By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Lions Gate Films
Saw 2
After watching the trailer for Saw
II, it looked like Lions Gate Films has found the perfect
sequel for the return of Jigsaw. Instead of forcing people to chop off their
own limbs to survive, place a bunch of people together and require them
to depend on, or kill, each other in order to avoid certain doom; an idea
that I definitely can throw a few more kudos at then the original.
Therefore, I guess we should have expected that the early reviews for Saw
II would be this positive.
Saw 2 Review
The good people over at Joblo
have recently received an early response on Saw II, a response
claiming that this sequel is not only better than the original, but a solid
horror film in general.
Man, that line still gets me shivers upon watching the world premiere of SAW II at the second edition of Montreal's Midnight Madness. First of all, I wasn't really supportive of a sequel to one of my favorite flicks of 2004 because of several reasons; one being that it was obviously a simple way to cash in on the success of the original. How wrong I was. The follow-up is pretty much an improvement of its predecessor with lots of twists and turns accompanied by an ending that will have you talking about it for hours, kind of like the first movie.
So is it a good horror film? Hell yeah! It packs a mean punch of blood, gore and extreme violence with a little bit of comedy if you are sick as I am. I, personally, enjoyed pretty much the whole package even though the first act (minus the scenes with Jigsaw) dragged beyond its due. We get to know the human side of our beloved villain; his backstory and ultimately, we are greeted with a detailed emphasis to his character - making him more 'three-dimensional' in other words. We finally learn for what reason he does the things he does, why he never intended to inherit the name of 'Jigsaw' and why he's so misunderstood. I love those scenes by virtue of his intellect and the feeling of sympathy to his disease. Kudos to both Darren Lynn Bousman and Leigh Whannell. Also, the acting and dialogue is better than the first SAW but it isn't going to win any awards in that department.
Though I am not the biggest fan of horror films, Saw II looks like
it could be one solid addition to the genre. Check out the entire review
over at Joblo.
Saw 2 comes to theatres on October 28th.
For the trailer, more posters, movie stills, movie info and synopsis, go
to the Saw 2 Movie
Page.
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