Saw 2 cast members movie#
Saw 2 cast members series#

Saw II strikes me as a film of opposites uneasily stitched together. However, compared to the granddaddy of this ilk - Se7en -the Saw franchise has some growing up to do if it is to avoid future efforts becoming stale. Absolutely the budget is small and what has been achieved with that budget is remarkable. However, I still cannot shake off a sense of shallow achievement. In this respect Saw 2 does indeed make some strides over the original, and I would also cite the ending as particularly well done. Anyone who has seen the needle pit scene will know how character interaction can turn an already dire circumstance into a shocking one. This is mainly due to character interactions as there is a larger cast from which to draw upon.

Saw 2 cast members movie#

The first movie had some goodies, but Saw 2 takes things a step further. Saw, as I said before, majors on all out wince inducing scenes that will have you gasping with shock. Having said that, any franchise has its on buttons - something that viewers will want to watch from the first movie. I would love to have seen his take on Hannibal Lector as, frankly, Tobin's relaxed approach is infinitely more chilling and more akin to Brian Cox than Anthony Hopkins. Indeed, Tobin Bell is mesmerising as Jigsaw, with a breathtaking malevolence bubbling under the surface. This is a shame as I thought that the detective side of things was far more engrossing. This is due to Saw 2's continual focus on OTT gore and spatter inside the house rather than any degree of emotional subtlety. This does work to a degree, but you never get your teeth into the concept. Saw 2 tries to add a degree of emotion by having Mathew's son in imminent danger.

Saw 2 cast members series#

There were some distinctly uncomfortable moments, but Saw was just a glue to stick together a series of uncompromising death scenes - The story, such as it was, was only mildly engrossing. So that's the story, what's the movie like? Well, I wasn't too fond of the original. Sounds easy, but this is Jigsaw and nothing is as it seams. It transpires that one of the people inside the house is Mathew's son - all the good detective has to do is talk to Jigsaw for long enough and his son will be safe. Mathews is lured into Jigsaw's lair for a bit of one to one chit chat while video footage of events within the house are fed into the lair, too.

In parallel to the house side of Saw 2, Jigsaw's sights are aimed at detective Eric Mathews (Donnie Wahlberg) whose relationship with his son is deteriorating fast. For those in the house these tests all involve “winning” an antidote to the nerve agent, but winning is slightly more arduous than a round of scrabble. The justification of why Jigsaw does this is to teach ignorant people the error of their ways by making them face death within the context of their own lives. In three hours the doors will open and anyone left standing can leave. Unfortunately for those inside, this house is slowly being filled with a nerve agent that will have everyone bleeding from every orifice within two hours.

Saw 1 has only two people and one room, whereas in Saw 2 Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) traps eight people in a whole, albeit securely locked up, house. Saw 2 is essentially a re-tread of the original, but with more people and more deaths. So, does Saw 2 vindicate its own existence or is it merely Saw 1 with a bigger budget?

Not as far as Halloween 3, mind, but you do need to do something different. You need to grow the concept, make the sequel something that is a separate entity, but still a part of the original's milieu. But, like the Blair Witch Project before it, having a successful part one doesn't necessarily guarantee a successful, or even an effective horror sequel. After the success of the first Saw movie - the 12th most profitable film in “Hollywood movie” history, a sequel was a given.