Obnoxious and irritating

Rating: 3/10 (3 March 2006)

When "Saw" first came out in 2004 there was much buzz surrounding the film. Some called it the goriest film ever made and the premise sounded intriguing. I so saw the film with some expectation and was very let down. The good plot had so many missed opportunities and the acting was dreadful all around, it also did not help that James Wan is such a poor director and used way too many MTV-music video style directing techniques. But it made a butt-load of money and one of Lionsgate Films highest cost to profit films. It also made way for many more extremely gory horror films like "High Tension", "Wolf Creek", "Hostel", and the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes". It also brought along "Saw II", which is just as bad. Since i thought that the gore was not all gross in "Saw", they really upped the anti with "Saw II", its just one sick movie. I know some people really love these movies and others wanted to be shocked when they first see it so I wont say anything more. I could not believe it when I was watching it but the acting in the second film is even worse. Maybe some of the worst I have ever seen. Screaming does not count as acting, its just annoying. Also the Darren Lynn Bounsson directs this as if he was directing a punk rock music video. The result is so obnoxious that it's hard to sit through. I do have to give "Saw II" some credit because the story is not half bad, the twist is better and I was surprised how well they linked the two stories. But besides that there is no redeeming value to this piece of garbage. "Saw II" is ultimately an obnoxious and irritating movie going experience, at least for me. Genre fans no doubt love his film and I can't blame them, they are the ones Lionsgate Films made this for and the target audience loves it. But for me, this is one of the worst films I have seen from the year 2005.