Every successful film is almost always followed by a sequel. Last year's highly successful horror film was followed by a sequel, which is meant to satisfy people's desires for a continuation of a successful franchise, but also to satisfy the producers' desires for greedy profit. This week we got a sequel to the horror film Saw: A Game of Survival that met people's bloodlust for blood, but not just blood, but blood that carries with it a variety of ways to die and ways to appreciate life. The first episode took us into a bathroom, where two men were pitted against each other to gradually figure out how to value life. They have to do something to save themselves, or even their wife and children.
In episode two, a large group is pitted against each other who have one thing in common, but must gradually work their way to freedom as they face death by nerve gas and have to use logic puzzles to find rescue. Among this group of people, there is also the son of a lawman who is investigating the "murders" and this is where it gets complicated..
But I don't need to tell the whole story for sure, but there's definitely something to Saw, because it's far from a horror movie, but it's not your typical murder horror movie, I'd say it's more of an honestly gritty thriller about people's lives, how they act in a given situation, how they can value life, and if they can lose something to avoid losing their life.
Taking that into account, the second installment was also made with little money, and it has only a few film locations, it has few famous actors, but one more famous actor even makes an appearance, he is the brother of the more famous Mark Wahlberg, the famous Marky Mark., Donnie Wahlberg, who plays the most important character, a police man who investigates the actions of the "Jigsaw Killer" – Jiqsaw, and he cares about the life of his son. The other actors are merely there to be progressively dead bodies on which the dust falls, or to survive. And finally they discover what the big dog is buried in.
When you look at the interesting things about the way the whole film was made, the fact that it was made by a first-time filmmaker, you can see the atmosphere quite well, the chaos, the unruly behaviour when life is on the line. There are a few deaths that are quite haunting, where blood flows, where layers of human nature are gradually peeled away, and where it gets a little gross. The director doesn't waste much with filters and artistic shots. Unlike the first installment, the occasional clip cut was no longer used, but mostly a fairly sterile editing system to get a feel for what was being done and who was dying. Still something to watch, though, as the camera angles are pretty interesting
Original release February 7, 2006 – Kritiky.cz
