Doesn't live up to expectations...

Rating: 3/10 (9 April 2006)

The first Saw was a smart, gory thriller. You really got to know the two main characters and the twist had me totally shocked. I was expecting this from Saw 2, but was deeply disappointed.
This film goes back to pure gore. It is just a remotely clever slasher flick damages you gag and gasp, but doesn't make a great thriller movie. The film just makes me cringe, and you don't get to know any of the characters locked in the house well at all. The actings fine, the deaths are clever, but it is nowhere up to the standard the first Saw set, you feel somewhat detached from the characters, and this didn't make me feel sympathetic when they died.
John was a wuss, and left plot holes big enough for another Saw movie. All of the dialouge felt a little thin between the two.
Since the audience was so shocked by the first twist, they decided to DOUBLE UP, so they had two 'great' twists that are amazingly obvious from the start. It was no where near as shocking as the first, and I found that they were just so obvious.
If you like stupid slasher flicks, this is the film for you. If you like grizzly dark thrillers, then rent Saw or Seven instead.