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The diabolic Jigsaw is back in the follow up to the smash "Saw" which came out of nowhere to become one of the biggest grossing horror films of all time. Not content to rest on the mayhem he created in the first film, Jigsaw is back kidnapping those he deems unworthy of life, and forcing them to earn their lives back in a series of brutal and bizarre games, where death is all to often the result. The sequel picks up shortly after the events of the first film where Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) is investigating yet another victim. The fact that the victim is missing a puzzle shaped piece of skin leaves no doubt as to who is behind this killing, and Matthews and his task force set up their efforts to stop the killer before he can strike again. A sudden inspiration leads Matthews and his team to a factory where they soon discover Jigsaw amongst all of his toys and traps. The frail Jigsaw is dying from a terminal illness, and he reveals to Matthews that he has a game underway, one where a group of people are trapped in a remote house filled with traps that are also filling up with a deadly gas. Only those who can survive the traps and decipher the clues will be able to locate the antidotes and survive the mayhem. Matthews is even more determined to find the locale of the house as his son is one of the individuals trapped inside slowly dying from the poison. Matthews and his team can see what is happening in the house via a video monitor and while the team attempts to determine the location and save the individuals, Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), plays a dangerous game with Matthews as he attempts to interrogate him for information. The film moves back and forth from the interrogation to the individuals trapped in the house and keeps the tension going. While not as claustrophobic or as gory as the original, "Saw 2" benefits from an interesting premise and a rousing finale that sets the stages for the pending "Saw 3". Some may find a bit of issue with the pacing as it does not contain as the tension and scares are scarcer than they are in the first release. Solid performances throughout makes "Saw 2" a cut above most horror films and is not to be missed by fans of the original. Bonus Materials Include Commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman, Donnie Wahlberg and Beverley Mitchell Jigsaw's Game Making-of Featurette Bits and Pieces: The Props of Saw II Bits and Pieces: The Traps of Saw II Featurettes Storyboards 4 stars out of 5 Gareth Von KallenbachRead full review
I can remember walking out of Saw V last year, and I hate to say it...but I was pretty disappointed. The film just didn't deliver the goods. It's narrative and so called twist made the walk to my car a living hell, and I thought to myself: "They're going to mess up Saw VI". In my review for Saw V, I stated that the Saw blade was getting rusty and dull. It just wasn't the same as it used to be, and the shock factor that made the films so suspenseful was absolutely gone. Here I am a year later. After waiting for what seems to be decades, I finally got out of the midnight opening of Saw VI. It's difficult to give a sentence that accurately describes what I'm feeling right now, so I'll just say this: HOLY F***ING S**T!!! It seems as if the year-wait paid off, because Saw VI is easily the best of the 'second trilogy' in the Saw series. What makes Saw VI such a smarter film is it's ability to play off the strengths of its predecessors. The film knows its destination, so we get a much more solid story this time around. There has been a lot of build-up in the previous installments, and it's happened for a reason: The pay-off is in this one. It's really incredible how everything in the plot came together so perfectly. All of the events that have occurred thus far have demonstrated a "Domino Effect" -- every character in the series is relevant, and one character's actions can change the entire course of the story and lead to something else. Any questions brought up in the previous installments are cleared up in VI, so we finally get a solid conclusion (I really don't know what the hell they're going to do for Saw VII). When you look up the plot for Saw VI, it seems so simple: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understoodRead full review
Respect the 'R' rating on this one. Saw II is just as graphic if not more so than the original. But it's not the physical horror that will get you, it's the psychological thriller aspect of this feature that makes you pay attention to every second, awaiting with anticipation the fate of the characters. Many sequels fail to match what made the original feature unique... and I was beginning to think this was the case for this movie, but the suspenseful second half made up for it... If you've seen the original movie, SAW, and liked it, then you got to see this one!
Maybe it is just the type of horror movies that you like as everyone is different BUT I have seen both SAW I & SAW II and I thought that the second one sucked worse than the first one ! It seemed like with Saw II , they just threw in as much cheesy, unrealistic events as possible without any good plot to the movie or realism to draw you into the characters situation. I like horror movies like Sign, The Ring, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (re-done version rocks !), early Friday the 13th, Wishmaster series, Pumpkin Head series, ect. but even the acting was quite horrible in this one, compares to Leprechan II ! This is one to watch if you are an insomniac , everyone else went to bed but you can't sleep, and the only channel left on you dish network that hasn't turned to paid programming is the LAME channel !Read full review
Compared to both the first and third movies, Saw 2 falls short. Its main problem is that while its main plot (Jigsaw is captured but has the detective's son hostage) is sound and interesting, the traps and premise of the hanuted house that the victims are in is lame and poorly-done. Nearly every trap is stupid, quite frankly. The entire premise of a haunted house filled with neurotoxin gas goes against the Jigsaw we were presented with in the first movie, who would make the victims' go through personal trials. Without ruining too much, hardly anyone even goes through/makes it to their trial. There are two plot twists toward the end, one of which is fairly clever. Overall, it's slightly better than a by-the-numbers slasher, but the only reason to watch it is to proceed onto the far superior Saw III.Read full review
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