The first was better

Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2006)

I rented this movie the other night expecting much of the same from the 1st movie. And I was right. There were still the same death traps, the same kind of characters and the same plot twist. What I didn't expect was that I'd like the first one more. Most of the people who I talked to either liked "Saw" so-so or not at all. But watching this one made the first one better. Though Cary Elwes's acting is dreadful in "Saw", it had the ending that made your jaw drop. In this one, the acting was only slightly better, but the twist didn't quite have that same effect. I think it's the "been there, done that" phenomenon. Hear me out on this one. Remember seeing the first "Final Destination"? I loved the whole "death's design" thing. And it scared the bejeezus out of me. The second one was pretty much the same, but it wasn't nearly as scary. I'm figuring the 3rd is really repetitive. It was the same with this movie. Once you saw the unique and frightening death traps of "Saw", the ones in "Saw II" just weren't as scary. Sure they were gory, but it didn't have the same fear factor. It was just watching the same movie over again. The twist was different, but was more "oh, how interesting" rather than "Oh man!!". It's worth the 2 hours, but doesn't have the sequel worthiness of other horrors.