This isn't a slasher horror film at all; it gets deep into the characters' heads.
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04/06/05
The Ring Two (2005)
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Reviews Counted:176
Fresh:36
Rotten:140
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Ring Two serves up horror cliches, and not even Hideo Nakata, the director of the movies from which this one is based, can save the movie from a dull screenplay full of absurdities.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: In this horror sequel from Japanese master Hideo Nakata, the curse of the videotape returns. Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aiden (David Dorfman) move from Seattle after their first... [More]
Starring: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker, Sissy Spacek
Director: Hideo Nakata
Reviews for The Ring Two
Watts is a terrific actress, but there's little she can do to cover the cavernous gaps in logic in Ehren Kruger's script.
04/09/05
Top CriticNaomi Watts is excellent, giving a more complex performance than the film really deserves and portraying Rachel as a mixture of anger, toughness and vulnerability.
04/09/05
Provides one or two jumps and they're suitably creative, but they don't represent the film as a whole which is, in short, a mess.
03/07/05
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04/01/06
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02/09/06
Top CriticThe kid is a high-functioning autistic and the mother is terrified of him. It’s not a horror/thriller, just a tedious bore.
03/16/05
Nakata goes for the long slow chill and avoids the U.S. style of the sudden shockfest.
03/18/05
The film is a dud in the tradition of such weak horror sequels as Exorcist II and Dracula's Dog.
03/18/05
Sluggish and uninspiring, the sequel to the hit film doesn't live up to the first.
03/21/05
Horror movies have long exploited the anxieties associated with birth and child-rearing, but 'The Ring Two' may be the first to credit its hauntings to postpartum depression.
03/18/05
Nothing but a by-the-numbers horror film with little to offer in the ways of originality or excitement.
03/17/05
A dull, plodding horror movie that ventures into the realm of idiocy when it isn't busy remaking the first film.
03/18/05
An uneven story undermines this horror franchise, despite high-quality performances by Naomi Watts and David Dorfman.
03/18/05
Unfortunately, the screenplay by Ehren Kruger is littered with plot holes that reduce the story to a generic thriller formula.
07/15/08
...meanders so slowly through its paces that even the scares seem lethargic.
03/16/05
The Ring Two is a rather tedious affair, heavy on atmosphere, but light on story. It’s a silly bunch of hogwash, a pale shadow of the original.
03/21/05
Remember, they say, "before you die you see the ring"…it doesn't say anything about having to see the Ring Two!
03/18/05
[Nakata] spends too long reviving nightmares and location shots from The Ring, forgetting that hell must be as fresh as it is rancid.
03/18/05
Everyone really wants The Ring Two to be as frightening as the original. But unfortunately, the deadly videotape does not hold up to repeat viewings.
03/18/05
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