Let's Play another Game Shall We?

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2008)

I was actually surprised when I bought this on DVD, I thought to myself the first one was good how can they top it? Well they didn't, not exactly but this is a must if you were a fan of the original.
John "Jigsaw" Kramer(Tobias Bell), is still on the loose, the police haven't found him and they have no clues leading to him, that is until Kerry(Dina Meyer) finds a criminal informant Michael(Noam Jenkins) dead at the scene of another trap set by the killer. She calls in Eric Matthews (Donnie Wallberg), a "dirty" cop that Jigsaw calls out at the scene of Michaels game, he soon figures out where to find him and they all are soon dragged into one of Jigsaw's games. They find out that Eric's son Daniel(Eric Knudsen) is trapped in a house with 6 other people who happen to have a connection to Eric, Jigsaw just wants to talk, but will Eric listen and save his sons life or will he fail the game and never see his son again?
This story is much the same as the first one is, they have a game all they have to do is figure it out and they will survive, simple you would think, but as always things aren't so cut and plain as they seem. The movie is a little more "Hollywood" than the original and has a lot more blood than the original which is where my two points off come from, because in the first one it was dirty and grimy and a little more real to me, plus i honestly don't like a lot of blood but then again the movie uses the blood in a point not a "bloodbath" sort of way. The cast is superb in their roles, and the characters display a lot more emotional range than the main ones in the first one(sorry by Leigh Whannell should stick to writing not acting).
Again this is another 'thinking man's' film, not just a blood bath intended to gorge the appetite for the gore lovers, though yes it does get bloody at times yes this means that this movie like the one before it is not for the weak stomach crowd.
All and all the 'Saw' series is shaping up to be one that will be in our memories for a long time.
so Shall we play another game?