Gore galore

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2006)

SAW II is an improvement over the original SAW, as a group of young people and adults find themselves trapped in Jigsaw's house of horrors. The traps and deaths are clever, the gore quotient is upped, and the action never stops for a second. Add to this the fact that the cops have found and captured Jigsaw almost from the outset, but find themselves powerless to stop his latest game. Shawnee Smith and Tobin Bell are back from the original, and the ending of this ties itself back directly to the original in a highly satisfying manner. Highly recommended for gore hounds who thought HOSTEL and HIGH TENSION were too tame.