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"Saw II" is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman that continues the story of a serial killer who forces his victims to participate in deadly games and puzzles. The film became a significant commercial success and helped establish the "Saw" franchise as a major horror series that would span multiple sequels.
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6.6The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.
Cast
- Tobin Bell as John Kramer / Jigsaw
- Donnie Wahlberg as Eric Matthews
- Shawnee Smith as Amanda Young
- Erik Knudsen as Daniel Matthews
- Franky G as Xavier Chavez
- Glenn Plummer as Jonas Singer
Themes
- sadism
- riddle
- serial killer
- torture
- survival horror
- death match
- mind game
- death game
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Encyclopedic overview
Saw II is a 2005 American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman in his feature directorial debut, and written by Leigh Whannell and Bousman. It is the sequel to Saw (2004) and the second installment in the Saw film series. The film stars Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Beverley Mitchell, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Erik Knudsen, Shawnee Smith, and Tobin Bell. In the film, a group of ex-convicts are trapped by the Jigsaw Killer (Bell) inside a house and must pass a series of deadly tests to retrieve the antidote for a nerve agent that will kill them in two hours.
Following the successful opening weekend of Saw, a sequel was quickly green-lit. Bousman was hired after previously having written a script that had a similar premise. Producer Gregg Hoffman received the script and shared it with his partners Mark Burg and Oren Koules, who determined that, with revisions, it could be the basis for Saw II. Whannell later provided rewrites for the script. The film received a larger production budget and was filmed in Toronto from May to June 2005.
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