Saw II has teeth, and this house-of-horrors franchise has legs, though they're manacled to the radiator.
sbs.is
July 05, 2008
like the story, hate the directing
Orlando Sentinel
October 28, 2005
Saw II only has one ambition -- to make us squirm. And it does. Just don't be surprised if you need to switch to an electric razor after this.
Newsday
October 28, 2005
Saw II -- better-acted than its predecessor, which isn't saying much -- is so gratuitously, sadistically violent, and to such little end, that it finally falls over dead on the far side of obscene.
eFilmCritic.com
August 18, 2007
The ornate sadism isn't enough to carry our interest this time around.
In a fun house like this the elaborate tortures seem to leave behind the real world of pain and suffering for the realm of slapstick; they're the kind of horrors that make you scream and laugh at the same time.
