"Saw II" follows the bloody trail of "Saw," last year's jigsaw puzzle gorefest in which Cary Elwes is driven crazy enough to hack off his own foot. The original Lions Gate film cost almost nothing to make ($1.2 million) and earned more than $55 million at the box office. In other words, the studio immediately ordered up a second round of torturous head contraptions with super-pointy spikes, eye gougings and gleeful bloodlettings. Read the full review
Detective Eric Mason believes a grizzly murder is the work of Jigsaw, the notorious killer who disappeared leaving a trail of bodies and parts behind. Now, eight strangers, unaware of their connection to each other, are forced to play out a game that challenges their wits and puts their lives in jeopardy.
Director: Darren Lynn Bausman
Starring: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen, Franky G
Run time: 91 minutes
Release date: Oct. 28, 2005
Rating: R for grisly violence and gore, terror, language and drug content.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C+
"There's death by bullet, by fire and, especially, by whomp-up-the-backa-yo-head with a nail-spiked club."
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