Version: 1.2 **************************************************************** SAW II Frequently Asked Questions **************************************************************** written by: paranoidxe (skyler boerens) email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com This FAQ (frequently asked questions) covers the movie "SAW II", this should clear up any common confusion with the movie that viewers may have had. I have attempted to make this as complete as possible. Please email any mistakes or additional questions I should at to make the FAQ more complete or correct. As always with my FAQs, you should not view them unless you have seen the show, THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS FAQ. YOU HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED. UPDATE HISTORY -------------- 1.2 Added two additional questions (thx Kostas (k.petropoulos@freemail.gr) 1.1 Added Question #20 Updated Question #1 PLOT SYNOPSIS ------------- - taken from rottentomatoes.com Dying of cancer, Jigsaw lets himself get caught, only to show Detective Eric Mathews that his son, Daniel, has been taken hostage with seven other people, all of whom have been placed in a house of horros with only the slimmest chance of escaping with their lives. Jigsaw promises Matthews that Daniel will live only if the cop follows the rules of the game, but time is running out, as the captives' bodies have been poisoned with a toxin that will soon destory them. Meanwhile, in the dank, mysterious, booby-trapped house, the ever-more-desperate group of people furiously try to find their connection to each other and a way out. CAST INFORMATION ---------------- Eric Matthews - Donnie Wahlberg Amanda - Shawnee Smith Jigsaw - Tobin Bell Xavier - Franky G Jonas - Glenn Plummer Kerry - Dina Meyer Addison - Emmanuelle Vaugier Laura - Beverley Mitchell Daniel - Erik Knudsen Obi - Tim Burd Rigg - Lyriq Bent Michael - Noam Jenkins Gus - Tony Nappo SOUNDTRACK INFORMATION ---------------------- - credits to amazon.com Released: October 18th, 2005 1. Marilyn Manson - Irresponsible Hate Anthem 2. The Used - Sound Effects and Over Dramatics 3. Mudvayne - Forget To Remember 4. Bloodsimple - September 5. Papa Roach - Blood 6. Puscifer - rev 22:20 7. Sevendust - Pieces 8. Skinny Puppy - Rodent 9. Queens of the Stone Age - Burn The Witch 10. A Band Called Pain - Holy 11. Buckethead & Friends - Three Fingers 12. Legion of Doom - Home Invasion Robbery 13. Revolting Cocks - Caliente 14. Opiate for the Masses - Step Up 15. Charlie Clouser - Don't Forget The Rules QUESTION INDEX -------------- 1. Is Dr. Gordon Alive? Did He Join Jigsaw? 2. Was the key in the left or right eye socket at the beginning? 3. Why was Amanda seen slashing her wrists? 4. What two bodies were discovered in the bathroom at the end? 5. Where there two houses in the movie? 6. How did amanda possibly have time to return Daniel to John's safe and then manage to go back to the house and hide in the tub? 7. Was the glass trap intended for Addison? 8. Why did no one take the gun off the door? 9. Was the antidote on the key in the syringe pit? 10. Why wasn't the feed in the 2nd house tracked to the real house? 11. How did the cops find Jigsaw's hideout? 12. Why didn't Obi reach over the fire, turn the knob and save his life? 13. Were the needles filled with anything in the pit? 14. Why does Jigsaw remove part of the victims flesh? 15. What did the terms "Over the rainbow" and "In the back of your head" mean as it pertained to getting the combination? 16. What numbers were revealed on the back of the victims? 17. Why'd Xavier try to cut the number off his neck? 18. What were the deaths in Saw II? 19. So is Jigsaw dead at the end of the movie or what? 20. Did Amanda snap Laura's neck? 21. How many syringes exist? 22. Why doesn't the SWAT team wear masks when entering the house? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. IS DR. GORDON ALIVE? DID HE JOIN JIGSAW? It has been speculated that Dr. Gordon could be part of the Jigsaw murders. The reason for this logic is that it is highly unlikely that Jigsaw could do the eye surgery required to place the key behind the guy's eye at the beginning of the movie. Something that also supports this theory is that the body is NEVER found in or around the bathroom..as well as the fact the surgeon in the video has a very obvious limp. Things that disprove this theory is the fact it wouldn't make much since that Gordon throw his life away to work for Jigsaw, and also some say that the body is visible outside the entrance to the bathroom. NOTE: it has now been confirmed via a IGN interview on SAW II that Whannell states "We'd like it to be about Jigsaw I think. In James and my eyes, all the characters in the first film died. Thats the way we like it, nice and bleak" This confirms that it wouldn't be possible that Dr. Gordon is a serial killer..or that he could appear in future films. