Critic Reviews
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New York Post
Jigsaw is a wickedly fun villain, if you can put aside the implausibility of a guy who likes to saunter away from his deathbed to kidnap younger, stronger people and devise medieval torture chambers.
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70
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The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
The killer himself takes a far more prominent role in this edition, and as played by the superb Tobin Bell he's quite a memorable creation.
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67
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Entertainment Weekly
The contest is close, but Saw II is just barely a better B flick than "Saw."
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
Basically, this is a really good movie until the last part, where director and co-writer Darren Lynn Bousman ruins so much so fast that you'll wonder if his actions are deliberate -- or if the studio interfered.
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50
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the overall effect feels a little anemic compared with its predecessor, the ads promise blood, and - oh yes - there is blood.
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50
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TV Guide Ken Fox
Unfortunately, that imagination flags early in the first sequel to the grisly 2004 sleeper hit, though the bang-up ending nearly makes it all worthwhile and it opens with a set piece worthy of its predecessor.
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38
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USA Today Mike Clark
Whether we're talking this go-round, the original or the second sequel the finale seems to promise, I'd rather try standing drunk on a see-saw (though maybe not over dirty syringes) than see Saw.
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38
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Miami Herald Peter Debruge
The explanation for all this mayhem eludes me, and even a lame last-minute twist isn't enough to cover the fact that Jigsaw ain't as clever as the movie thinks he is.
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25
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Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
Vilely violent, Saw 2 is the Phnom Penh of splatter movies.
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25
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Chicago Tribune
It's not a film, it's an excuse to show victims bleeding at the mouth, or getting shot in the eye, or plucking out their own eyeballs. Most gruesome of all, the sequel oozes dialogue that is best described as "functional."
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