The game is on !

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2006)

But sadly a litany of endless dialogue interrupts what otherwise might have been a worthwhile and bloody sequel to the original "Saw". Though the performances by the leads, Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, Donnie Wahlberg as disgruntled cop Eric Matthews, and Shawnee Smith as the resourceful Amanda, are all outstanding, this film mires down in endless build-up and far too little action. The visual aspects of the film are superb, as with the first film, and the many devices designed to make the deaths gory and startling are great as well. I hope that if this film spawns another sequel it will deal more with the game players and how they play the game and much less with the motivation of the killer. An enjoyable flick, but far short of the potential that this franchise holds.