Police informant Michael Marks awakens in a room with a spike-filled mask locked around his neck. A sequel, titled Saw III, was released in 2006. At the time, it was the fastest-selling theatrical DVD in Lionsgate's history. Saw II was released to DVD on February 14, 2006, and topped charts its first week, selling more than 3 million units. Bell was nominated for "Best Villain" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for his role as Jigsaw in the film. It has remained the highest grossing Saw film in those countries.
It opened with $31.9 million and grossed $88 million in the United States and Canada.
Saw II was released in the United States on October 28, 2005, by Lionsgate Films. The film was given a larger budget and was shot from May to June 2005 in Toronto. Whannell became available to provide rewrites of the script. It was decided that, with some changes, it could be made into Saw II. Gregg Hoffman received the script and showed it to his partners Mark Burg and Oren Koules. Bousman wrote a script called The Desperate before Saw was released and was looking for a producer but many studios rejected it. Leigh Whannell and James Wan were busy preparing for their next film and were unable to write or direct. During Matthews and Kramer's conversation, the latter's backstory is partially explored, revealing one of the reasons why he became Jigsaw.Īfter the immensely successful opening weekend of 2004's Saw, a sequel was immediately green-lit. Meanwhile, a police squad led by Detective Eric Matthews apprehends John Kramer (revealed to be Jigsaw in the first film), but the latter reveals that Matthews' son is part of his game, forcing the detective to wait until Kramer reveals his whereabouts. In the film, a group of ex-convicts are trapped by the Jigsaw Killer inside a house and must pass a series of deadly tests to retrieve the antidote for a nerve agent that will kill them in two hours. The film stars Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Beverley Mitchell, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Erik Knudsen, Shawnee Smith, and Tobin Bell. It is the sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the Saw film series. Saw II is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell and Bousman.
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