Ring 2
1998
Hideo Nakata's sequel to his notoriously creepy RING continues the chilling tale after the unforgettable finale of the original. Reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) continues her investigation of the ghostly Sadako and the cursed videotape. Meanwhile, Reiko's son, Yoichi (Rikiya Otaka), begins to show signs of psychic .. Read more
| Starring | Daisuke Ban, Kyoko Fukada, Kenjiro Ishimaru, Nanako Matsushima |
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| Director | Hideo Nakata |
| Genres | Horror, World Cinema |
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Ring 2
Hideo Nakata's sequel to his notoriously creepy RING continues the chilling tale after the unforgettable finale of the original. Reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) continues her investigation of the ghostly Sadako and the cursed videotape. Meanwhile, Reiko's son, Yoichi (Rikiya Otaka), begins to show signs of psychic powers similar to those of Sadako. Meanwhile, the former gilrfriend of Reiko's ex-husband, Mai Takano (Miki Nakatani), becomes involved in the search as well. As with the first film, watching this movie alone is not recommended.
| Starring | Daisuke Ban, Kyoko Fukada, Kenjiro Ishimaru, Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Rikiya Otaka |
|---|---|
| Director | Hideo Nakata |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Horror, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jul 2001 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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Rare case of a sequel living up to (and in some ways even improving on) the original. The quest for answers about the... read more on Time Out
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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Not a patch on the original
Ring 2 follows on directly from where the original left off, with the same characters and plot. Reiko is still trying to find a way to stop the curse of the video once and for all, but is worried because her son is starting to display the same kind of psychic powers that were inherent with Sadako before she was killed...
The engaging story fromt he original film is mostly gone now, with only the quest to learn more about Sadko and stop her taking centre-stage. The feeling of dread as time wore on which was so prevalent in the original, is not present at all here, since the orginal revealed how to stop the powers of the videotape.
The plot becomes even mroe convoluted with lots of psychobabble talk about auras and psychikinetic energy and what not, and it not only lets this film down, but startes to drag the original down with it.
The last 15 minutes are engaging and finally get us back into the swing of what we enjoyed about the original so much, but getting to that point is boring and even painful to watch.
If you want to be a Ring completist, by all means rent this, however, if you want the great memories of the original to remain untarnished, avoid like the plague. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Scary
One of the best films i have seen in a while, just recently got into Asian/Japanese horror but i tell you one thing you can not beat them. I would recommend this film to anyone, plenty of jump out of you're seat moments, the americans are just releasing their remake to this film, I'll go and watch it for entertainment value but i dont thing it will be very good look at The Ring, and if you like this try A tale of two sisters freaky as hell
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