Saw II (2005)
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 117
Fresh: 42 | 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: 28
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 22
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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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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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
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Cast
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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 -
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All Critics (124) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (75) | 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.
Top CriticQuite possibly Saw II sheds enough blood to satisfy horror aficionados.
As it was in the first Saw, audiences are faced with insane leaps in logic that sabotage the last part of the film.
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.
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.
Saw II has teeth, and this house-of-horrors franchise has legs, though they're manacled to the radiator.
The film doesn't take the direction most sequels do and manages to adequately follow up the original.
In every way superior to its predecessor in terms of performances, story, characterization, gore, and climax.
like the story, hate the directing
A Reloaded style one-up in which more people are trapped in bigger places and forced to perform scarier tasks with nastier results. Wow.
Quite hideous.
The ornate sadism isn't enough to carry our interest this time around.
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.
Ultimately uninteresting.
The slaughter in Saw II is pretty much non-stop, but you always see it coming. The movie's not really that scary, just gross in what by now is a fairly routine way.
It's an unpleasant film with grotesque imagery, but Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" video is more unsettling than this mostly predictable bloodbath.
A grimy and relentless portrayal of high-tension cruelty that's excruciating to watch but as riveting as a nail gun to the nut sack.
Saw 2 gives talented, creepy-looking character actor Tobin Bell the chance to shine again as the cancer-ridden serial killer.
Saw II feels like an episode of Fear Factor or Big Brother with Rob Zombie at the helm, and if that doesn't scare you away from this ridiculous movie, well, feel free to indulge your questionable tastes.
Saw II is a nasty piece of work ...
... a sequel that shows some of the same boldness and intellect of the first one.
This macabre follow-up to 2004's low-budget horror smash can't rival its predecessor's fiendish ingenuity. But it makes up for it with a deliciously devious plot and enough gory shocks for a dozen Halloweens.
To enjoy Saw II, one must have enjoyed Saw. This is a given. As to which is better, this is a fairly pointless question given how bad both of these movies are.
[Jigsaw] is like John Keating from Dead Poet's Society, if Keating used hypodermic needles and hacksaws instead of Walt Whitman.
Ainda que relativamente engenhoso, o roteiro depende excessivamente de coincidências e revela-se pouco original, além de não conseguir criar um único personagem com quem o público possa se identificar.
Audience Reviews for Saw II
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- John/Jigsaw: Now that's the Eric Matthews they gave medals to.
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- John/Jigsaw: Don't forget the rules.
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- Xavier: I guess you never been drunk before.
- Gus: I been drunk I spent 3 years in college. This isn't drunk, this is kidnapping. I saw this movie last week, this guy is a reporter and he goes to this war zone. He goes to sleep in his hotel room the first night, the next morning, he's in a cell with no windows and no light and he spent 9 years in that room.
- Xavier: 9 years? Man, that's nothing. Get over it!
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- John/Jigsaw: Those who do not appreciate life do not deserve life.
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- John/Jigsaw: Oh, yes, there will be blood.
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- Xavier: Keep fucking looking. Come on, come on!
- Amanda: No, fuck you!
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