lorcan-61881 Ring 2 came out one year after the most terrifying film of the year,Ring directed by the same director who's name I can't and don't want to announce. The film follows the main character's ex's girlfriend who is now very curious to find out how and why her boyfriend died,as she digs deeper into the case of Sadako,she finds out some secretive things kept away from the first film. When Ring came out,another film,just at the same time came out called Rasen but I did not watch that film so I skipped on to Ring 2,leaving it out. Ring 2 is a highly brilliant horror film and a great sequel to Ring,but it obviously was not as great and frightening as Ring,the film has a kind of sci-fi roll to the film which I did not like,in Ring,it was so creepy and silent,knowing that something would happen,this film did not have any creepy vibes or silent parts it was just really intense,like a lot,another thing in the film I hated was that they created a lot of silly information on Sadako,the ghost,like that she survived for thirty years after being thrown down the well,the acting in the film was obviously really good considering most of the original actors and actresses are back. The ending to the film was probably the best part in the whole film. Ring 2 is a good sequel but a few flaws can't make it like the original classic J-horror!

jacobjohntaylor1 This not scary. I did not why it got a 6. That is just overrating it. The Ring (1998) is better and that was an awful movie. If this movie had not been made the remake would not have been made and that is only good thing I can say about this movie. The Ring (2002) is also a lot better. That one is very scary. This movie has an awful story line. It has awful acting. It is not scary. Do not waste your time. Do not waste your money. Do not see this movie. It slow and boring and not scary. I give 4 out 10 because it is a horror movie that is not scary. If you want see something scary See The Exorcist. Do not see this movie. It is not scary at all.

Leofwine_draca Apparently, director Hideo Nakata was drafted in to shoot this sequel to 1998's RING when that film's original sequel, RASEN – shot back to back with the first – flopped with Japanese audiences. RING 2 is more of a straightforward successor to RING, logically following on from events portrayed in the first film and feeling exactly the same in terms of tone, lighting, and look. Heck, even most of the actors and actresses are back from the first film, so watching these two back-to-back would be akin to sitting through a three-hour film.For starters, RING 2 isn't as good as the first film. It lacks the surprise and the originality of that movie, and all of the shocks here are familiar to anyone who's seen the original film – and anyone who hasn't will be scratching their heads and wondering what the heck is going on here. The film is very talky and very slow, as with the original film in the series, and once again the overlaid English subtitles are extremely hard to make out, so some of the dialogue is missed. However, there's always plenty going on so there's never time to get bored, despite the slow pacing, and the return of many cast members from the first film is a real treat – especially Hiroyuki Sanada, who doesn't let his character's death in RING stop him from coming back here! The plot twists and turns in many directions and opens up new areas of the mythology, incorporating psychic powers and the mysterious channelling of psychic energy into water. I admit that I was engaged with the story and never found it lacking for a second.Thankfully, the horror in this film is just as creepy as ever. Nakata keeps a slow-burning tension that builds up until the first real shocks that occur about an hour into the production. My favourite scene of all is the bit where the reporter examines the videotape and discovers that something weird is happening to the head of the girl on film – things get more surreal as she becomes a creation of ghostly evil, and there's a fantastic use of a 'jumpy' special effect like the ones used in JACOB'S LADDER and THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL remake. Many creepy scenes from the first flick are repeated, like the grainy television set images and the excellent bit involving the woman combing her hair in a mirror. Things culminate in a nightmarish ending which returns things to the well – and what happens is as disturbing as ever. RING 2 doesn't top the experience of watching the first, and best, film in the series, but it proves to be a worthy sequel with plenty of scary bits to enjoy.

dbdumonteil In 1998, Hideo Nakata caused a stir with a horror/fantasy film: "Ringu". With a capacity to make shiver thanks to the suggested and the off-camera, this gem refreshed the Asiatic fantastic genre even the fantastic genre. One year later, the filmmaker stepped back into the breach to produce a (superfluous) sequel. A typical American trend and it is well known: sequels rarely match the brilliance of their elder brothers. Like "the Haunting" (1963) or "the Blair Witch Project" (1999), "Ringu" is a film that cries out to be left alone.However, at first glance, it's an alluring menu with first-class ingredients. One doesn't change a winning formula, especially if it isn't imposed by the Hollywood working conditions: Nakata reproduced the thrifty, sober style that had so well served him for his 1998 film. Patience was his prevailing mood when he directed his work and we are entitled to genteel, spooky moments. But the problem lies in the fact that the scenario appears sometimes as artificial even desultory in its conception and progression. The first chapter was clear in its goal: what was the source of these outlandish images on the cursed video tape? Here, the issues aren't well defined and more simply have a minor importance compared to the first film's major stake. Hence the nearly absence of a crescendo towards terror and an increasing lack of interest from the viewer.In spite of an elegant camera work and the molding of an eerie atmosphere, it is highly likely that this superfluous sequel will leave a good number of the aficionados of the first film unsatisfied. So, you'd better stick with the first film or even its American ambassador.