Good Story, Too Much Gore

Rating: 2/10 (31 October 2009)

I loved Saw. It was a fantastic crime/mystery/thriller/horror. I think that this movie definitely should have been made which I don't usually think with sequels. Saw II had a good storyline and helps you understand Jigsaw a bit more and why he does all of the traps and I was genuinely interested in the story. But I think this film would have been sooo much better without all the unnecessary gore. Maybe some of it was necessary but I think they could have (exscuse the pun) cut most of the gore out. I mean, the bit when Xavier cuts off that skin off the back of his neck to find out his number is not needed. He could have easily asked someone else to read it to him. Or maybe thats just his character. Which leads me on to the acting. Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) Great actor. The people locked in the house, terrible actors. They made it seem like another typical horror, which it isn't.
All in all, good film, good storyline, unnecessary gore. A fairly worthy sequel. 6/10