Saw II (2005)

Jigsaw locks a few unlucky people in a booby trapped shelter and they must find a way out before they inhale too much of a lethal nerve gas and die. But they must watch out, for the traps Jigsaw has set in the shelter lead to death also.

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman

Stars:

Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Emmanuelle Vaugier

2 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tobin Bell	...	Jigsaw / John Kramer
Shawnee Smith	...	Amanda Young
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Eric Matthews
Erik Knudsen	...	Daniel Matthews
Franky G	...	Xavier Chavez
Glenn Plummer	...	Jonas Singer
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Addison Corday
Beverley Mitchell	...	Laura Hunter
Tim Burd	...	Obi Tate (as Timothy Burd)
Dina Meyer	...	Detective Allison Kerry
Lyriq Bent	...	Daniel Rigg
Noam Jenkins	...	Michael Marks
Tony Nappo	...	Gus Colyard
Kelly Jones	...	SWAT Member Pete
Vincent Rother	...	SWAT Member Joe

Storyline

When detective Eric Matthews is called to a crime scene of a victim of Jigsaw, he finds a lead to the place where he is hidden. Once there, he realizes that Jigsaw trapped his son Daniel Matthews with three women and four men in a shelter, and they are inhaling a lethal nerve gas. If they do not use an antidote within two hours, they will die. Eric follows with increasing desperation the death of each member of the group in monitors, while trying to convince Jigsaw to release his son.

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Plot Keywords:

nerve gas | death | detective | killer | murder | 

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Taglines:

Oh, yes. There will be blood.

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for grisly violence and gore, terror, language and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Filmexport [fr] Official Fan Club

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Saw 2

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$36,995 (Chile) (7 April 2006)

Gross:

$86,502 (Chile) (14 April 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twisted Pictures, Evolution Entertainment, Got Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 95 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS DTS (5.1 surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The hall Det. Matthews walks down to pick up his son at the police office was actually a dressing room for the crew.

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Goofs

When Xavier opens the door to the Syringe Pit, it shows a very short clip showing the timer on the door for the antidote. If you slow the clip down, you will see that the timer shows '4:00', in the next scene it shows '2:58'.

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Quotes

Eric Matthews: Where to now?

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Movie Review: Halloween Horror Top 25, nr. 4: Saw (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Burn The Witch"
(UNKLE Variation)
Written by Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leewan & Joey Castillo
Performed by Queens of the Stone Age
Remix and additional production by J. Lavelle and R. File for UNKLE Entertainment
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

One of the best movies I have seen in a long time.

The first Saw really through me through some spins and caught me off guard for originality, Saw 2 is leagues above the first. Saw 2 runs with the same game based theme as the first, with clues for both the characters and the audience about what might happen next, but it takes the game to a completely different level. Just when things start to come together there is another twist to leave the viewer on the edge of their seat for what may come next. Without seeming to give everything away the movie was made to give it all away, but no one can catch all the clues because they have been pulled so deep into the movie. I highly recommend this one.