A reasonable sequel, yet lacked certain essential elements

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2006)

I recently watched Saw II and was gracefully horrified at some of the tortures, and traps in the movie. However what i felt really dragged the movie downhill was the amount of characters in the movie. From memory, there were about 8-9 characters initially in the house. This somewhat detracted from the over all horror of the movie. What this movie should have learnt from the original 'Saw' was that concentrating more heavily on maybe 2-3 characters was far more effective.
Also i didn't feel as though Saw II was really executed the twist as perfectly as the original. In the original, it built and lead viewers into a possible twist, then in about the last minute or so, it went 'snap' and shocked all viewers with an amazing twist. In Saw II, it wasn't more spread out, and didn't create that shock, which was an essential feature of the first 'Saw'.
Having said this i was satisfied with the overall effect and award it 6 stars. All I can say now is bring on Saw III and make it a good one. Also I give my best regards to James Wan, who is also the cousin of a mate of mine.
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