Wow

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2005)

Just got back from watching Saw II. I'd never seen the first one, never want to really, and I must admit when I heard that they'd come out with a sequel so soon, I rolled my eyes thinking to myself "eh, just another blatant Hollywood attempt to cash in on the existing popularity of a hit movie". But I went along with my friends to watch it anyway. And I came out of the theater with the credits rolling a very very impressed man. The story, the camera work, the violence, everything just blew me away. The movie also manages to throw some social commentary at you. But what I really loved was the subtle hints that the director threw at the viewers all throughout the movie. Right from the beginning, you see things, hear things, things that seem really unassuming and harmless at first, but at the end of the movie, all of it ties up for an explosive twist. The final twist of the movie caught me totally off guard, I don't think I've been so surprised by a movie twist since "The Others" in 2001. This is a great movie, and if you're not scared of blood and are a horror/thriller fan, you owe it to yourself to watch this movie. Now to go get Saw 1 in DVD...