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If you like scary
movies and you have seen "Saw," then you need to head to
the theater and check out "Saw II," directed by Darren
Lynn Bousman.
This is one of the best sequels to a movie I have ever seen. Most
of the time, sequels do not live up to the first movie
in the series. In the "Scream" series, "Scream 2" and 3 did
not live up to the first "Scream." "Scream 2" and 3 did not
even have the same characters as "Scream;" however, that
is
not the case with "Saw II." "Saw II" brings back John (Tobin
Bell), also know as "Jigsaw," the man who likes to play
games with people to make them appreciate life, and
Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the only person to make it out
of one of Jigsaw's games alive.
"Saw II" keeps you on the edge of your seat from the beginning. The movie
starts out with Jigsaw playing another game of cat and
mouse with a person who Jigsaw did not think deserved to
be alive. The man is given a lot of time to complete his
task and win his life back, but he fails.
The movie then introduces Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg)
and his son Daniel (Erik Knudsen). Matthews and Daniel
have an argument and do not speak for days. While
worrying over how his son is doing, Matthews gets a call
from the police station. Another case comes in where the
culprit is Jigsaw. Jigsaw leaves Matthews a clue as to
how to find him at the scene of the crime.
Matthews ponders the clue, then finds Jigsaw's hideout. The police
get ready to arrest Jigsaw, but he has other plans. He
turns the tables when he tells Matthews that he wants to
play a game. Jigsaw has trapped Daniel, along with other
people, including Amanda in a shelter filled with nerve
gas. If the people in the shelter do not find their way
out in time or find an antidote, the nerve gas will take
effect and they will die.
The only thing a distraught Matthews can do for his son is play
Jigsaw's game. All Jigsaw tells Matthews about his son
is "he is in a safe and secure state." Jigsaw then tells
Matthews that he wants to play a game. All Matthews has
to do is sit and talk to him, and then he will see his
son safe.
Matthews plays Jigsaw's game for awhile but gets more frantic by
the minute while he watches his son and the others in
the house struggle to find a way out.
As the time is almost up and the people still have not found their
way out of the shelter, Matthews panics on Jigsaw and
convinces him to take him to the shelter. When he gets
there, the tables are turned, and the movie takes many
unexpected twists.
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If you do not like blood and guts, then this
movie is definitely not for you. I would recommend you
go see this movie, but take a friend if you get scared
easily.
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