Saw II (DVD)

This is the second installment of the Saw films. The first shocked audiences, and impressed with its blend of horror and thriller, and was talked about because of its very clever twist at the end. Saw II (2005) takes the story onto a new level. The Plot Mastermind hostage taker/torturer Jigsaw is back. This time, it is the turn of Detective Eric Mathews to lead the investigation when a crime has signs of Jigsaw's involvement. The criminal is easily apprehended before Mathews realises this is the intention, as 8 more people become involved in a game, one where they need to fight for survival. And Mathews soon finds out he is personally involved as ...

Saw II [film only] When I started reviewing Saw IV, I didn't know I would end up reconsidering all the rest, but here I am thinking of Saw II, on paper, after finishing the other three. As is the case with the rest of my reviews, I will not reveal any of the gory bits that you'll see in this film, for in such movies like this one from which no great value can be gained, these details will be a part of your experience, although they are given away in some of the professional reviews I read. Now, let's meet death... Probably like many of the horror movies you may have watched in which a group of people is chosen to be punished ...

Halloween has changed a lot since I was a child, and that was not that long ago. I rarely went out trick or treating and if I did it was being accompanied by a parent and only to some homes that we knew. Now it seems that the abundant commercialism of America has taken over and that the sight of gangly teenagers asking for cash is a given. I reckon that this is mostly media hype, but I do know one thing that you can guarantee will happen around Halloween since 2004 – the release of another title in the ‘Saw’ films. ‘Saw IV’ hits the cinemas this week and as homage I decided to finally sit down and watch ‘Saw II’. Could it live up to the first film that balanced gore ...