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A sequel that goes far beyond the original. Although most of the kills are uninspiring, I really cared more for the moments away from the house with Jigsaw. Tobin Bell did a great job in the role and really pulled this entire film far above the other installments of the franchise (although I haven't seen 5 or 6, so I don't know that for sure). Great entry.
Saw II and Saw III are the best in the series soo far. this one is a genies squels toa classic horror film wih a great cast and acting you got lv this film Lv!!
Bigger than the original, Saw II is a very different film from its predecessor.An amazing plot keeps you sucked in until the very end. The character development here is remarkable, the writers have effectively forced you to sympathize with some, and despise others. The pacing of the film adds to its sense of urgency, as the thing binding those fighting to stay alive is revealed.
This saw is my personal Favorite of the whole series, it was before they started twisting up the story so much the fucking writers didn't even know what was going on. Great deaths and it was surprising to find out that Amanda was Jigsaw's apprentice, good stuff. After this one they went downhill with the series to me.
Saw 2 is just as good as the first one. it has a good story with another big twist at the end. i liked the setup in this one and the addition of detective matthews and i loved the scenes with him and jigsaw. all he had to do was sit down and talk to him...but his temper had to get the best of him. the acting was better this time around(didnt have the cary elwes debacle) and the traps were pretty cool.this one is rare as it is just as good, if maybe a tad bit better than the original which is hard to do these days.
much more entertaining and much less boring than the first one.
having people needing to go from one room to another and face life threatening activities must've been quite suspenseful, especially seeing someone having to cut out their eye just to reach for a key!
Posted By: bloodnguts313 at 8:48pm, October 15, 2009
Not as good as the first one but great!
Posted By: trickytreats at 4:21pm, September 21, 2009
It must have been a daunting task to create a sequel to the first Saw, but they did a formidable job. It wasn't an exact rehash of the first and it definitely kept my interest. Also, I never guessed the ending, which is usually what happens with movies like this.
Ahh yes there will be blood and saw 2 did not dissappoint. I saw this the first day it came out which I rarely do and LOVED this sequel. I know alot of people are split on this one some hated it others loved it and some in the middle. I don't know what it was but everything just worked for me. I was totally blown away by the ending. I think to walk out of a movie like that with that kind of ending just really made me like the movie all that much more. looking back though there definitely were some things I didn't care for. Frankie G's character was really too extreme and over the top and I do think it hurt the movie a little bit. Not really the most likeable cast but the one standout in this for me was donnie wahlburg. I thought he did a really good job. I think Saw 1 is the best but this one is my favorite.
This is my favorite saw movie of the series. It's the only one that i couldn't even remotely predict how it would end(besides the first because i didn't know what to expect)
The needle scene creeps me out and gives me chills. I think it's the best, smartes, and scariest of the series
Posted By: KirkAnthony at 3:10am, September 1, 2009
This movie isn't much better than its less-than-creative predecessor. Granted, I said not MUCH better, but it was sure as hell better. "Saw II" brought back Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith, and it introduced a whole batch of new disposables, including Marky Mark's "Dead Silence" cop-in-every-movie brother. I was actually cool with this setup. I liked the premise, I liked how it played out. The opener could've been more effective, but it did what it was made to do.
So, Jigsaw's still alive, as we all know, Mr. Cary Elwes is dead, as we all hope, and so is, somewhat sadly (I must admit I miss him) Adam Faulkner (Saw's screenwriter Leigh Whannell).
Shawnee Smith has so much better of a role this time around. She gets to be so much more independent than in her first terrible performance. I was so proud when she woke up and started spazzing out. The characters were diverse enough to keep me entertained and guessing at who the bad guy was gonna turn out to be.
I even enjoyed its lackluster ending, sheerly because I knew it was simply buildup to the incredible (strongest) "Saw III".
Here are my (few) problems with the sequel:
1. The cops. I honestly don't like cops in movies, but sometimes they're tolerable. It's really hard to tolerate a lot of them, though, especially when this installment is giving an honest effort to truly be a terrifying movie. The cop scenes do dull and slow it down too much for me, which I blame for its unusual runtime.
2. The traps. A strange thing to complain about, I know, but I just didn't get the traps this time around. They didn't affect me in as much of an intense way than the first one did (which isn't saying much). That aside, I still approve of II over I, simply because it's superior in other ways.
3. The end. It really just bored me. I expected something more explosive (in a figurative sense), and I just got a zooming out of Jigsaw dying in the car.
4. The poison gas plot device. I never really understood whether it was all in their heads or not. I initially suppose it wasn't, seeing as one girl was coughing up blood, and another seems to have died from it, but what if paranoia can turn into reality? I've heard of things like that. The point is, it was a bit too broad for me.
All in all, those slight problems didn't do much to get rid of my enjoyment for this movie. It was a great improvement from the previous film, and it delivered where it should've, I think.
