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Title: Saw II (2005)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tobin Bell | ... | Jigsaw / John | |
| Shawnee Smith | ... | Amanda | |
| Donnie Wahlberg | ... | Eric Matthews | |
| Erik Knudsen | ... | Daniel Matthews | |
| Franky G | ... | Xavier | |
| Glenn Plummer | ... | Jonas | |
| Emmanuelle Vaugier | ... | Addison | |
| Beverley Mitchell | ... | Laura | |
| Timothy Burd | ... | Obi | |
| Dina Meyer | ... | Kerry | |
| Lyriq Bent | ... | Rigg | |
| Noam Jenkins | ... | Michael | |
| Tony Nappo | ... | Gus | |
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Kelly Jones | ... | SWAT Member Pete |
| Vincent Rother | ... | SWAT Member Joe | |
Detective Eric Matthews, along with fellow police officers and a SWAT Team, locate Jigsaw's lair and go to arrest him, but discover that his arrest is only a part of Jigsaw's plan. Matthews soon learns that eight people are trapped in an old house and are playing one of Jigsaw's games. One of them is his own son, Daniel Matthews. Eric learns that if he wants to see his son again, he must play one of Jigsaw's games as well. Written by Rebekah Swain
The original Saw was probably my most favorite recent "horror" movie, so naturally I was excited when the second one came out. I saw it its opening weekend in theaters, and **THIS WAS IN PREVIEWS, SO I Don't CONSIDER IT A SPOILER** I see a man strapped to a chair, with this "Man in the Iron Mask"-like thing on with all sorts of pretty nails poking toward his face. If you've seen the first one, you can expect what it does. A TV turns on, and there's the puppet thing, and that creepy voice. I'm like "Hell yes!" and it seemed like a great beginning, and it truly does have a great idea going for it, but unfortunately it seems like they got lost in the success of the original and the new bigger budget and lost something. It became the traditional horror movie, with your typical predictable characters, and the innovation and claustrophobic feel of the original was gone. It wasn't scary, but then again I didn't think the first one was to be honest, I think they're more of a mental experience than anything. The weird acid-trip like camera shake still occurs, though thankfully less frequently, and it is like a bigger budget Saw. Think Land of the Dead. Still a Romero movie, but it didn't feel like one as much. Same thing applies here. The ending is cool for most people, but I honestly saw it coming. It gets a bit muddled, and by the end of it you really don't remember much except the very beginning and end. It's fun, and it's an interesting piece of this new Saw series, but it just doesn't seem to live up to the original for me. You watch it yourself and give it a chance. I give it a 6 1/2.