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* PatiencePlot: Jigsaw's test for Eric is pretty much designed around this, wanting him to simply listen to his life story and philosophy for why he does his actions under a certain time limit so he can see his son again, who's currently trapped in a building with others that's being pumped with nerve gas. [[spoiler: Eric, however, becomes too impatient at the halfway mark and ultimately threatens Jigsaw into telling him where his son is, and Jigsaw tricks him into going into a false location. Turns out Jigsaw was being truthful, as the game that was being played on the other end and shown on the monitors was pre-recorded, meaning the events in the building had already transpired. His son had already survived the game and was in a safe underneath Eric and the other cops the entire time. If Eric's anger hadn't got the better of him and he managed to wait out the time limit, he would've found his son safe and sound.]]
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* PatiencePlot: Jigsaw's test for Eric is pretty much designed around this, wanting him to simply listen to his life story and philosophy for why he does his actions under a certain time limit so he can see his son again, who's currently trapped in a building with others that's being pumped with nerve gas. [[spoiler: Eric, however, becomes too impatient at the halfway mark and ultimately threatens Jigsaw into telling him where his son is, and Jigsaw tricks him into going into a false location. Turns out Jigsaw was being truthful, as the game that was being played on the other end and shown on the monitors was pre-recorded, meaning the events in the building had already transpired. His son had already survived the game and was in locked inside a safe underneath Eric and standing in the other cops corner of the room the entire time. If Eric's Eric had kept his anger hadn't got the better of him under control and he managed to wait waited out the time limit, he would've would have found his son Daniel "in a safe and sound.secure state" just as Jigsaw had promised.]]
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* DolledUpInstallment: It started as an unrelated script called ''The Desperate'' but it was that similar to ''Film/Saw1'' that it was rewritten as a sequel.
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* DolledUpInstallment: It started as an unrelated script called ''The Desperate'' but it was that similar to ''Film/Saw1'' ''Film/SawI'' that it was rewritten as a sequel.
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* DolledUpInstallment: It started as an unrelated script called ''The Desperate'' but it was that similar to ''Film/{{Saw}}'' that it was rewritten as a sequel.
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* DolledUpInstallment: It started as an unrelated script called ''The Desperate'' but it was that similar to ''Film/{{Saw}}'' ''Film/Saw1'' that it was rewritten as a sequel.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are several hints to Amanda's true reasons for being in the Nerve Gas House, [[spoiler:namely because she's been working with Jigsaw all along]]:
** Just after she wakes up, when Addison describes Jigsaw as a {{serial killer}}, Amanda is quick to correct her that he ''isn't'', and she sounds a little defensive. [[spoiler:This is because John is Amanda's {{parental substitute}} now, and she's part of his crusade to use his traps to "heal" people by putting them in life-or-death situations]].
** [[spoiler:Amanda, unlike the other Nerve Gas House victims who live long enough to start feeling the gas's effects, doesn't display any symptoms that can't be feigned with simple acting. She doesn't vomit or cough up any blood. Hinting early on that she's probably already been immunized against the gas so she can watch over Daniel]].
** When Daniel and Amanda, while fleeing from Xavier, run into the door to the Bathroom Trap at the end of a corridor, Amanda doesn't need to look around for a door handle before grasping it and opening the door -- she ''immediately'' knows where the handle is and how to open the door, hinting that she knows more than she's been letting on and that she's been to the Bathroom Trap's location before.
** Just after she wakes up, when Addison describes Jigsaw as a {{serial killer}}, Amanda is quick to correct her that he ''isn't'', and she sounds a little defensive. [[spoiler:This is because John is Amanda's {{parental substitute}} now, and she's part of his crusade to use his traps to "heal" people by putting them in life-or-death situations]].
** [[spoiler:Amanda, unlike the other Nerve Gas House victims who live long enough to start feeling the gas's effects, doesn't display any symptoms that can't be feigned with simple acting. She doesn't vomit or cough up any blood. Hinting early on that she's probably already been immunized against the gas so she can watch over Daniel]].
** When Daniel and Amanda, while fleeing from Xavier, run into the door to the Bathroom Trap at the end of a corridor, Amanda doesn't need to look around for a door handle before grasping it and opening the door -- she ''immediately'' knows where the handle is and how to open the door, hinting that she knows more than she's been letting on and that she's been to the Bathroom Trap's location before.
