The Ring 2

1999

1h 35m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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While investigating the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Mai (Miki Nakatani) learns of the existence of a videotape that causes those who watch it to die. She then hears the story of Sadako (Rie Ino'o), the vengeful, supernatural force behind the tape. Journalist Reiko (Nanako Matsushima) and her young boy previously watched the tape and survived, but when Mai finds them, the child is fighting off possession by Sadako. As Mai tries to help them, Sadako's spirit comes after her, too.

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James Berardinelli

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Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 23, 2005

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Dallas Morning News

Rated: D+

Apr 9, 2005

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Rated: 1/5

Apr 2, 2005

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

Rated: 1/4

Dec 27, 2007

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Rebecca Murray

About.com

Rated: D+

May 14, 2005

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

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Rated: C-

Apr 9, 2005

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S. C

The tone and atmosphere is being reimported from the original into this second try of a sequel which helps keeping the canon feel. There is some expansion to the lore of the ghost, some smart camera work and cool scares. Music's nice too. Although that's what I can give most of the credit for. A few, rather not small, writing choices and their executions are very questionable and get frustrating. I also found a little bit of editing and a couple of performances to come off as amateurish and silly, almost out of place. At the end Kanae's spirit decides to haunt Okazaki as a finishing horror gag, I suppose, which felt unnecessary and unconnected.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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Evahlynn J

I mean this is quite not that scary and kinda boring the whole time

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/31/23

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Justin T

Watching on DVD wasn't the best experience, it was too bright and the subtitles were burnt in and often hard to read due to their colour and poor quality. Otherwise it did have its own style and look which I didn't hate. The sound design was really brilliant and effective. Possibly a little rear heavy and I never thought I'd say that! It is different and unique from the first movie. Even though it is quite slow to start with, it does ramp up to a truly excellent and scary ending.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/07/23

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Audience Member

Almost as good as the first one

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/14/22

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Audience Member

The funniest Japanese sequel in adult horror history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

This movie have a some "aura" that other movie don't, if u not yet watch the first (98) then don't watch it, b cuz it's basically a sequel, so watch first (98) and then watch this if u interested (99) If u dont like first dont watch it if u like watch it ;)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Hideo Nakata

Director

Miki Nakatani

Mai Takano

Hitomi Sato

Masami Kurahashi

Kyoko Fukada

Kanae Sawaguchi

Nanako Matsushima

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Ryûji Takayama

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Synopsis

While investigating the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Mai (Miki Nakatani) learns of the existence of a videotape that causes those who watch it to die. She then hears the story of Sadako (Rie Ino'o), the vengeful, supernatural force behind the tape. Journalist Reiko (Nanako Matsushima) and her young boy previously watched the tape and survived, but when Mai finds them, the child is fighting off possession by Sadako. As Mai tries to help them, Sadako's spirit comes after her, too.

Director: Hideo Nakata
Production Co: Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 23, 2019
Runtime: 1h 35m

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