After watching Saw I was very impressed with this edge of your seat horror/thriller. I immediately rented Saw II While I enjoyed this sequel I didn’t like as much as I did Saw. Acting by the cast is a little better in this sequel. Donnie Wahlberg also provides a good dramatic role as a corrupt detective and a guilt-ridden father whose relationship with his son is sour. Tobin Bell is excellent in his lead role as the Jigsaw killer. Shawnee Smith also returns to this sequel as a kidnapped victim who once again survives the Jigsaw killer, leaving the viewer with a surprising climax.
In this intriguing horror/thriller the Jigsaw killer, a dying cancer victim continues his games of kidnapping, torment, and reminding his victims why they must appreciate living. The Jigsaw killer is caught, and he masterminds another deadly scheme when he manipulates the fears of a distressed detective, and father. Saw 2 is written and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman , Leigh Whannel the running time for this movie is 1:33. Saw 2 was released in October of 2005
The movie opens when a kidnapped man finds himself in an empty room watching a TV monitor of the Jigsaw killer giving him clues of escape, he’s hooded with a death mask. Jigsaw identifies him as an informant telling him the wrong deeds he’s done to others. He’s told his head will be crushed if doesn't find the key to unlock the device in a minute. He's shown how the key was embedded in his eye. The victim must cut his eye open to get the key. Ultimately his head is crushed and he dies.
Later we see the capture of the Jigsaw killer when a swat team of Police raid his home. Detective Matthews portrayed by Donnie Walhberg, a corrupt detective known for framing his assailants for convictions is told by Jigsaw that his son is kidnapped and located in an abandon house with the victims he's framed. Jigsaw tell Matthews that the kidnapped victims are breathing a poisonous nerve gas that will kill them in two hours unless they find a special antidote and a key hidden in the house. The house will unlock in three hours.
Matthews now in a race against time wants to rescue his son. The victims are fighting for their lives and using every orchestrated death trap by Jigsaw. We see the death of Jigsaw's second victim, a man among the kidnapped victims who finds the key to a door in the house; when he unlocks the door he's shot in the head. Another man helps the others find the antipode by crawling through a crematory furnace, only to find the antidotes and face death when the furnace ignites, burning him to death. Another victim finds the antidote in a glass box when she reaches for the antidote her hands, and arms are cut excessively she dies when she’s locked in the same room. Another victim gets caught in the Jigsaw game of death when he has to find the combination numbers to a safe on the necks of each victim. He must unlock the safe to find the antidote and key to the house; he kills two victims in his quest for freedom.
Lastly, another victim is forced to find a key in a pit of syringes. The rules of the Jigsaw killer doesn't change the Jigsaw's victims must kill each other to survive. Saw 2 becomes intense when Jigsaw convinces Detective Matthews to leave a crime scene.
Final Thoughts
As I mentioned earlier, Saw 2 is a very good sequel. While the acting by this cast is a bit better the high levels of energy, and suspense sort of deems itself. This sequel loses its gripping touch. The action scenes and sequences simply repeat it self thus losing its suspenseful edge of your seat flavor of excitement. Saw 2 amounts to a predictable movie that totally lends it self to the original script in Saw. Saw 2 also deviates itself from any room for new and creative elements thus preventing an eloquently executed script and successful sequel. In Saw 2 we see the same cinematography of formatted reflections of the Jigsaw killer's origins, his work, mission and the work of his predecessor in the movie's climax as seen in Saw. Nothing changes in this sequel except the capture of Jigsaw at the preamble of the movie. The cinematography is done fairly well, but not as well executed as its first installment Saw.
Overall this movie gets four stars its not a total waste.
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