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* DolledUpInstallment: It started as an unrelated script called ''The Desperate'' but it was that similar to ''Film/{{Saw}}'' that it was rewritten as a sequel.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jigsaw kidnaps Michael because he despises his role as an informant, describing him as a "voyeur." While the role of a criminal informant can be dirty, especially when it concerns someone like Eric Matthews, an informant can be invaluable in assisting law enforcement in saving lives and catching criminals. Plus, the fact John describes Michael as such is [[{{Hypocrite}} pretty rich]], [[InsaneTrollLogic considering he spies extensively on his victim's personal lives before testing them.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jigsaw kidnaps Michael because he despises his role as an informant, describing him as a "voyeur." While the role of a criminal informant can be dirty, especially when it concerns someone like Eric Matthews, an informant can be invaluable in assisting law enforcement in saving lives and catching criminals. Plus, the fact John describes Michael as such is [[{{Hypocrite}} pretty rich]], [[InsaneTrollLogic considering he spies extensively on his victim's personal lives before testing them.]]them]].
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: In the opening scene, Michael gets terrified and can only scream for help and let out a RapidFireNo just before the Death Mask kills him.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: In the opening scene, Michael gets terrified is unable to will himself to complete his test; he throws away his tools, drops to his knees, and can only scream for help and let out a RapidFireNo just before the Death Mask kills him.
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* EndsWithASmile: The movie ends with [[spoiler:Jigsaw, badly beaten and bloodied, eking out a small grin as [[ClusterFBomb Eric curses out his apprentice]], Amanda, offscreen.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: In the opening scene, Michael gets terrified and can only let out RapidFireNo just before the Death Mask kills him.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: In the opening scene, Michael gets terrified and can only scream for help and let out a RapidFireNo just before the Death Mask kills him.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:Xavier's aggressive, self-centered attitude and refusal to cooperate creates ''many'' needless problems for the group, and leads to the deaths of several people. When Jonas questions him about it, he states he just likes pitting himself against others. Perhaps his biggest error is picking up on the fact that the numbers of the safe combination are on the back of everyone's necks and ''not sharing it with anybody'', instead approaching people menacingly without telling them what he's doing, which is universally perceived as a threat.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:Xavier's aggressive, self-centered attitude and refusal to cooperate creates ''many'' needless problems for the group, and leads to the deaths of several people. When Jonas questions him about it, he states says that he just likes pitting himself against others. Perhaps his biggest error most egregious act is picking up on the fact that the numbers of the safe combination are on the back of everyone's necks and ''not sharing it with anybody'', instead approaching people menacingly without telling them what he's doing, which is universally perceived as a threat.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Eric lays out the ''mother'' of all beatdowns on John toward the climax, one so vicious that it has him writhing in ''horrible'' agony between taunting Eric. Even though Eric was failing his game by giving in to his rage, it's hard to deny that John deserved every second of it.]]
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* AssholeVictim: AssholeVictim:
** [[spoiler:Eric lays out the ''mother'' of all beatdowns on John toward the climax, one so vicious that it has him writhing in ''horrible'' agony between taunting Eric. Even though Eric was failing his game by giving in to his rage, and it essentially boils down to a hardened police officer brutalizing a defenseless old man, it's hard to deny that John deserved every second of it.]]
** [[spoiler:Eric lays out the ''mother'' of all beatdowns on John toward the climax, one so vicious that it has him writhing in ''horrible'' agony between taunting Eric. Even though Eric was failing his game by giving in to his rage, and it essentially boils down to a hardened police officer brutalizing a defenseless old man, it's hard to deny that John deserved every second of it.]]
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%%* {{Foil}}: Eric is one to Xavier.
%%* Both are horrible people (Xavier's a drug dealer with a nasty attitude and Eric is a RabidCop who [[spoiler: had put several people in jail using false evidence, sometimes ruining their lives]], and he had cheated on his wife with Kerry, destroying the relationship between him and his son) with violent tempers that get roped into Jigsaw's games. %%* Both end up losing their tests [[FatalFlaw by giving into their anger]]
%%** Instead of working with the people in the Nerve House, Xavier belittles them, forces Amanda to take his place in his own trap, and when he realizes that the combination to the safe is the number tattooed/branded on everyone's necks, he keeps this to himself and threatens, attempts to, or outright kills his teammates instead of just asking
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%%* Both are horrible people (Xavier's a drug dealer with a nasty attitude and Eric is a RabidCop who [[spoiler: had put several people in jail using false evidence, sometimes ruining their lives]], and he had cheated on his wife with Kerry, destroying the relationship between him and his son) with violent tempers that get roped into Jigsaw's games. %%* Both end up losing their tests [[FatalFlaw by giving into their anger]]
%%** Instead of working with the people in the Nerve House, Xavier belittles them, forces Amanda to take his place in his own trap, and when he realizes that the combination to the safe is the number tattooed/branded on everyone's necks, he keeps this to himself and threatens, attempts to, or outright kills his teammates instead of just asking
%%** John
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Eric lays out the ''mother'' of all beatdowns on John toward the climax, one so vicious that it has him writhing in ''horrible'' agony between taunting Eric. Even though Eric was failing his game by giving in to his rage, it's hard to deny that John deserved every second of it.]]
