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Saw 2

Overview

Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

October 28, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Darren Lynn Bousman

Starring :

Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Dina Meyer, Emmanuael Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Eric Knudsen

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2.5 of 5

“..offers no mind-of-the-killer insights, just gratuitous bloodshed and butchery and a few not-too-surprising plot twists..”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3.5 of 5

“..just barely a better B flick than Saw..”
by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly]
1 of 4

“..is just an excuse to make more money from the same sadistic premise...”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
“..has its moments of fun and surprise..”
by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
“..distinguishes itself from its forebear chiefly in the depth of its unpleasantness..”
by Christopher Orr [L.A. Weekly]
3 of 4

“..better-acted than its predecessor..”
by John Anderson [Newsday]
7 of 10

“..been upped a notch with some truly gruesome ideas and visuals..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
3 of 5

“..an OK follow-up to last year's raw original..”
by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
1.5 of 4

“..a tedious exercise in explicit violence..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
“..a series of reasonably clever and horrific set pieces..”
by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter]
5 of 5
Reviewed by Ida Ibricevic [The Cinema Source]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Weinberg [EFilmCritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Heidi Martinuzzi [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Kevin C. Johnson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3 of 4
Reviewed by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Neil Smith [BBC Films]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Tom Maurstad [The Dallas Morning News]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Tim Cogshell [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
2 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2 of 5
Reviewed by David Germain [The Hartford Courant]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Gator MacReady [Iofilm]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Bruce Westbrook [Houston Chronicle]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jackie Loohauis [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Tom Meek [The Boston Phoenix]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Keith Breese [Filmcritic]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
0.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by Steve Newton [Georgia Straight]

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