Saw II

Scenes of strong violence, with sadistic elements and a focus on pain, are intense and include the use of elaborate contraptions and booby traps, as well as bladed and improvised weapons. These shoot, stab, impale and deliver heavy blows to victims, resulting in extensive bloodshed.

Sustained and unsettling sequences of threat and menace feature people held captive, restrained, taunted with the prospect of painful deaths and succumbing to the effects of a deadly nerve agent.

Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') features, as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', ‘son of a bitch’, 'ass’, 'shit', ‘piss’, 'hell', 'goddam' and 'Jesus'.

There are infrequent moderate sex references.

A person injects themselves with heroin. There are also verbal references to crack cocaine.

Flashback sequences show a person’s attempt to take their own life. There are also verbal references to suicide.

Strong gory injury detail features in the aftermath of violence and includes close-up sight of bloody wounds, exposed brain matter, broken and severed limbs, and decomposing corpses.

There are references to terminal cancer. Upsetting scenes are centred on concern for the welfare of loved ones.