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Saw II (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 112

Fresh: 40

Rotten:72

Average Rating: 4.6/10

Consensus: Saw II is likely to please the gore-happy fans of the original, though it may be too gruesome for those not familiar with first film's premise.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for grisly violence and gore, terror, language and drug content

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Oct 28, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $87,025,093

Synopsis: In SAW, a huge horror hit in 2004, a masked man called Jigsaw orchestrated the kidnapping of two people, chained them in a disgusting bathroom in an abandoned warehouse, and played vicious, brutal... In SAW, a huge horror hit in 2004, a masked man called Jigsaw orchestrated the kidnapping of two people, chained them in a disgusting bathroom in an abandoned warehouse, and played vicious, brutal mind games with them that potentially could lead to their freedom. Jigsaw is back for more gory fun in SAW II, but this time he comes out from behind the mask to terrorize a troubled cop face-to-face. Tobin Bell reprises his brief role as Jigsaw in the first film with a major starring turn in the sequel. Dying of cancer, Jigsaw lets himself get caught, only to show Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) that his son, Daniel (Erik Knudsen), has been taken hostage with seven other people, all of whom have been placed in a house of horrors with only the slimmest chance of escaping with their lives. Jigsaw promises Matthews that Daniel will live only if the cop follows the rules of the game, but time is running out, as the captives' bodies have been poisoned with a toxin that will soon destroy them. Meanwhile, in the dank, mysterious, booby-trapped house, the ever-more-desperate group of people (including Shawnee Smith, who is back as Amanda, the lone survivor of SAW) furiously try to find their connection to each other and a way out, but blood and violence lie in their path. Like its predecessor, SAW II is a frightening thriller filled with plenty of tricks and treats to satisfy even the most jaded horror fan. [More]

Starring: Tony Nappo, Shawnee Smith, Franky G, Beverley Mitchell

Starring: Tony Nappo, Shawnee Smith, Franky G, Beverley Mitchell, Tim Burd, Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Erik Knudsen, Tobin Bell, Lyriq Bent, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer

Director: Darren Lynn Bausman

Director: Darren Lynn Bausman
Screenwriter: Darren Lynn Bausman, Leigh Whannell
Producer: Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg
Composer: Charlie Clouser
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

like the story, hate the directing

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
07/05/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

A Reloaded style one-up in which more people are trapped in bigger places and forced to perform scarier tasks with nastier results. Wow.

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01/17/08
Rob Humanick
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01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Quite hideous.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/27/07
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

The ornate sadism isn't enough to carry our interest this time around.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/18/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

By no means a masterpiece of the genre, but it's a slickly made picture that more than delivers on the promise made on its poster--oh yes, there will be blood.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine

Ultimately uninteresting.

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02/12/06
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

The slaughter in Saw II is pretty much non-stop, but you always see it coming. The movie's not really that scary, just gross in what by now is a fairly routine way.

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02/07/06
Kurt Loder
MTV
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01/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald

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01/07/06
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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It's an unpleasant film with grotesque imagery, but Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" video is more unsettling than this mostly predictable bloodbath.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
12/12/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
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12/10/05
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12/10/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Saw II is a nasty piece of work ...

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
12/10/05
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Saw 2 gives talented, creepy-looking character actor Tobin Bell the chance to shine again as the cancer-ridden serial killer.

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12/10/05
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Saw II feels like an episode of Fear Factor or Big Brother with Rob Zombie at the helm, and if that doesn't scare you away from this ridiculous movie, well, feel free to indulge your questionable tastes.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
12/10/05
Ryan Devlin
Premiere Magazine
 
 
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