Saw part 2 many years back on VHS, and it has always been a guilty pleasure of mine.
Finally managed to track down the original and watched it last night.
A more than average entertainer which brings in a whole "made for TV" kind of vibe. The biggest expenses must be for the effects which were decently done, and this film also has a head exploding scene like the film it's based on,
Scanners.
But overall, I think I preferred part 2 a bit more (maybe because it was my first introduction to the Scanners universe, plus it had 2 Scanners fighting each other *geekgasm*).
Now to track down part 3.
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