Jimellow

I just rented and watched Saw 2 with my dad last night, and we both enjoyed the first. The second was pretty confusing, and there are a few questions I have in terms of it all making sense.

The most important one to us relates to the cops son being locked in the cabinet throughout the entire movie.

I gather that the happenings inside the house were recorded previously, but if that is the case, how does the druggie girl end up leading the son and muscular killer to the room from the first movie, all timed correctly so that the son's father (the cop) shows up in time to be stabbed and locked in the room alone?

Furthermore, Jigsaw led the cop to room where the first movie took place, and yet this place is also somehow connected to the house in which the second movie takes place? As they (druggie and son, pursued by knife bearing killer), ran there together at the movie's close.

The movie was interesting, even believable, until about the point where they discovered it was a recording and ended up in the same room that the first movie took place in.

How can the son be in two places at once? And how could Jigsaw be sure that the druggie girl would survive long enough to end up in the room with the cop, so that she could stab him and shut the door? Actually, what the hell happened to the son when he was led to the room with the girl, while running from the knife bearing man? He was there.. Then he ends up in a cabinet in Jigsaw's place.

My understanding (barely) is that the happenings in the house were filmed, and then the son was captured (again) and taken to Jigsaw's place where he was put in the cabinet.

The "live" footage started when the cop ends up in the Saw 1 room, and is stabbed by the girl, to have the door locked behind him.

I guess the son escaped with the girl to the Saw 1 room, killed the knife bearing thug, and then was captured by the girl and taken back to Jigsaws place, where he was kept while the "video footage" of the house occurences was shown to the cops.

If that is what happened (and I honestly have no idea), I consider that to be way too much of a stretch, and a ridiculous sequel to an original movie that was really superb in my eyes. The people in this movie were idiots. They knew that Jigsaw set traps, and yet they instinctively act like morons and get entangled in the various, and blantantly obvious, traps he sets throughout the house. Don't use the key on the door.. Not only will I use the key, but I'll look through the keyhole while doing it! ... The girl putting her hands up through the glass to get the syringe? Are you kidding me?

I actually enjoyed this movie at the beginning, even defended it when my dad started to claim it was getting ridiculous, but after looking back (and before understanding the plot), I have to say it was a pretty poor movie, unless I am totally missing some major plot lines and explanations.

If someone did understand the movie and could enlighten me, at least partially, that would be great. As it stands, I actually regret seeing the sequel because it was so stupid and mediocre compared to the standard the first set.

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