Logic? Who Needs Logic?

Rating: 5/10 (4 August 2019)

Oh wait a minute. If I am supposed to get interested in a story, it's got to make sense, right? I don't mean nit-picking a sci-fi, alternate-universe kind of sense. That is rightly called 'fantasy' and so you can let that slide. I'm talking about things that supposedly could happen to you tomorrow. What makes a film 'work' is if what you are shown has the aura of plausibility, that it could happen to you tomorrow. If it doesn't, then the thrill is gone and instead you're left shaking your head and saying, 'well that's a load of garbage right there.' Unless you are one of those people who doesn't care if things don't make sense, and you somehow convince yourself that illogical rubbish is really gripping theater. LOL more power to you.
Why I rated it a '5': "Saw II" follows the continuing adventures of the serial killer named "Jigsaw." As it's a sequel I'm going to assume anyone seeing this has already seen the original "Saw" and thus no real exposition is necessary here. Instead I will attempt to illustrate some of its major flaws and explain to those who want to give it a '10' that maybe they should reconsider. "Saw II" is one of those films that is very intense, and often moves at a breakneck pace so that you barely have time to process what you're seeing. But once you do take a breath and think back about it, some really annoying and nagging questions pop up. A lot of them actually. And you ask yourself "hmm would I do that if I had the choice? Or would no one do the things shown here?" And if your answers are "yeah no one would do that" guess what? The film sucks.
So let's see...if there was a number tattooed to the back of your head, would you (A) cut off the back of your head to read the number? Would you really? Or would you ask another person to read the number?
Similarly, in trying to obtain the numbers on other people's heads, would you (A) kill them? Or how about just asking for them to turn around briefly so you can read the tattoo?
If someone is going to unlock a door, would you (A) run up to the door and look through the peephole as the other person is unlocking it? Or would you just sort of stand there and wait for the person to open it?
If you are told a key is hidden in a massive pile of syringes, your best chance of finding the key is to..., uh, grab the nearest person to you and throw her into the pile and demand she find it in two minutes? Haha I could go on, you get the point.
Besides these awful character decisions to ponder, there's more. How about figuring out how 6 people were all successfully kidnapped on the same night? No problems, no issues, no one avoided capture. All caught and brought to a certain location in a few hours. One or maybe two people managed to swing that nifty piece of business without any complications, interference, and no one noticing them dragging people to their car. That's pretty darn amazing. And isn't it a bit curious that the mastermind behind this setup just happens to know the smallest and intimate details of all of these random people? When he's not going for cancer treatment that is. Heck he even knows what a cop said to his son when they were out walking around the city. Heck he even knows the cop is dirty but it seems Internal Affairs didn't get the memo. This guy is awesome! (Or, maybe the plot is mind-numbingly far-fetched...) And I guess he's rich or something to have all of his time to devote to his 'games' and pay for the materials. Speaking of, he must also have a degree in mechanical engineering. It's just...so dumb. The more you think about it, the more stupid it gets.
But the best is for last. Now just think for a minute. If you were the victim of a serial killer, but managed to survive your ordeal, wouldn't your first reaction be....'you know, that was great? I enjoyed being traumatized and almost losing my life, and I actually had to kill someone else to preserve mine, this is wonderful. I would like to do this for a career! Now I would like to target random strangers and torture them!" Uh....what? In who's world does this make any sense? That's like saying a Jew who survived being tortured by the Nazis decides that he wants to now become a Nazi himself and torture Jews. Yeah that makes zero sense. Zero. And you know it.
5/10 - Decent production values but the plot is as ridiculous as they come. Would I watch again (Y/N)? Definitely not. "Saw III" is even worse and I stopped there.