Just as retarded as the first part, this should please lovers of dumb thrillers.

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2007)

I thought, "can't possibly be worse than the first part", and it isn't: but it isn't an iota better either. But this time it was awfully PREDICTABLE, as well.
1: From the moment I saw the cop's kid I knew he'd be kidnapped. 2: From the moment I saw the video screens with the kindapees, I knew that it was not happening at the same time as the cops coming in. 3: From the moment the woman appeared that had already escaped in the first part I knew she was in cohoots with the psycho. (Why else would she be put to the test again? That would have been too dumb even for this piece of s*** of a movie. Plus the fact that she's always hanging around the cop's kid should make it obvious even to the most bird-brained film-goer.) 4: From the moment the psycho informed the kidnapees that the "answer lies in the back of their minds" it was so obvious that they had numbers on their heads. (Why couldn't any of them think of that???? I IMMEDIATELY thought "check your heads, you dolts".) 5: From the moment I saw the gangly, silent kidnapee I knew he was in some way connected to the psycho. And as the movie neared the end (thankfully) it became so obvious they'd trap the cop. And the movie isn't original, either: almost the same premise as "Cube".
I was thinking, "that cop looks like Marky Mark, no  wait!, looks like Donnie Wahlberg  and in the end-credits it really turned out to be him! They've got a New Kid On The Block playing a tough cop! That should pretty much be a warning in itself.
So as far as twists are concerned, the film is a MISERABLE failure. However, in the illogic departement the movie wins standing ovations. Stupidities, absurdities, far-fetchedness. A real mess, once again. Just a few details/questions: why would the muscular guy kill the black guy in order to see the number on the back of his head? How could the psycho POSSIBLY know who the cop framed, and for all those ex-convicts??? For each and every one of them he knew they were framed! What, was the framing released in all DVD clubs for everyone to see??? What is he, a god? He seems to know EVERYTHING. And since he is obviously omnipotent, omnipresent and omni-everything, why not simply call him "God", and have him fly off with demon wings etc. When you look at the way things turn out in the movie, it seems as if the psycho can predict EVERY thought and EVERY move and EVERY event that ANYBODY makes in advance!!! I mean, we've had movie-killers before who knew too much, who were too smart to be real but THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I had to laugh at times, I really did. The psycho's story of failing to commit suicide with a car crash and then falling off a cliff!!! Now, that's pythonesque! It's high camp! It's comedy! And how about that dumb ending when the woman announces that she's going to "continue his work"?!!! If the movie weren't so bleak it'd be actually funny, in a "Plan 9" sort of way.
I am curious about "Saw III". Perhaps the woman will die of AIDS and a three month-old infant will "continue HER work". Who knows what nonsense they'll come up with in the sequel(s).