Saw II (2005)

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Leigh Whannell (written by) and
Darren Lynn Bousman (written by)

Release Date:

28 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

We Dare You Again...

Plot:

Jigsaw locks a few unlucky people in a booby trapped shelter and they must find a way out before they inhale too much of a lethal nerve gas and die. But they must watch out, for the traps Jigsaw has set in the shelter lead to death also.

Plot Keywords:

Cancer | Flashback | Father Son Relationship | Bodily Dismemberment | Kidnapping

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

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
Tim Burd	...	Obi (as Timothy Burd)
Dina Meyer	...	Kerry
Lyriq Bent	...	Rigg
Noam Jenkins	...	Michael
Tony Nappo	...	Gus
Kelly Jones	...	SWAT Member Pete
Vincent Rother	...	SWAT Member Joe

Also Known As:

Juego del miedo 2, El (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Jogos Mortais 2 (Brazil) [pt]
Juego Macabro II (Mexico) [es]
Saw II (Finland) [fi]
Saw II - Das Spiel geht weiter... (Germany) [de]
Saw II - La soluzione dell'enigma (Italy) [it]
Se vlepo... xana (Greece) [el]
Slagalica strave 2 (Croatia) (DVD title) [hr]
Testere II (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (re-rating on appeal) | South Korea:18 | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Germany:18 (uncut DVD version) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:(Banned) | Singapore:M18 | Brazil:16 | Mexico:C | Germany:18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | France:-16 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 (cut) | UK:18 | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:18 | Germany:16 (cut DVD version) | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Finland:K-18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (re-rating on appeal) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM14 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Chile:14 | Iceland:16 | Indonesia:Dewasa

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

This film originally came from a script by the director Darren Lynn Bousman which was called "The Desperate". After trying for years to get it made but being told repeatedly that it was too violent, finally a company wanted to do it because they suspected "Saw" which was becoming a hit at Sundance might blow out big and they wanted to capitalize on its success. Some producers even described Bousman's script as "Too Saw-ish". Just before he was about to close a deal to make the movie, Saw (2004) opened huge at the box-office and the next day he received a call, and the producers asked if he could change it around to "Saw 2". Leigh Whannel (who wrote the first "Saw") was then brought on a little later to help Bousman with creating his original idea into a proper sequel to "Saw".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Matthews' friend, Michael, is watching the puppet explain his situation on TV at the beginning of the movie, the channel indicator on the television keeps changing from displaying channel 3 in one shot to being covered up with duct tape in the next.

Quotes:

John: [meeting Eric Matthews] I want to play a game. The rules are simple all you have to do is talk to me, listen to me.if you do that long enough you will find your son in a safe and secure state. We haven't properly introduced ourselves. My name is John.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Sopranos: The Ride (#6.9)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Burn The Witch

Great and gory sequel

Sequels, with a few exceptions, have a tendency to be very bad. In the wake of all this being let down by them I was initially unimpressed with the idea of a brilliant horror film like "Saw" to have a sequel. It seemed like too much of a cash in a successful revenue and good reception of the original and while this one isn't as good it is a very good continuation.

The story starts with a gruesome scene where a victim of the infamous Jigasaw Killer has his head squashed by a "death mask." A detective, with problems outside and in his line of work, investigates only to find that Jigsaw has special interest in him. The crime scene yields a crucial bit of information that takes the police where they have been wanting to go for a long time: the Jigsaw Killer's lair. Once there they find Jigsaw, but not without him already have set up a new "game." The police find that Jigsaw has locked up several people in a mysterious house and one of them is the detectives son. All out horror ensues.

The film is very much like the first one in style only this time the gore meter has been kicked up a good 20 or so notches. There are more sickeningly inventive traps and blood curdling death scenes to watch as the seemingly helpless group locked in the house try to get out and the police try to find them. In a nice twist the film makes a strong connection to the first one and that is what makes it a strong sequel. There is no "it just more of the same feeling," but rather a thought out continuation of the events in the first film. The only down side is that if you thought the first film was bad then your in for the same thing here, but everyone should find this a well made horror film. Just be sure to see the first one before this. 8/10

Rated R: gruesome bloody violence, gore, torture, profanity, and drugs. Whew!