Awesome movie until the last few minutes

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2005)

First, I have to admit something...I didn't have high expectations for Saw 2 when I first found out that they were doing a sequel to Saw. Most of the time, sequels do not fair well compared to the original and Saw was very original. I decided at the last minute to see Saw 2 (the advertising for it helped in that decision). When the movie started, it was pretty much non-stop action, blood and gore and there's nothing wrong w/ that, is there! Well, I would be lying if I said that I wasn't blown away by the fact that the kid was in the safe the whole time and by the fact that all of the events in the house had already taken place and had been taped. This was pure genius. BUT...I did have a feeling that it would be revealed that Amanda had something to do w/ all of it. I feel that the ending could have been a little better. I think that when the detective woke up, it should have been JOHN'S voice on the tape saying something like "Hello Detective...you didn't follow the rules...GAME OVER!!!" and then the audience sees Amanda shutting the door. Only then would we know that she was in on the whole thing. Overall, I give it an eight out of ten...pretty good movie, but needs a better ending. I don't feel that people will want to see Amanda as the next Jigsaw Killer. Just my opinion.