Same experience as the original

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2005)

Okay, people for those of you who are particularly familiar with recent horror movies I think we can all agree that one of the best ones to catch our eyes in recent years will be Saw. Considering the decline of horror movies in recent years its refreshing to see a new idea thrown on the table that breathes new life into a dying genre. What worries me is the way it does so. What Saw basically did was take up the violence level and take it up three notches. One more notch and you'd be watching a snuff film. Now truthfully I think we should all be worried about the fact that audiences are becoming so desensitized that filmmakers have to become more brutal to get any impact.
Now I'm not here to blam Saw, lord knows it is still a favourite movie of mine. If Saw didn't incorporate a good story with some good twists and some good characters in its mix of blood and pain, I would give it the biggest blam ever. Thank god it does have all of the above, thus making Saw one of the better if not best horror movies of recent years.
But does the sequel live up to the first one? Again I'm thankful to say it does.
Usually the word "sequel" is enough to put fear into the hearts of many film buffs. I'm still trying to get over the disappointment of Matrix Reloaded which in the matter of 3 hours killed of my 4 year love of the Matrix, not to mention I still cringe when I hear "Jeepers Creepers 2" *cringes*.
Saw 2 gladly lives up to the hype and the expectation of Saw. I can't say it is at all an improvement but what you are looking at is more of the same. Everything from the gritty atmosphere, to the downright macabre deaths, to the twists and turns in the plot are those that you would expect from the original.
I'm too tired to keep writing this review all I can say is that, this is one movie that lives to its hype. On the downside some of the acting sucks, but you'd be so caught up in the gruesome and unrelenting action that there's a good chance you wont care too much.