Mark Hoffman Erickson. I didn't know you ever made it out from behind the desk.
I make exceptions when fingerprints are found at a Jigsaw murder scene.
Played by Costas Mandylor 
Saw VI (2009) · 99 quotes
Saw VI (2009) · 99 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Saw VI (2009): in 12 of its 99 quotes
Most scenes with: John Kramer (3), Amanda Young (3), Jill Tuck (3)
Scenes with Mark Hoffman
12 scenes Mark Hoffman When I learned he and Perez were being targeted by Jigsaw, I should have been more aware, but I didn't see this coming. Not from Peter Strahm.
Mark Hoffman It was a shock to all of us.
Detective Hoffman. How about a quick word?
Mark Hoffman Pamela Jenkins, the resident Jigsaw sensationalist.
Just reporting the facts, detective.
Mark Hoffman Is that what you're doing? John Kramer: Conundrum of Carnage.
If you'd like to make a statement on the record, I'd be more than happy to take it.
Mark Hoffman You're twisting the facts to make a better story. [mocking concern] It's irresponsible.
Simone
He did this to me.
Mark Hoffman Who did this?
Simone
Jigsaw.
Mark Hoffman You didn't cut your own arm off?
Simone
I did. I did. But he made me do it.
Mark Hoffman And why is that?
Simone
Because what Eddie and I were doing was wrong. We were ruining people's lives. He wanted us to learn.
Mark Hoffman And did you?
Simone
Look at me. Look at my goddamn arm! [shows him what's left of her left arm] What the **** am I supposed to learn from this?! Huh? Look at my arm! [Hoffman leaves] What?! What am I supposed to learn from this?! Look at me!
Dr. Heffner
These are the Jigsaw pieces carved from previous victims. This is the piece taken from the latest victim.
Mark Hoffman It looks like all the rest.
Yeah, that's what we said, too.
Dr. Heffner
The skin abrasions, they're indicative of a knife of a partially serrated edge.
Mark Hoffman So?
Dr. Heffner
So all the other cuts were made with a near-perfect blade of surgical quality.
Mark Hoffman You're telling me that you can tell a different knife was used from a photo?
Dr. Heffner
No, but I can. I was the one who examined that body. I've examined every victim of the Jigsaw Killer.
Mark Hoffman ... Good work.
I didn't expect to see you here so soon.
Mark Hoffman Change in plans. The game begins tonight.
Why?
Mark Hoffman Because somebody knows about the box that shouldn't.
Who?
Mark Hoffman That's not your concern. All you need to know is that, from now on, I control all aspects of the game.
That's not what John wanted.
Mark Hoffman Get me the envelopes. And that's not a request.
Mark Hoffman That all there is?
Yes.
Mark Hoffman From now on, I work alone.
I know. I'm only carrying out John's final request.
Mark Hoffman Well, John's dead. And his work is almost done. [takes a photo of William from envelope 1] Who's this?
Unfinished business.
Mark Hoffman When I'm done, we no longer speak.
[Flashback]
[Hoffman is setting up the Rack trap from Saw III] [wheels John into the room]
Last-minute tweaks? [to John] Told you he'd **** with it.
If you switch the gear ratio, you have to change the gear grease to match the increased friction.
[to Hoffman]
Maybe you should stick to the heavy lifting. [tosses him a grease gun] You need five-weight. It's in the gun.
Check with me next time.
Mark Hoffman How many next times are there gonna be?
However many there needs to be.
[Hoffman holds up the wheelbarrow with Timothy Young in it and flips him out of it]
That's a human being. Do you like how brutality feels, Mark?
Mark Hoffman Let's be honest. You want him to suffer just as much as I do.
[Amanda walks behind Hoffman and picks up the grease gun]
So when's your test, detective?
Mark Hoffman I don't need one.
Oh, yeah?
Mark Hoffman Yeah. [grabs Amanda's arm and exposes a cut on her wrist] Because I didn't take my life for granted.
You're still dragging your knuckles on the ground. What do you know about life? Get used to me, 'cause I'm not going anywhere.
Mark Hoffman You sure about that?
Mark Hoffman Huh?
You seem a little... preoccupied.
Mark Hoffman I'm just anxious about the tape.
You know, there are still a couple of things I can't quite wrap my head around. Like, I don't understand Strahm's motivation. He was my partner for five years. I mean, we all knew he was a bit of a hothead, but I never saw any indication of psychotic behavior.
