How is the crazy man going to win? that's the only real suspense.

Rating: 4/10 (10 June 2006)

Having seen the first saw movie, I kind of knew what to expect from the second one. The bad guys plan goes off without a hitch and the final twist of his plan is so far out that it isn't worth trying to predict. I must say, I had some sense of satisfaction when I turned out to be correct but then I thought about the premise of the movie and got angry. (Here come the spoilers)
The drug using girl who survived jigsaw's trap in the first saw movie has the strangest epiphany. It goes something like this. "I am so happy to see the faults in my drug using ways. I will turn my life around by trying my hardest to become a crazy self-righteous psycho killer like jigsaw. I won't stop there; I will put my own life on the line for no apparent reason by directly acting like one of jigsaw's victims. I love you crazy man who has killed so many before and almost killed me in a most grotesque fashion."Also there is something about jigsaw's philosophy that bothers me, "Those who don't value life don't deserve life." According to that, it sounds like only those who are suicidal or cold blooded murderers should be forced to play his games. People with family problems or other small time crooks, like the ones dying in the movie, shouldn't count. Furthermore, Jigsaw claimed to never have killed anybody, but as one person already put it, "it seems to me that putting people into a situation where they will almost certainly perish is grounds for a murder charge."
Sorry, enough complaints about the logic of the movie. Maybe the truth is I am just angry I watched another cringe movie. Cringe movies should have its own section. I mean, a man getting killed by having nails slammed into his head has the same effect on me as a man getting hit in the nuts on accident. Its not scary it just makes me cringe.
Finally, I would advise Hollywood they need to stop making such garbage, but looking at the surprisingly large number of positive feedback this movie got, it seems they are doing something right. So before I make anybody who I haven't already made angry, angry at me, I will end my review here.