![]() ![]() He finds a scalpel but cannot bring himself to cut out his eye, and is killed instantly when the helmet slams shut around his head when time runs out. A videotape informs him that the key to the trap has been implanted behind his right eyeball. Michael Marks (Noam Jenkins), a police informant, awakens to find two halves of a spike-filled helmet locked around his neck. The film currently is the highest grossing (domestically) Saw film to date. Despite negative reviews Saw II was a financial success grossing $31,725,652 its opening weekend, recouping its $4 million budget. Some dismissed the film as being a "Se7en knockoff", "lacking style and plot" and some revolting over the "explicit gore and torture scenes", while others praised it as being a "worthy follow-up" and "providing plenty of what fans of the first expected". Upon release, Saw II received mostly negative reviews from film critics. It also explores some of the Jigsaw's back story, providing a partial explanation for why he chose to become "Jigsaw". The film features the Jigsaw Killer being apprehended by the police, but trapping the arresting officer in one of his own games while showing another "game" of eight people-including the officer's son in progress on TV monitors at another location. Tobin Bell was nominated for "Best Villain" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for his role as Jigsaw in the film. Saw II was released in North America on October 28, 2005. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by himself and the first film's co-writer Leigh Whannell, and stars Tobin Bell, Donnie Wahlberg, and Shawnee Smith. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Wan and Whannell's career develops after this fine sleeper.Saw II is a 2005 horror film and sequel to Saw. This thriller is the most original piece of independent film-making since "Cube". I can't remember the last time I've been surprised by a movie's final twist, but "Saw" has an ending that I didn't see coming at all. However, considering that this movie was made in only 18 days by two independent filmmakers with literally no budget at all, it's really inappropriate to be petty about technical subtleties, when Wan and Whannel came up with such an original and stirring movie. ![]() Those sped-up tracking shots have just been used too many times by now, the structure of the script is weird and jumps from one period of time to another, some characters' lines are a bit clichéd. ![]() Sure, the cops are depicted way too stupid and the killer is unrealistically smart, outshining each and every opponent with his perfect plans, but hey, "Se7en" and "Silence Of The Lambs" didn't care too much about realism, either, did they? "Saw" does have some flaws. Where many movies drift into ridiculousness trying to establish the villain as an almost superhuman evil being, "Saw" does never get anywhere near that trap. Wan and Whannel really came up with a monster that has no peer. Jigsaw is the most gruesome killer the cinema has seen in a loooong time. "Saw" has been advertised as the new "Se7en" and while both movies are definitely in the same tradition, "Saw" does a much better job at actually being creepy. Think you're hard-boiled? Think again and watch "Saw", a movie that will creep you out and surprise you beyond your expectations. With "Saw" James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creative heads behind this project, set new standards. Thrillers as gripping as this one have become extremely rare in times like these, where people have seen almost everything and can guess any twist during the first half of the movie. Right from the beginning this original story sucks you in and doesn't let you go until the very end. Since "Nattevagten" I have not seen a thriller that has kept me on the edge of my seat as well as "Saw". ![]()
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