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''Saw II'' is a 2005 American horror film, a sequel to 2004's ''Saw'' and the second installment in the seven-part ''Saw'' franchise, directed and co-written by Darren Lynn Bousman. Co-written with series creator Leigh Whannell, it stars Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Dina Meyer, Erik Knudsen with Shawnee Smith and Tobin Bell. 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's son — in progress on TV monitors at another location. It also explores some of John Kramer's backstory, providing a partial explanation of his reason for becoming Jigsaw. After the financial success of ''Saw'', a sequel was immediately green-lit. Leigh Whannell and James Wan were busy preparing for their next film and were unable to write or direct. Bousman wrote a script called "''The Desperate''" before ''Saw'' was released and was looking for a producer but many studios rejected it. Hoffman received the script and showed it to his partners Mark Burg and Oren Koules. It was decided that, with some changes, it could be made into ''Saw II''. Whannell became available to provide rewrites of the script. The film was given a larger budget and was shot from May to June 2005 in Toronto. ''Saw II'' was released on October 28, 2005 and, despite mixed reviews from critics, was a financial success, with opening takings of $31.9 million and grossing $88 million in the United States and Canada. It has remained the highest grossing ''Saw'' film in those countries. Bell was nominated for "Best Villain" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for his role as Jigsaw in the film. ''Saw II'' was released to DVD on and topped charts its first week, selling more than 3 million units. At the time, it was the fastest-selling theatrical DVD in Lionsgate's history. ==Plot== Informant Michael Marks wakes up to find a spike-filled mask locked around his neck. A videotape informs him that he has sixty seconds to remove his eye with the scalpel and retrieve the key, but he cannot bring himself to do so and is killed when the mask closes. Detective Eric Matthews, is called to the scene by Detective Allison Kerry when a message for him is found. Although he is initially reluctant to join the case, Eric joins Kerry and Sergeant Daniel Rigg in leading a SWAT team to an old factory. There they find John Kramer, The Jigsaw Killer, who is weak from cancer, and several computer monitors showing eight people trapped in a house. Among them are Amanda Young, Jigsaw's only known survivor, and Eric's estranged son Daniel. A nerve agent filling the house will kill them within two hours, but John assures Eric he will get Daniel back if Eric talks with John until the game is complete. At Kerry's urging, Eric reluctantly agrees in order to buy time for the police tech team to arrive and trace the video signal. The victims are informed by microcassette that antidotes are hidden throughout the house. One is in the room's safe, and they are given a cryptic clue for the combination. Xavier ignores a warning note and uses a key on the door, which fires a bullet through the peephole, killing Gus. When the door opens, the group makes their way to the basement. A tape for Obi thanks him for helping kidnap the others, which Laura confirms when she recalls her abduction. While retrieving two antidotes, Obi inadvertently activates the furnace, which traps him inside and burns him to death. The next room they enter has an antidote behind a steel door and the key in a syringe-filled pit. Xavier, the intended victim, throws Amanda into the pit. She finds the key, but Xavier fails to unlock the door in time and abandons the group out of frustration. Meanwhile, Kramer reveals to Eric that after learning he had cancer, he drove his car off a cliff, but survived. With a new appreciation for life, Kramer decided to spend the rest of his life inspiring that change in others by putting them in similar scenarios. Eric runs out of patience and returns to the monitors. At Kerry's suggestion, he destroys many of Kramer's documents and sketches, but fails to get a reaction. As the tech team arrives, John reveals that all of the current victims were framed for various crimes by Eric, and Daniel will be in danger if his identity is discovered. Xavier returns to the safe room and sees a colored number on Gus's neck. Having solved the clue, he kills Jonas for his number and hunts down the others. Laura succumbs to the nerve agent after finding another clue revealing Daniel's identity and Amanda and Addison abandon him. Amanda returns after finding Jonas's body. Addison finds a room with a glass box containing an antidote, but her arms become trapped in the bladed arm holes and Xavier leaves her to die after reading her number. Amanda and Daniel find a tunnel in the safe room which leads to the an underground bathroom, with two rotting corpses. Daniel collapses just before Xavier finds them. Amanda notes that he can't read his own number, but he cuts the skin from his neck. As he approaches them, Daniel suddenly rises and slashes his neck with a hacksaw, killing him. Having seen Xavier chase Daniel, Eric assaults Kramer and forces him to lead him to the house. The sitting area is revealed to be a lift and they use it to leave. The tech team tracks the video's source and Rigg leads his SWAT team to a house where they find VCRs playing previously recorded images. As Kerry realizes the game took place ''before'' they found Kramer, the timer expires and a large safe opens, revealing Daniel bound and breathing into an oxygen mask. Eric enters the house alone and locates the bathroom, where he is attacked by a pig-masked figure. He awakens shackled at the ankle to a pipe and a tape recorder, left by Amanda, tells him that she is Kramer's protégé and will continue his work after he dies. She appears in the doorway and seals the door, leaving Eric to die. Outside, Kramer hears Eric's screams and slowly forms a smile. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saw II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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