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. WAS THE KEY IN THE LEFT OR RIGHT EYE SOCKET AT THE BEGINNING? Overanalyzing the situation leads some to believe that the image of the xray was actually showing that the key was in his left eye instead of his right. This comes from the fact that Jigsaw is punishing him for watching other people which might lead to the conclusion he was supposed to cut his other eye to make him completely blind. The problem is, there is no surgery done apparently to his other eye so there would have been no way to get it behind that eye. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. WHY WAS AMANDA SEEN SLASHING HER WRISTS? John tells her it is the way to be "reborn" in which case would allow her to be on the side of Jigsaw (John). Much like Jigsaw proved to himself with the car accident, Amanda was proving herself by slicing her wrists. It could also be seen as a alibi to be in the house. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. WHAT TWO BODIES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE BATHROOM AT THE END? These bodies were Adam's and Zep's. Some believe that it was Dr. Gordon and Adam this is not true. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. WHERE THERE TWO HOUSES IN THE MOVIE? Yes there were two houses. FIRST HOUSE - was where the victims were at, this is where Eric goes to find his son, and this is where the bathroom with Zep and Adam's bodies were located. SECOND HOUSE - was where the SWAT team busted in and where the feed signal came from. The biggest difference you may notice is the main entrance in the first house was blocked by metal bars, which Xavier couldn't brake, the second house did not have this when the SWAT team broke in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. HOW DID AMANDA POSSIBLY HAVE TIME TO RETURN DANIEL TO JOHN'S SAFE AND THEN MANAGE TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE AND HIDE IN THE TUB? Remember, during the movie it is revealed that the video shown at John's location is actually a VIDEO FEED. Which means the events inside the house actually took place earlier than when Eric finally forced John (Jigsaw) to tell him where the house is located. So the actual events happened hours earlier, before Eric even captured Jigsaw. This gave her plenty of time to put Daniel in the safe and then go back to the house and hide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. WAS THE GLASS BOX TRAP INTENDED FOR ADDISON? Theory is that it may have been a fake setup for Amanda so it made her being there more realistic. It doesn't seem to fit Addison so much, but since we really don't know what addison was in there for, nor did the tape play we do not really know who it was intended for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. WHY DID NO ONE TAKE THE GUN OFF OF THE DOOR? Its clearly shown that Amanda attempts to take the gun off the door, weither she really tried or not remains unclear. Besides that, it'd be very unintelligent for Jigsaw to have the gun loaded with more than one round. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. WAS THE ANTIDOTE ON THE KEY IN THE SYRINGE PIT? There was a syringe on the key, and the liquid is the same color as the other one's in the house. However, there is no verification that this is actually a antidote to the poison in their blood. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10. WHY COULDN'T THE TEAM TRACK THE VIDEO FEED FROM THE 2ND HOUSE? The second house simply hosted the VHS tapes of the video feed..it linked to nothing. This is why they could not link it to the true house. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. HOW DID THE COPS FIND JIGSAW'S HIDEOUT? During the investigation of the first death of the movie, On the ceiling it said "Look Closer Detective Matthews". Inspecting the Venus Flytrap-like structure on the guys head had the name of a manufacturing plant. Matthews figures it out later in the film and this is how they find the hideout of Jigsaw. