This is no hack Saw

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2007)

MAJOR SPOILERS
This flick isn't bad for a sequel. It kicks off with a hell of a bang that, unfortunately (and inevitably) the rest of the film can't live up to, but it still manages to keep you interested in the storyline that is unfolding. There is an element of more of the same about it  but then that's why sequels are made  but there are just about enough fresh developments  and an unexpected (by me at least) twist that is worth waiting for. For my money, the only major drawback is the way some of the characters behave: why did Xavier feel he has to kill everybody in order to discover the number tattooed on the back of their neck? And would that girl, having spent 2 hours in a booby-trapped house, really have been so stupid as to plunge her hands into that glass box to retrieve the antidote (especially when the box is secured by a padlock with the key still in it). It made for an effective moment, but it didn't make a lot of sense. Pretty good film though, an equal to its predecessor, that's for sure.