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Saw II (2005)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 75

Saw II is likely to please the gore-happy fans of the original, though it may be too gruesome for those not familiar with first film's premise.

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 21

Saw II is likely to please the gore-happy fans of the original, though it may be too gruesome for those not familiar with first film's premise.

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Movie Info

Jigsaw, the diabolical criminal who captured the imagination of horror fans in the 2004 hit Saw, returns in this equally bloody sequel. Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) is a police detective who, after discovering the aftermath of a particularly gruesome murder, is convinced that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is up to his ugly tricks again. Matthews' hunch turns out to be correct, but the master criminal proves to be disconcertingly easy to capture. As it happens, Jigsaw is eager to be put behind bars in

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Darren Lynn Bousman , Darren Bousman

Written By: Darren Lynn Bousman, Leigh Whannell

In Theaters: Oct 28, 2005 Wide

On DVD: Feb 14, 2006

Box Office:$87.0M

Lions Gate Films

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Cast

Donnie Wahlberg
Eric Matthews
Tobin Bell
John/Jigsaw
Shawnee Smith
Amanda
Franky G
Xavier
Glenn Plummer
Jonas
Dina Meyer
Kerry
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Addison
Beverley Mitchell
Laura
Erik Knudsen
Daniel Matthews
Ho Chow
Security Officer
Conrad Coates
Additional Voice Talent
Sam Malkin
Additional Voice Talent
Robin Ward
Additional Voice Talent
Tim Burd
Obi
James Gallanders
Additional Voice Talent
Tony Nappo
Gus
Lyriq Bent
Rigg
Naomi Jenkins
Michael
Kelly Jones
Swat Member Pete
John Fallon
Video Techie
Vincent Rother
Swat Member Joe
Linette Robinson
Mother in Cancer Ward
Gretchen Helbig
Nurse in Cancer Ward
Kofi Payton
Boy in Cancer Ward
Barry Flatman

Critic Reviews for Saw II

All Critics (124) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (77) | DVD (30)

In a fun house like this the elaborate tortures seem to leave behind the real world of pain and suffering for the realm of slapstick; they're the kind of horrors that make you scream and laugh at the same time.

December 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Quite possibly Saw II sheds enough blood to satisfy horror aficionados.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Top Critic

As it was in the first Saw, audiences are faced with insane leaps in logic that sabotage the last part of the film.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Peter Hartlaub

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Saw II only has one ambition -- to make us squirm. And it does. Just don't be surprised if you need to switch to an electric razor after this.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

Saw II -- better-acted than its predecessor, which isn't saying much -- is so gratuitously, sadistically violent, and to such little end, that it finally falls over dead on the far side of obscene.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Newsday

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John Anderson

Newsday

Top Critic

Saw II has teeth, and this house-of-horrors franchise has legs, though they're manacled to the radiator.

October 28, 2005 Comment

Kyle Smith

New York Post

Top Critic

The film doesn't take the direction most sequels do and manages to adequately follow up the original.

October 31, 2009 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Gruesome and explicit -- not for kids.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

like the story, hate the directing

July 5, 2008 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

A Reloaded style one-up in which more people are trapped in bigger places and forced to perform scarier tasks with nastier results. Wow.

January 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Projection Booth

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Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

Quite hideous.

September 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

The ornate sadism isn't enough to carry our interest this time around.

August 18, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

By no means a masterpiece of the genre, but it's a slickly made picture that more than delivers on the promise made on its poster--oh yes, there will be blood.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Ethan Alter

Film Journal International

Fans of the first Saw film will totally dig this two-disc DVD. Not only does the gore run freely, but there's plenty of extras to keep them satisfied and occupied.

February 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Calgary Movies

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Ryan Cracknell

Calgary Movies

By the end you're left tired, needing a shower and feeling a bit disappointed.

February 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Tony Whitt

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

Ultimately uninteresting.

February 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Horror.com

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Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com Source: Horror.com

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I didn't think they could do a sequal so diffrent from the first one...but still this good. And the twist at the end....I don't see how it could be possible to see that one coming...great stuff

December 20, 2007

Martin Sahlin

Super Reviewer

Saw 2 is the sequel to the incredible first installment, and to be honest I was sort of dissapointed. The plot of the film was not even close to the twists and secrets of the first, but although it didn't live up to the first it still had some really cool and surprising moments. The cast was just okay to me, there

February 13, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

Saw II Quotes

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1. Xavier: Keep fucking looking. Come on, come on!
2. Amanda: No, fuck you!
– Submitted by Rob B (4 months ago)
1. John/Jigsaw: It will be like finding a needle in a haystack. [laughs]
– Submitted by Rob B (4 months ago)
1. Eric Matthews: Hey, is this close enough?
– Submitted by Rob B (4 months ago)
1. Eric Matthews: Shut the fuck up!
– Submitted by Rob B (4 months ago)
1. Obi: If you're going to threaten me with a knife, you may as well cut me a little.
– Submitted by Rob B (4 months ago)