** [[spoiler:After knowing who Amanda REALLY is, and what she does in future movies, Xavier pushing her into the Needle Pit is this in hindsight.]]
** [[spoiler:After knowing who Amanda REALLY is, and what she does in future movies, Xavier pushing her into the Needle Pit is this in hindsight.]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Eric lays out the ''mother'' of all beatdowns on John toward the climax, one so vicious that it has him writhing in ''horrible'' agony between taunting Eric. Even though Eric was failing his game by giving in to his rage, it's hard to deny that John deserved every second of it.]]
** [[spoiler:After knowing who Amanda REALLY is, and what she does in future movies, Xavier pushing her into the Needle Pit is this in hindsight.]]
** [[spoiler:After knowing who Amanda REALLY is, and what she does in future movies, Xavier pushing her into the Needle Pit is this in hindsight.]]
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* ALighterShadeOfGray: John isn't necessarily depicted as being sympathetic in this film (which mainly comes into play in the following films), repeatedly taunting Eric and being willing to [[WouldHurtAChild put Eric's teenage son Daniel in danger]]. However, he fares in comparison to Xavier, the direct threat to the other Nerve Gas House victims, who's an apathetic {{Jerkass}} and won't hesitate to kill anyone (including Daniel), to escape from the house.
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* ALighterShadeOfGray: John isn't necessarily depicted as being sympathetic in this film (which mainly comes into play in the following films), repeatedly taunting Eric and being willing to [[WouldHurtAChild put Eric's teenage son Daniel in danger]]. However, he fares in comparison to Xavier, the direct threat to the other Nerve Gas House victims, who's an apathetic {{Jerkass}} and won't hesitate to kill anyone (including Daniel), to escape from the house.
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* ALighterShadeOfGray: John isn't necessarily depicted as being sympathetic in this film (which mainly comes into play in the following films), repeatedly taunting Eric and being willing to [[WouldHurtAChild put Eric's teenage son Daniel in danger]]. However, he fares in comparison to Xavier, the direct threat to the other Nerve Gas House victims, who's an apathetic {{Jerkass}} and won't hesitate to kill anyone (including Daniel), to escape from the house.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The fact that [[spoiler: the feed is not live and Eric has arrived long after the events in the house concluded instead of as they are occurring]] can be figured out a few moments before it's actually revealed by noticing [[spoiler: the bodies of the participants Eric passes are visibly rotting and giving off a stench, despite in theory only being minutes old]].
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* VillainsOutShopping: John is in the middle of eating cereal when Eric, Kerry, and the SWAT team backing them barge into his new lair at the Wilson Steel Plant.
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** Kerry delivers one when she realizes that [[spoiler:the Nerve Gas House's footage was pre-recorded. "It's not live."]]. Prior to this, she asks the SWAT teams and Eric "Where the hell is everybody? What is your 20?"
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** Kerry delivers one when she realizes that [[spoiler:the Nerve Gas House's footage was pre-recorded. "It's not live."]]. Prior to this, she asks the SWAT teams team and Eric "Where the hell is everybody? What is your 20?"
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* SacrificlLion: [[spoiler: Jonas, who for the entirety of his appearance was the most reasonable and level-headed of the trap players, and the only one (since Gus is killed quickly) that was even a slight physical match for the brutish Xavier. After Jonas dies, and Addison gets trapped and left by Xavier to die, it's up to the diminutive Amanda and the teenage Daniel to eventually face Xavier alone. Since the audience is unaware of the twist, things look very bleak for Amanda and Daniel's survival once Jonas is no longer alive to help them.]]
