A bloody entertaining film, with shocks and twists all around!

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2009)

Saw 2 is a great horror film. It is not a great achievement or anything, but its has all the elements to make a great horror film, or a thriller. The Saw franchise, while being a lot of things, is clearly not brainless, despite some haters. The first Saw did have a moral theme to it, one that surprised me, and one that rang throughout the sequel. How much are people willing to sacrifice to save themselves? How much do people have to appreciate their life, or in how much danger should they be in before they actually start appreciating it? The film provokes a lot of questions like these, and while it is flawed, it is very entertaining. It has a lot of blood, and a lot of scenes are disturbing, a job well done! The editing is what makes the Saw films stand apart from others. The editing in this film is very flashy, very quick, and there are a lot of transitions every scene. At the beginning it makes the first scene be 'less' scarier than it should have been, but besides that, I like the editing. It makes the twist be what it is. The acting is good. Tobin Bell and Donnie Wahlberg deliver the best of their scenes together. Emmanuelle Vaugier and Shawnee Smith are also good, as is Beverly Mitchell. The guys are the problem. Franky G delivers a very one-dimensional performance, as does the rest of them. Some might not like this film because it is concentrated a lot of being shocking and repulsive, and thus why some call Sae films 'troture porn'. But how could they be torture when they are actually good? I have only seen Saw and Saw 2, and while the original is better, the sequel is pretty close. I love the direction of the film, something that also pisses people off.