After seeing The Pacifier, I didn't think any movie this year could scare me as much. However, The Ring Two is much better and much scarier than the first.
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03/17/05
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker, Sissy Spacek
Director: Hideo Nakata
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Reviews for The Ring Two
The best advice for experiencing The Ring 2 is to emulate Watts’ involvement. She will tell you she enjoyed making it, but she probably hasn’t thought too much about it since.
03/17/05
This change of focus only makes the vapid horror ambiance of this franchise all the more forgettable.
03/17/05
Wan, thin, and surprisingly boring, even for the simple needs of a genre picture.
03/17/05
The new movie's special effects offer scant compensation for its negligible plot, dreary pace and slim characterization.
03/17/05
Top CriticSlavishly faithful to recurring modern horror mythologies designed to guarantee an extension of the franchise.
03/17/05
A tiny bit of the freakiness of the original is lost...but the pros outweigh the cons.
03/17/05
Nothing but sudden jolts and senseless eeriness, scattershot elements that might be frightening if there were any rhyme or reason to them.
03/17/05
...may be the first sequel where I actually wish they'd made another copy
03/17/05
Watts gets credit for bringing some soul to a movie that puts more emphasis on hair than heart.
03/17/05
Top CriticDespite Mr. Nakata's track record and the radiant presence of its star, Naomi Watts, The Ring Two is a dud.
03/17/05
Watts is wonderful, and the story's forsaken-child theme still has plenty of horrific power.
03/17/05
In the first Ring, you watched a videotape and seven days later, you were dead. In the second Ring, you watch a movie and seven minutes later, you're asleep.
03/17/05
Top CriticA movie without much flow or suspense.
03/17/05
This 'Ring' is strictly zircon, not diamond...plods along, trying to create a brooding atmosphere of menace but instead engendering one of boredom.
03/17/05
Not, for even a tiny second, legitimately scary.
03/17/05
The Ring Two is subtler and slower-moving than the brand of horror to which we are accustomed, but it is nightmarish, in the true sense of the word.
03/17/05
Top CriticDoesn't make a lot of sense, but Watts reaches down into a well of her own resolve and somehow makes it work.
03/17/05
Top CriticEhren Kruger's script for The Ring Two not only veers from Ringu 2 but strains credulity at every turn.
03/17/05
Top CriticThe Ring Two dilutes the dread that the first installment generated and introduces even greater concentrations of plot absurdity.
03/17/05
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