The Ring Two dilutes the dread that the first installment generated and introduces even greater concentrations of plot absurdity.
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03/17/05
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
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Might have something interesting to say about cultural ambivalence by and toward the maternal impulse if only it had a spark of originality or verve.
03/17/05
While nearly every shock comes at predictable moments, there is genuine ingenuity behind many, and the movie is surprisingly fresh for one made by a guy on his third go-round with the same material.
03/17/05
Top CriticOverall, it's a film project that follows logically from sequel-itis and box-office greed. And it never rises much above them.
03/17/05
Moves fast and isn't without its freakish images—but it becomes obvious the film was rushed into production without much thought or faithfulness into the first picture's lore.
03/17/05
The Ring Two is one of those rare Hollywood sequels -- a second chapter that holds it own against the ultra successful first.
03/17/05
Super-flashy American directors are supposed to gum up the works in a remake, not the original filmmaker. This is a narratively hollow, fright-free exercise of franchise.
03/17/05
Samara, the evil ghost from The Ring, hasn’t upgraded.
03/17/05
A sequel that not only matches but exceeds the horrific power of its predecessor.
03/17/05
a worthy sequel to one of the best American horror movies ever made
03/17/05
Just as the director’s creepy gliding camera endlessly haloes his distraught characters, The Ring franchise now appears content to simply go around in circles.
03/17/05
Deadly dull, frequently hilarious.
03/16/05
I see wet people ... in this lumbering, would-be horror thriller.
03/16/05
...so much of the plot is just left dangling, you’d think this thing was shot without a script.
03/16/05
Bolstered with Watts' half-crazy, one-woman-show intensity, Rachel is one tough momma.
03/16/05
...meanders so slowly through its paces that even the scares seem lethargic.
03/16/05
A half-intriguing, half-tedious follow-up to DreamWorks' 2002 creepy sleepersleeper.
03/16/05
Top CriticHardly running rings around the American original, this one is just a bottomless well of cliches.
03/16/05
A bottomless well of murky wetness out of which no woman emerges unpunished.
03/16/05
The film looses credibility at times, but there’s no denying that some of the ghost scenes are truly frightening.
03/16/05
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