Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Writers: Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Beverley Mitchell, Franky G | See full cast and crew.
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The original Saw was
probably my most favorite recent "horror" movie, so naturally I was
excited when the second one came out. I saw it its opening weekend in
theaters, and **THIS WAS IN PREVIEWS, SO I Don't CONSIDER IT A SPOILER**
I see a man strapped to a chair, with this "Man in the Iron Mask"-like
thing on with all sorts of pretty nails poking toward his face. If
you've seen the first one, you can expect what it does. A TV turns on,
and there's the puppet thing, and that creepy voice. I'm like "Hell
yes!" and it seemed like a great beginning, and it truly does have a
great idea going for it, but unfortunately it seems like they got lost
in the success of the original and the new bigger budget and lost
something. It became the traditional horror movie, with your typical
predictable characters, and the innovation and claustrophobic feel of
the original was gone. It wasn't scary, but then again I didn't think
the first one was to be honest, I think they're more of a mental
experience than anything. The weird acid-trip like camera shake still
occurs, though thankfully less frequently, and it is like a bigger
budget Saw. Think Land of the Dead. Still a Romero movie, but it didn't
feel like one as much. Same thing applies here. The ending is cool for
most people, but I honestly saw it coming. It gets a bit muddled, and by
the end of it you really don't remember much except the very beginning
and end. It's fun, and it's an interesting piece of this new Saw series,
but it just doesn't seem to live up to the original for me. You watch
it yourself and give it a chance. I give it a 6 1/2.
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