Reviews

• For the most part the film succeeds in producing a frightening Halloween weekend experience.

  Kevin Crust - Los Angeles Times
  
  19 January 2013

• The killer himself takes a far more prominent role in this edition, and as played by the superb Tobin Bell he's quite a memorable creation.

  Frank Scheck - The Hollywood Reporter
  
  19 January 2013

• The contest is close, but Saw II is just barely a better B flick than "Saw."

  - Entertainment Weekly
  
  19 January 2013

• It's clear this sequel (directed by Darren Lynn Bousman) doesn't have the same smartness (I speak relatively) of the original. Nonetheless, "Saw" fans can still look forward to involuntary incineration, wrist and throat slashing, bullets through brains and the bashing of someone's head with a nail-festooned club.

  Desson Thomson - The Washington Post
  
  19 January 2013

• Basically, this is a really good movie until the last part, where director and co-writer Darren Lynn Bousman ruins so much so fast that you'll wonder if his actions are deliberate -- or if the studio interfered.

  Peter Hartlaub - The San Francisco Chronicle
  
  19 January 2013