Mark Hoffman You can never really tell what someone's thinking on the inside.
It's just I never really thought of him being vengeful. You know. I mean, all the facts are there. [looks at Hoffman] Something doesn't sit right.
[to Hoffman]
You know, there is an alternative. Let's say that, Strahm killed Seth Baxter specifically to set you up as an accomplice to Jigsaw.
Mark Hoffman Okay.
Well, there's a problem with that, though. On further analysis of Strahm's fingerprints, it was found that the uric acid levels and the Eccrine gland residue were inconsistent for an individual with an active epidural metabolism.
Mark Hoffman In other words?
In other words, when he left his fingerprints on the latest victims, Strahm was already dead!
Mark Hoffman [after stabbing Perez repeatedly]
Who else knows about me? [stabs her again] Who else **** knows about me?!
Everyone!
Mark Hoffman You lie. You're **** lying...! [kills her]
[Flashback]
Get used to me, 'cause I'm not going anywhere.
Mark Hoffman You sure about that? [to John] Amanda will fail you.
We'll see.
Note
[Hoffman writes a letter, which Amanda reads] [Hoffman narrating]
Amanda, you were with Cecil the night Jill lost Gideon.
[Cecil and Amanda hide out at Jill's clinic]
Go. Go. [he stops] What the **** are you doing?
Cecil Adams
I don't know about this.
What do you mean you don't know?! Go on, **** pussy! Go! Go! Go!
Cecil Adams
Listen to me!
Note
[Cecil rushes back out of the clinic and accidentally kills Jill's unborn child. Amanda, horrified, collapses in the back of the room while Cecil makes a run for it] [Hoffman narrating]
You killed their child. You know it, and I know it. So do exactly as I say: kill Lynn Denlon, or I will tell John what you did.
She doesn't deserve to go free!
Amanda, Lynn is more important than you know.
[Amanda shoots Lynn, and is in turn shot by Jeff] [Present]
[Jill enters and triggers a device under Hoffman's chair that shocks him unconscious. She then begins strapping his arms to it] [Flashback]
I'm leaving you a box, today, and its contents are of grave importance.
Feldman
Ms. Tuck, what's in the box?
[Present]
[Jill places a Reverse-Beartrap similar to Amanda's on Hoffman. He starts to regain consciousness after this.]
John left you five envelopes. The sixth one was for me. [shows Hoffman a photo of himself in envelope 6] This is John's will.
Game over.
Mark Hoffman No! No, you **** bitch!
[Jill leaves, closing the door and pulling a trigger tab on the Reverse Beartrap that starts its 45 second timer. Struggling for a few seconds, Hoffman repeatedly slams it onto his left wrist, breaking it.] [Flashback]
So when's your test, detective?
Mark Hoffman I don't need one.
Oh, yeah?
[Present]
[Hoffman undoes his right arm restraint and, with 18 seconds left, begins trying to pry the Reverse Beartrap off with a screwdriver] [Narrating]
You know why you're here, don't you?
[Flashback]
I want to know if you have what it takes to survive.
You feel you now have control, don't you? You think you will walk away untested?
[Present]
[With almost no time left, Hoffman jams the Reverse Beartrap in the bars of the door window just as it releases, preventing it from springing completely open, and begins trying to pull himself out] [Flashback]
I'm only carrying out John's final request.
Do you like how brutality feels, Mark?
Mark Hoffman From now on, I control all aspects of the game.
That's not what John wanted.
You want a chance? I'll give you a chance.
[Present]
Mark Hoffman [Hoffman slides out of the Reverse Beartrap and stumbles away from the door]
****!
[The Reverse Beartrap bursts out of the window and falls to the floor. Hoffman collapses and screams, revealing it has torn his right cheek open.]
Other characters in Saw VI
William Easton
Peter Outerbridge
John Kramer
Tobin Bell
Tapes
Amanda Young
Shawnee Smith
Jill Tuck
Betsy Russell
Brent
Devon Bostick
Dan Erickson
Mark Rolston
Debbie
Caroline Cave
Harold Abbott
George Newbern
Josh
Shawn Mathieson
Lindsey Perez
Athena Karkanis
Pamela Jenkins
Samantha Lemole
Tara
Shauna MacDonald
