understand how Strahm walked in on the crime scene at the conclusion of _Saw III_ while Rigg was arriving at the "ice house" scene here. And how did "Jeff" (Angus MacFadyen) from _Saw III_ sneak onto the set of _Saw IV_ and see his wife get killed when that was (I thought?) all behind us.[/spoiler] I still give it a "7" for the various traps but as I'm watching the entire franchise (again) in a build-up to Halloween this year, _Saw IV_ has - so far - been the most confusing and therefore the biggest disappointment so far.