Borrowing liberally from the Exorcist and Omen movies, and with little regard for credibility, The Ring Two has a familiar ring to it.
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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violence/terror, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Mar 18, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $75,888,270
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... 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 terrible run-in with the tortured evil spirit Samara, relocating to Oregon. Attempting to make a fresh start, Rachel takes a job as a crime reporter at the local newspaper, instantly establishing a pluckily competitive friendship with colleague Max Rourke (Simon Baker). But when it turns out Samara (Kelly Stables) has followed their trail, taking out innocent teens along the way with her old videotape tricks, Rachel dives right back into the mystery. But Samara gets to her son Aiden first. And as a budding photographer in his own right, with a nifty digital camera that he takes everywhere, Aiden quickly finds his own way to harness the relentless ghost. This time, along with the familiar video imagery and spooky clues from the first film, there is a lot of flooding going on. Water pours from television sets, doorways, and especially bathtubs. In addition, there are special effects involving some undead deer who, like Samara, seem to want respite for their wrongful deaths. Sissy Spacek makes a cameo as a religious mental patient in a creepy institution. But it is Watts who steals the show as the fearless uber-mom who digs through the cobwebbed basement of a haunted house, plunges to the bottom of a slimy well, and dances with death in an attempt to stop the perpetual cycle. [More]
Starring: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker, Sissy Spacek
Starring: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker, Sissy Spacek, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole
Director: Hideo Nakata
Director: Hideo Nakata
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Producer: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Composer: Henning Lohner, Hans Zimmer
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
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Reviews for The Ring Two
An uneven story undermines this horror franchise, despite high-quality performances by Naomi Watts and David Dorfman.
The main components that made the first film in this franchise so intriguing - palpable eeriness and surreal media satire -- are in short supply this second time out.
As sure-handed as director Hideo Nakata is with creepy imagery and suspense, The Ring Two makes missteps that have been made plenty of times before in Hollywood horror.
There are few things more disappointing than a tepid horror movie and The Ring Two is deadly dull.
Despite a pedigreed cast and crew, Ring Two might as well be Blair Witch 2.
Kruger's script is a typical collection of sprawling, audience-tested shock scenes strung together with a few chunks of exposition for logical coherence.
You'll still go home and check the closets--and that VCR -- for boogeymen.
After seeing The Ring Two, you wonder if 90 minutes of skin-tingling, dream-style imagery wouldn't be preferable to the narrative here.
Weird horror isn't as rewarding as scary or creepy, and The Ring Two is definitely one of the bigger disappointments of late.
Nakata goes for the long slow chill and avoids the U.S. style of the sudden shockfest.
Familiarity with the material evidently didn't account for much: Nakata's slice of horror proves only intermittently effective.
[Nakata] spends too long reviving nightmares and location shots from The Ring, forgetting that hell must be as fresh as it is rancid.
Easily as good as 2002's blockbuster hit The Ring, and in terms of visual style, more potently spooky.
As rings go, I'd sooner spend another two hours watching the one around my bathtub than sit through any continuation of this tale.
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