A good sequel to an excellent movie

Rating: 8/10 (11 September 2014)

I thought this was about as good as I expected a sequel to be. It has a slightly different feeling compared to the first Saw. The first one was darker and grittier, whereas this was more devious in terms of plot. Overall both movies met a nice balance.
As the tag line suggests, there is more blood, some of the violence is kind of almost slapstick though. However, I don't think this was a big problem and the movie is still very enjoyable. There is a lot of stupidity from some characters in certain scenes though, which I won't spoil.
The movie starts out nicely, with a typical Jigsaw trap: "The Venus Fly Trap". However we soon learn the victim is just a warm-up to the much bigger game, involving Detective Eric Matthews, a brutal cop who must let go of his impatience and brutality if he is to save his son.
Overall I'd say the plot flows smoothly, with some nice dialogue which reveals some nice stuff about Jigsaw's back story. The climax is nice with a good twist which I wasn't expecting at all.