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Saw II (2005)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 9/18

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9/18: Because Saw caught me by surprise, I was willing to give the sequel a chance, and I now regret my decision.

What I predicted for the original quickly became the case here. Although the ending isn't bad, it still doesn't excuse the editing torture that I was forced to endure for the majority of the time.

If I thought Mark Wahlberg was a horrible actor, his brother Donnie is even worse. He isn't tough, just a stupid, goofy-looking guy with a silly display of anger. The rest of the cast is no better, either. Why should I care about their criminal characters? You tell me that. It probably broke the record for having the most dumb characters in a film. I will go far enough to include the cops for showing off their unprofessional behavior with one of them claiming to be an "expert" on Jigsaw.

Didn't the mastermind say, "Think hard. The numbers are in the back of your mind. The clue to their order can be found over the rainbow." Come on, fucking do it...look at the back of the heads and correspond the numbers with ROY G BIV. But nooo....all of the idiot characters have to yell at each other and do nothing significant the entire time, causing me to stop the movie repeatedly. Yes, Mr. John Kramer...they're murders because you set them up in the first place, you dumb fuck.

All in all, Saw II proves putting many (stupid) heads together to figure out simple stuff doesn't always work.