Hollywood smelt money

Rating: 2/10 (29 May 2006)

Warning: spoilers may be found below.
The original Saw was an interesting movie: a low-budget thriller/horror with a very original storyline, a tense atmosphere and no lack of gore either. It was a refreshing oasis in the desert of mindless, stupid Hollwood drivel.
Sometime after the in-crowd of real fans discovered the movie, the general public caught on and Saw was a genuine hit. Unfortunately, Hollywood caught on too and smelt money. Sequels! More money! Quick! Make sequels! Alas, what that lead to is the nonsense called Saw 2.
Saw 2 is, sad to say, a poor ripoff of the original movie. The premise is milked from original, showing Jigsaw at length and droning on and on about his stupid "games". Whereas the original had a puzzling plot, this nonsense throws 6 people in a house full of stupid traps in no way scary or interesting in an attempt to lure moviegoers into the theater with the tagline "6 x the terror." Well, it failed miserably. Poor acting, an uninspired, boring plot, poor gore and did I mention that STUPID editing? What is this, some MTV movieclip? I really don't need to see one scene repeated 5x from different angles, nor do I need to see shots made by a cameraman with Parkinson's disease.
Avoid at all costs.