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12. WHY DIDN'T OBI REACH OVER THE FIRE TO TURN THE KNOB TO SAVE HIS LIFE? Because he chose not too..it is as simple as that. He didn't value life enough to do that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13. WERE THE NEEDLES FILLED WITH ANYTHING IN THE PIT? No, the syringes in the pit were not filed with any chemicals at all. The key had one attached but it is purely speculation that the shot actually contained the antidote. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14. WHY DOES JIGSAW REMOVE PIECES OF THE VICTIMS FLESH? Simple, it was to symbolize that the victims were missing a part in their lifes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15. WHAT DID THE TERM "OVER THE RAINBOW" AND "BACK OF YOUR MIND" MEAN WHEN JIGSAW TOLD THEM HOW TO GET THE COMBINATION? "Back of your Mind" - referred to the combination that was located on the back of their necks. "Over The Rainbow" - referred to the order in which the numbers should be put in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16. WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS ON THE BACK OF THE VICTIMS? We never find out if Amanda or the kid (Daniel) actually have a number on the back of their necks. Jonas - YELLOW - 16 Obi - GREEN - 11 Laura - BLUE - 8 Addison - VIOLET? - 9 Gus - RED - 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17. WHY DID XAVIER TRY TO CUT THE NUMBER OFF HIS NECK? He figured neither Amanda or the boy were going to tell him his number to get the antidote for himself. I mean after all Xavier was chasing them to kill them..just to retrieve the numbers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18. WHAT WERE THE DEATHS IN SAW II? Michael - smashed by the mask with needles Gus - shot through the eye via a gun on the otherside of a peep hole Obi - burned to death in a heating device Jonas - hit in the back of the head with a bat that had a bunch of nails embedded on the tip Laura - dies from the poison Addison - Not a confirmed death, but assumed she bled to death after putting her hands in a glass case to get a antidote. The antidote was stuck to the glass so it fell appart. With the design of the case the blades started to cut her arms when she tried to pull herself out. Xavier - Daniel slits his throat Eric Matthews - Gets locked up in the bathroom by Amanda, another unconfirmed death. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19. SO IS JIGSAW DEAD AT THE END OF THE MOVIE OR WHAT? Could go either way, we see that he has a smile on his face at the end of the movie..but we are left to be uncertain weither he is dead or not. Looking at the story for SAW II would make you think that he is probably dead, setting up Amanda as a successor to his work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20. DID AMANDA SNAP LAURA'S NECK WHEN SHE SEEMED TO BE CONVULSING? Some believe that Amanda snapped Laura's neck as she died. However, viewing the film again seems to conclude that she does not, and Laura simply dies from the damage taken from the nerve agent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21. IS THERE A BODY IN THE HALLWAY AT THE END OF SAW II? There is no body at the end of SAW II, this was just a rumor. Detective Tapp NOR Dr. Gordon's bodies exist in the hallway PERIOD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22. How many syringes exist? Since Jigsaw gives every prisoner a fair chance there have to be as many syringes as the people that are "tested". In the movie, I noticed only 5: one in the safe, two in the "hell" Obi enters, one in the razor box and one behind the door next to the needle pit. The prisoners are 7 (we exclude Amanda since she is an associate). So we lack two syringes. One is seen used next to the safe as Det. Matthews enters the room. This could be the one in the safe or one extra that Amanda kept in a safe place somewhere in the house in order to save Daniel. Let's assume the latter, we are still missing one syringe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23. WHY DOESN'T THE SWAT TEAM WEAR GAS MASKS WHEN ENTERING THE HOUSE? Jigsaw tells Matthews (the head of the SWAT team is at earshot) that there is gas in the house where the prisoners are kept. The SWAT team is seen not to wear any gas masks during their break-in to the 2nd house (which they *think* is the correct one, so they should have worn gas masks).