Jonas (Glenn Plummer) then leads them to a door, which Xavier (Franky G.) and Addison (Emmanuelle Vaugier) are attempting to break through. Obi is burned alive when he accidentally activates a furnace trap while attempting to retrieve two antidotes. The search continues to the basement, where the group learns that one of them, Obi (Timothy Burd), was an accessory to the kidnappings he had kidnapped Laura (Beverley Mitchell). Gus (Tony Nappo) is shot dead by a booby-trapped door via a gun through the eye-hole. The eight victims are told that antidotes can be found around the house to save them from the gas. The victims have two hours before the nerve agent filling the house kills them, but John promises Matthews that he will find his son safely if he talks with John for a while, which Matthews reluctantly agrees to in order to buy time for the tech team. ![]() Computer monitors show that eight people are trapped in a large house: among them are Daniel Matthews (Erik Knudsen), his son, and Amanda (Shawnee Smith), Jigsaw's only known survivor. Later, he follows a SWAT team led by Officer Rigg (Lyriq Bent) and Detective Kerry (Dina Meyer) to an abandoned steel factory, where they find John Kramer (Tobin Bell), weakened by cancer. Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) is called to the scene after a message for him is found. A videotape informs him that the he must use a scalpel to retrieve the key to his trap behind his right eye he fails to do so and the mask closes around his head. Michael (Noam Jenkins), a police informant, awakens to find two halves of a spike-filled mask locked around his neck. Saw II topped the home video charts it's first week selling more than 3 million units and became, at the time, the fastest selling theatrical DVD in Lionsgates's history. Bell was nominated for "Best Villian" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for his role as Jigsaw in the film. The film recieved mixed reviews from critics. It has remained as the highest grossing Saw film in the United States and Canada. Saw II was released on Octoand was a financial success grossing $31.7 million and $87 million in the United States and Canada. The film was given a larger budget and was shot from May to June 2005 in Toronto. Whannell became available to provide re-writes with the script. Hoffman recieved it and showed it to his partners Mark Burg and Oren Koules, and decided that with some changes, it could be made into Saw II. Bousman wrote a script called " The Desperate" before Saw was released and was trying to find a producer but many studio's rejected it. Leigh Whannell and James Wan were busy preparing for their next film and were unable to write or direct. It also explores some of Jigsaw's back story, providing a partial explanation for why he chose to become Jigsaw.Īfter the financial success of Saw, a sequel was immediately green-lit. ![]() The film features Jigsaw being apprehended by the police, but trapping the arresting officer in one of his own games while showing another "game" of eight people including the officer son in progress on TV monitors at another location. Saw II was producer Gregg Hoffman's last film to see released after dying on December 4, 2005. It is a sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the seven-part Saw film series. Smith, Bell and Myers are the only actors to reprise their roles from the frist film. It stars Donnie Whanlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Beverly Mitchell, Dina Myers, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Erik Knudsen, Shawnee Smith and Tobin Bell. Saw II is a 2005 horror thriller film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and co-written by Bousman and the firstįilm co-writer Whannell.
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