An improvement over the tedious SAW II (2005), this second sequel to the surprise 2004 hit still features the series' trademark gruesome "games" but shifts the focus to the relationships among the characters. You wouldn't know it from the opening scene, though, which simply reiterates SAW's then-novel dilemma: a man in a fetid bathroom, chained by the ankle to a pipe, must choose between brutally mutilating himself to escape or dying gruesomely — been there, screamed that. But here things get progressively more interesting. Philosophical serial killer Jigsaw appears to have struck again, but Kerry (Dina Meyer), who investigated the earlier crimes, isn't so sure — Jig...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
107 mins