Like the first, I rate this 10/10, for sheer brilliance. Saw II gives more of a back story to Jigsaw, which made this film what it is, a classic. Bousman did a fine job of directing here, he made sure everything was in place, and the sheer terror is so powerful here, Saw II is sheer brilliance. Plot twists, turns and great acting, SAW II is a gory, disturbing horror that shows how good these guys are at making movies.
Saw II is a great sequel to the original masterpiece Saw. There are minor things that are wrong about this film other than Danny Glover did not reprise his role neither Lawrence Gordon returned (who by the way did survive.) So we're left to wonder what happened to Det. Tapp. Saw II this time around has Det. Eric Mattews who raids Jigsaw's lair and finds John Kramer, Kramer reveals his son is in a house, with, criminals in which Det. Matthews have crossed paths with in the past. In the house, the group wakes up and discovers being locked in a room, one guy thinks he knows the way out and gets his eyeball shot off, killing him. Soon the group makes thier through the house, and one woman in particualre, Amanda Young, has an eerie connection toward Jigsaw's traps. Saw II stands out as having the most gruesome death scenes and traps, like when Amanda is thrown into a pool of needles she digs around looking for a key, which by the way serves no purpose due to a guy by the name of Xaviar fumbles with it and loses it. Xaviar also is one to not contain saneness, once he learns that each person has a number on the back of thier necks, so he goes around hacking up people to find thier numbers. He chases Det. Mattew's son and Amanda down into the bathroom from Saw I. We see Adam and Zepp's rotting corpses, Amanda convinces Xaviar that he can't see his own number so he cuts his own skin, in the process Det. Matthew's son slits Xaviar's throat, then Det. Matthews finally arrives on the scene and fights with Amanda, soon, Det. Matthews is found in the bathroom with Amanda standing over him and lockinh him in there, just like Adam. Matthews son is found in a safe in Jigsaw's layer. Overall the bottom line is, Saw II is a great sequel, a little confusing,but, still great.
Typical sequel fare. Nothing that'll shock you or make you see the subsequent sequels, but some of the traps are cool and the ending has a nice little nod to the first movie.
One thing I have to say about the second and third films is that it is really awesome having a sickly, immobile yet still vengeful Tobin Bell just hanging out judging people and not giving a shit about what they say or how they feel. Nice touch.
Posted By: TheOutcast05 at 11:43pm, March 21, 2009
"I want to play a game"
By far, the best Horror series in years, and this one took it to a whole new level. Now we Jigsaw has a face, a motive.. And I still agree with him..More then gore, this movie gets into your head, as only Jigsaw can..
Excellent. This is the standout in the franchise. This makes Saw look like a pile of shit. This one, wasn't as confusing as the first and built up the suspense right until the very end. The twist at the end is very very great, which makes the film even more enjoyable. The traps where the people were "killed", were very smart, and very nail biting to watch. A certain scene where the leading woman is thrown into a pit of syringes searching for a key, was so blood curtling.
The plot is better than the first, infact everything in this film is better than the first. Jigsaw is a very dangerous person to mess with, but if you listen and i mean listen to what he says you might be able to crack the case before the on-screen detectives.
The acting is great. Shawnee Smith who plays Amanda is very believable as the junkie who knows what she is doing.
Overall Saw 2 is a huge leap from the first film. The best by far in the franchise. My rating is 4.5/5
thus began the downward slope of the Saw series. Still some really cool death scenes. by the 2nd i wasn't completely sick of it yet, then the rest just wore them out and there really wasn't anything new it seemed like.
Posted By: TheBurning at 8:19pm, February 13, 2009
Great sequel, follows the story and brings back more gore. It's gripping and exciting and holds you to the end of the ride. Although there are a few moments that aren't the greatest such as "The only door you know how to open is the in between you're legs" but it's still a great sequel
when i first watched the second i very surprised how the movie ended
great movie
Posted By: AshWilliams95 at 6:00am, December 23, 2008
Saw 2 was just as good as the original but after this movie saw 3, 4 and 5 are shit and lame.
Storyline: A huge group of people get captured and put in a abandoned house they are all poisoned and each person has to find a seperate antidote before they die. One person in the group goes insane and starts to kill everyone else in the group. Meanwhile Jigsaw has been captured and is being interagated (no torture) by a police officer who's son is in the house with all the other people trying to survive. 10/10
Acting: The acting was just like the original, very good and realistic and not overdone. 10/10
Special Effects: The effects were great and everything looked real and believeable. 10/10
Best Scene: The best scene was the ending. 10/10
Ending: The ending had a great twist just like the original and was not something you would predict. 10/10
Overall this movie for me was just as good as the original and I give it 10/10 if you liked the original then you have to see the sequel but after this the series gets extremely shitty and boring.
this is my 2nd favorite to the first saw film. there's some very intense scenes that just make you cringe, and the ending has a twist that you do not predict, much like the first saw.
