Not like the first one

Rating: 5/10 (16 November 2005)

Well, I'm sorry to say that Saw II is NOT as good as Saw. I'll get right to the point. There were definitely some gory and frightening situations/"games" in this one, and they definitely made you cringe. Also, John/Jigsaw was played great. His character was the best thing about the movie. He's a real sinister, twisted guy, but he's one of those villains who's just so good at what he does that it's awesome. But the goods stop there. First off, the cast was terrible in this one (except for Jigsaw, of course). Very few of the actors could really act or make their characters convincing at all. I ESPECIALLY hate that big bulky guy Xavier. That character was one of the biggest morons in a horror movie that I've ever seen. Jigsaw is such a clever, crafty killer, he would have never picked such a clumsy fool for a victim like this guy. Xavier is no match for Jigsaw in the slightest bit, and you'd like to think Jigsaw would have found watching this guy completely boring. There's NO way this guy could survive Jigsaw's genius. Two, the elaborate and huge games in this one were totally unreal. I mean you'd have to have a legion of murdering psychopaths to pull off the stuff Jigsaw was doing in this one. That was kind of ridiculous. Finally, the twist at the end was AWFUL. Not looking forward to Saw III at all. Sorry guys. This one's just not that great. Okay, but not that great.