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Saw II (2005)

R  |   |  Horror  |  28 October 2005 (USA)
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A detective and his team must rescue eight people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.

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When detective Eric Matthews is called to a crime scene of a victim of Jigsaw, he finds a lead to the place where he is hidden. Once there, he realizes that Jigsaw trapped his son Daniel Matthews with three women and four men in a shelter, and they are inhaling a lethal nerve gas. If they do not use an antidote within two hours, they will die. Eric follows with increasing desperation the death of each member of the group in monitors, while trying to convince Jigsaw to release his son. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Rated R for grisly violence and gore, terror, language and drug content | See all certifications »

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$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,189,212 (UK) (28 October 2005)

Gross:

$86,502 (Chile) (14 April 2006)
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Trivia

The key hidden inside the needle pit would open the steel door in the room. Although most of the audience believe that it would lead to the exit, the director confirmed in the commentary that it would reveal two more syringes with antidote. See more »

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(at around 1h 9 mins) In the hand razor trap scene, when Addison puts her hands in and Xavier has entered the room, blood is suddenly all over her hands, while when she put them in they were practically clean from blood. There is no way blood can cover her hands like that just by getting stuck like that. See more »

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Michael Marks: Help! Anyone! He-elp!
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Spoofed in X-Play: Scariest Games (2006) See more »

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Irresponsible Hate Anthem
(Venus Head Trap Mix)
Performed by Marilyn Manson
Remixed by Danny Lohner, Wes Borland, Charlie Clouser & Joshua Eustis
Written by Stephen Gregory Bier, Daisy Berkowitz (as Scott Putesky), Marilyn Manson (as Brian Warner) & Jeordie White
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Saw II is everything Saw 1 should have been .. and more!
28 October 2005 | by (United States, Pennsylvania) – See all my reviews

I just got back from the midnight screening of the film and I must say -- It was an OK movie.

Most of all the cool "deaths" were already shown in either clips or on television... but the main highlight of the movie was the conversation between Eric Mathews and Jigsaw himself. You find out a lot more about him then what you think. You find out what makes him tick. Of course, it's not as Gory as what people are telling you, it's just a marketing scam.. However, there IS much more blood then Saw 1.

The ending... Grabs you by the hair and kicks you square in the nuts!.

And you know when they said they'd revisit some "old friends?" oh yes.. they do :) Darren Bousman definitely has a film career on his hands and I hope he goes far with it because the man has talent.

I can clearly see SAW becoming the next "Horror" franchise.


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