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* SacrificlLion: SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Jonas, who for the entirety of his appearance was the most reasonable and level-headed of the trap players, and the only one (since Gus is killed quickly) that was even a slight physical match for the brutish Xavier. After Jonas dies, and Addison gets trapped and left by Xavier to die, it's up to the diminutive Amanda and the teenage Daniel to eventually face Xavier alone. Since the audience is unaware of the twist, things look very bleak for Amanda and Daniel's survival once Jonas is no longer alive to help them.]]
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** Kerry delivers one when she realizes that [[spoiler:the Nerve Gas House's footage was pre-recorded. "It's not live."]]. Prior to this, she tells asks SWATs and Eric "Where the hell is everybody? What is your 20?"
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** Kerry delivers one when she realizes that [[spoiler:the Nerve Gas House's footage was pre-recorded. "It's not live."]]. Prior to this, she tells asks SWATs the SWAT teams and Eric "Where the hell is everybody? What is your 20?"
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Jonas delivers a pretty strong one to Xavier, even though Xavier is larger and more muscular. Subverted in the end because Jonas is overcome with a coughing fit before he can entirely incapacitate Xavier, and Xavier takes the opportunity to bury the spiked baseball bat in the back of Jonas' head.]]
* SacrificlLion: [[spoiler: Jonas, who for the entirety of his appearance was the most reasonable and level-headed of the trap players, and the only one (since Gus is killed quickly) that was even a slight physical match for the brutish Xavier. After Jonas dies, and Addison gets trapped and left by Xavier to die, it's up to the diminutive Amanda and the teenage Daniel to eventually face Xavier alone. Since the audience is unaware of the twist, things look very bleak for Amanda and Daniel's survival once Jonas is no longer alive to help them.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: The brown desk, second drawer down. John further pushes Eric's buttons by revealing that the victims in the Nerve Gas House are [[spoiler:people whom Eric personally arrested after planting evidence on them during his career]], and tauntingly notes, "It would be a shame [for Eric's son] if they discovered who you are."
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: The brown desk, second drawer down. John further pushes Eric's buttons by revealing that the victims in the Nerve Gas House are [[spoiler:people whom Eric personally arrested after planting evidence on them during his career]], and tauntingly notes, "It would be a shame [for Eric's son] if they discovered who you are."
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* ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler: When trapped inside the furnace, Obi forces himself to keep his mouth closed for as long as possible, clearly aware that the hot air searing his lungs will kill him before the fully burns to death from the fire. Sure enough, once Obi can't stop himself from screaming, he expires shortly afterwards and before they can get him out of the furnace.]]
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->''"Those who don't appreciate life do not deserve life."''
->''"Those who don't appreciate life do not deserve life."''
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: In the opening scene, Michael gets terrified and can only let out RapidFireNo just before the DeathTrap he's in kills him.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: In the opening scene, Michael gets terrified and can only let out RapidFireNo just before the DeathTrap he's in kills him.
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** In the film itself, Eric deliberately breaks one of John's fingers to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique force him into telling Daniel's location]].
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** In the film itself, Eric deliberately breaks one of John's fingers to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique force him into telling Daniel's location]].
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* {{Fingore}}: A common depiction in the movie's posters (a less graphic version of which is pictured above) is a pair of severed fingers with a decayed appearance, taking place as the "II" in the film's title. Also, Eric deliberately breaks one of John's fingers to force him into revealing Daniel's location.
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* {{Fingore}}: {{Fingore}}:
** A common depiction in the movie's posters (a less graphic version of which is pictured above) is a pair of severed fingers with a decayed appearance, taking placeas of the "II" in the film's title. Also, title.
** In the film itself, Eric deliberately breaks one of John's fingers to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique force him intorevealing telling Daniel's location.location]].
** A common depiction in the movie's posters (a less graphic version of which is pictured above) is a pair of severed fingers with a decayed appearance, taking place
** In the film itself, Eric deliberately breaks one of John's fingers to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique force him into
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* PsychopathicManchild: When Xavier fails to reach his antidote in time after Amanda (whom he forced to do the dirty work for him) gives him the key, he starts sobbing and flipping out like a little kid. He even blames her for his own inability to get the key into the lock in time (even dropping it once), and moves threateningly to hurt her before Jonas stops him.
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* PsychopathicManchild: When Xavier fails to reach his antidote in time after Amanda (whom he forced to do the dirty work for him) gives him the key, he starts sobbing and flipping out like a little kid. He even also [[NeverMyFault blames her her]] for his own inability to get the key into the lock in time (even dropping it once), and moves threateningly to hurt her before Jonas stops him.