Posted By: DiegOmen16 at 11:18pm, November 27, 2008
Everyone is gonna hate me for this but this one was better than the original it was way more gory, we got to see jigsaw for the first time,(well not the first but we see his face clearly and all)it was scary and had one of the most unpredictable ending in history this stand as my second favorite saw movie.
Posted By: kaicooper at 10:49pm, November 23, 2008
a really gri8 Sequal .. but diffrent and new director that i really like it more than others .. this director and this Sequal is the best and about the END was so Clover... Bring it on
as far as the first one: great
second one: greater
saw 3: just wacked
saw iv: not an undead film,
saw v: a great sequel
saw 2 gives u a great sequel to the series and does not let you down as it goes to the third part iv was like it but a bader job part v ties this one up as it still hangs on tight
Posted By: thedescent08 at 10:45pm, October 29, 2008
Kind of a step down, but still good
Posted By: horrorfan25 at 11:47am, October 25, 2008
My favorite in the series. I think Jigsaw is more kick-butt, the most traps in the series, and the acting is extremely well done. I had no problem with this movie. If you want to watch only one Saw movie it would be this one.
After Viewing The First Saw,I Thought To Myself"What Would The Sequel Be Like"?About 1 Year Later I Found Out.This Film Would Have To Rank As One Of My Top Ten Most Hated Horror Films.Everything From The Acting, To The Editing Was Just Atrocious.Not To Mention It Was Just Made To Make A Profit After The First Film Did So Well.
Best in the series. Intense, crazy, creative, amazing acting, awesome dialogue... Every single aspect in this film is perfectly thought out and there's not a single flaw. Perfect horror film, one of the best sequels of all time.
Posted By: Protecious at 3:22pm, September 30, 2008
A decent sequel to a movie that is near impossible to top, i dont feel this movie tops the original of course, but it did have another nice twist i wasnt expecting.
A good sequel to the original even though it has more of a slasher film like feel it still has the original plot twist the ending was unpredictable and the gore was great not as good as part 1 but still a good movie and recommended.
"Saw II does everything wrong that the first film did right. First of all, this film tells the story of a group of eight random people inside one of Jigsaw's "Fun houses", if you will, with a dangerous nerve gas slowly creeping into their systems. They only have 3 hours to find a way out, or they all die. Now, what made the first film great is that it built tension and suspense on the fact that everything was a mystery. The two men locked inside of a bathroom had no more of an idea of what was going on than the people watching the film. As the film went on, there was a little more information leaked, a little more progression with each minute that ticked by. And the fact that there were only two people instead of eight made it easier to know the characters, know why they were doing what they were doing, etc. Instead, Saw II is just basically Survivor with blood, guts, and gore.
The first film also didn't reveal much of the surrounding environments outside of the bathroom. That's what made it scary; you didn't know who or what was watching them, why they were in there, or even if there was any hope that they would get out. In Saw II, a police team actually captures jigsaw (Tobin Bell), and throughout the film, there are cuts to detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg), I'm guessing who was named after one of the characters from Boy Meets World coincidentally, actually talking to jigsaw. I know for a fact that Jigsaw was a whole helluva lot scarier when you had no idea who he was. Everything is just so silly when compared to the first film. It's like Leigh Whannel completely let his film go the way of "quick cash-in", and if he had a little more input on this film, I think it could have been much better.
Saw II does do some things right, such as the way people die and nailing the violence factor right on the head. There is plenty of gore in this film, and some of the twisted things the people have to do are pretty insane (seeing a girl crawl around in a pool of syringes is terrifying). But, the violence isn't handled well. Violence isn't something that is supposed to be there just to be there. It should have a purpose, but I believe the decision to include eight characters instead of two was just in order to have buckets of blood instead of just one severed foot, as in the first film.
BOTTOM LINE: Seeing a character cut off skin from the back of his own neck (for reasons I won't disclose), and place the chunk of flesh in his pocket finally did it for me. I was willing to let some things slide, but the film just can't escape silliness and, frankly, the art of being dumb." --MillaJ-Joe (SimpleAndClean@netzoola.com), imdb.com
This is most DEFINATELY my favortie movie EVER. It has such a good twist. This movie, the first time I saw it, I was so incredibly amazed by it I couldn't speak. There was the perfect amount of blood; not too much and not not enough. Once you see the end, you will be in awe of the entire movie.
this movie was an excellent sequel 2 the oeriginal. the story was good. i thad good gore and had a very good ending and had alot of plot twists. the bestr saw yet.
This movie has some of the most brutal scenes I have ever seen in any American movie ever, including the latter sequels in this series.
Not to mention FIVE—yes, count them, there are FIVE—plot twists in the last 30 minutes of the movie. I thought my brain was going to melt. Not to mention, I love the moral this movie has. I love the acting. I love the camera. Everything is just . . . well, truly punk. And with no movie made by Hollywood being punk anymore, this is one of the few movies that awed me.
