It'll do.

Rating: 5/10 (1 November 2005)

Last year I watched SAW for the first time and I didn't know anything about it, I just heard it's something with two guys stuck in a room. So, in that aspect, the first SAW handed me a plate of surprises, this one on the otherhand was just a Halloween night filler for me and my wife.
The plot was more heavily elaborated on and we get to meet and know Jigsaw, which in itself was much needed I suppose, without that you just have a pretty mindless viewing of a booby-trapped house that people fall prey to with no real 'movie'. (see "Cube") All in all, if you're a horror/thriller connoisseur with your roots planted in the likes of 'Halloween', 'Black Christmas' and 'the Shining', this film may be tolerable enough to be a "B-side" track on an album you really like, but not one that stands out. However if you get your charge with a straight on gore-fest, and can sit there and eat a plate of Padgett with ease while watching someone's brains get smashed and slurped up, this is a cant miss.