Its only a game...a deadly game.

Rating: 5/10 (15 February 2006)

Seguel to SAW(2004), this episode proves that writer/director Darren Lynn Bousman has an evil streak. SAW 2 follows the same story formula as the first with exception of the latest heaping helping of gore and multiple chances of bloodshed. Bloodshed may not be the right word...bloodbath may be better. Sadistic killer Jigsaw(Tobin Bell)is ready to play again. This time drawing in Detective Eric Mason(Donnie Wahlberg)and a special serial killer investigator(Dina Meyer). Not just two people, but eight trapped people are forced to play the game that challenges their memories, fortitude and abilities to stay alive. These eight people do not realize they all have a connection to each other. One of those with life in jeopardy is Mason's own son. Other cast members of special note: Shawnee Smith, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Erik Knudsen and Beverley Mitchell.
I thought Wahlberg was so-so, but adequate enough. The beauty of Meyer and Vaugier gets in the way of their talents. For your own personal 'fright night', go to Blockbuster and rent both SAW and SAW 2 and settle in for knuckle popping terror and grizzly violence. You may feel free to join in with your own explicit language.