Saw II (2005)

A detective and his team must rescue 8 people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman

Stars:

Donnie Wahlberg, Beverley Mitchell, Franky G

4 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

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
Kelly Jones	...	SWAT Member Pete
Vincent Rother	...	SWAT Member Joe

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

boxer briefs | serial killer | vomiting | male underwear | goth | 

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Taglines:

Das Spiel geht weiter... (The game continues)

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Like its predecessor, Saw II (2005) is directed by a first-time helmer. Darren Lynn Bousman would go on to direct the next two entries in the series.

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Goofs

(at around 35 mins) When they discover Obi's envelope, the knife's position on the envelope shifts between shots.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Michael Marks: Help! Anyone! He-elp!

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Alternate Versions

The Thai DVD excludes all cigarettes and blood by using mosaic.

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Connections

Referenced in Holliston: Farm Festival (2013)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Its Very Violent and Gory,but Not as Scary,

Saw 2 is a better than average movie with a promising storyline that just didn't turn out as good as it seemed.I did enjoy the dialog between Donnie Wahlberg and Tobin Bell,but the scenes with everyone stuck in the booty trapped room set up by Jigsaw was terrible,the dialog and acting was very mediocre and it mostly relied on gore.It is definitely more gory than the first Saw,a bit too gory for me,the way everyone is killed is just disgusting and graphic.The movie also wasn't as frightening as the first Saw and the story didn't have a build up as exciting as the original.I also didn't like how we didn't get to see much of the Jigsaw puppet and the direction isn't as dark (the director is different) as the first.Saw 2 is very gruesome,but its not very scary,if your a fan of the first you should still check it out,mainly because of Donnie Wahlberg and Tobin Bells impressive performances and a very unexpected twist,but you will be overall disappointed.

The Jigsaw Killer has kidnapped the son of cop Eric Matthews.Jigsaw gets Eric to talk to him while his son and many others try to survive.

Details

Country:

Canada USA

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 USA:

$31,725,652, 30 October 2005

Gross USA:

$87,039,965

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$147,748,505

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