Destroyed its own best scary bits in favor of digging up more mythology.
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04/21/05
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
The result is actually much better than anyone had perhaps expected, with a fright quota that actually exceeds the original, even if it completely abandons common sense and rational plotting to get there.
04/20/05
Shouldn't wind up the devotees too much and will keep fans of the first American movie quiet.
04/19/05
Just about as bad as the first film was. If anything, it's a little stupider.
04/15/05
The film may not be quite as good as the first one, but rest assured there are plenty of scares left in this franchise.
04/14/05
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04/09/05
a different and, I would argue, slightly better film that its predecessor
04/09/05
Dead in the water.
04/09/05
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04/09/05
Top CriticA perplexing compound of the silly and the glum.
04/09/05
...there's virtually no reason for the movie to even exist.
04/09/05
Hideo Nakata directed the Japanese version of the "Ringu" series and one would expect that he'd know how to do a decent horror film..for some reason he didn't do it this time.
04/09/05
A few good gotcha moments and one solid thrill isn’t enough save this movie.
04/09/05
We’re left with another tepid PG-13 horror sequel that rehashes huge chunks of the original and, in the end, has almost nothing new to offer.
04/09/05
This tired followup manages to recycle all that was obnoxious about the first movie while abandoning the one legitimately frightening element of the original: the tape.
04/09/05
It is like an exercise in cinema mechanics: Images, music, photography and mood conspire to create a sense of danger, even though at any given moment we cannot possibly explain the rules under which that danger might manifest itself.
04/09/05
Top CriticMay not be a masterpiece, but it has its share of thoughtful little angles.
04/09/05
Even if you buy the basic premise of a ghost on videotape, the tortuous logic demanded to create a sequel doesn't hold up to reasonable scrutiny
04/08/05
Drastic character changes dilute what was a dense and terrifying story.
04/08/05
Less is often more but in the case of The Ring Two, the lazily-titled sequel to the popular -- and enormously successful -- The Ring, more is less, more or less.
04/06/05
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