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Ring Two, The
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 37 critic reviews
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Based on 68 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Horror | Mystery | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Ehren Kruger
Kôji Suzuki (novel Ringu)
Hiroshi Takahashi (1998 film Ringu)
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 18, 2005
DVD: August 23, 2005
Running Time: 111 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for violence/terror, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language
Starring Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek, Ryan Merriman, and Emily VanCamp
The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller (Watts) and her son Aidan (Dorfman) in Seattle. To escape her haunting memories, Rachel takes Aidan and moves to the small coastal community of Astoria, Oregon, to start fresh. However, Rachel's resolve quickly turns to dread when evidence at a local crime scene-including an unmarked videotape-seems eerily familiar. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror and death. (DreamWorks)
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FILM: Hideo Nakata's Chaos The Ring
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Watts is wonderful, and the story's forsaken-child theme still has plenty of horrific power.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
An unusually atmospheric outing. Splatter fans may be disappointed, because Nakata isn't interested in a body count.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano
The movie is as side-splitting as it is creepy, especially when it ventures into surrealistic nightmare imagery.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Watts evokes a classic Hitchcockian virgin-whore duality.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The charm of The Ring Two, while limited, is real enough; it is based on the film's ability to make absolutely no sense, while nevertheless generating a real enough feeling of tension a good deal of the time.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
You have to admire Nakata's skill at letting the dead run free while hinting that we may have more to fear from the living. With a braver step in that direction, this middling movie would ring more than box-office bells.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Watts has proven herself a Lady of the Rings, but twice is enough. No burning need for a trilogy.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
It's hardly the best film in the world but you can have fun with it.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Somewhat sluggish but reasonably scary.
Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
The movie works while you watch it, with plenty of scares both sudden and psychological.
Read Full Review >Empire Kim Newman
Delivers a decent puzzle and enough jumps to keep you enjoyably jittery.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
It's passably gripping and occasionally lively.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Isn't a great work of horror, but it's admirable simply because it serves the genre so serviceably. It's nicely constructed, and it doesn't have one of those ridiculous extended endings.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Borrowing liberally from the "Exorcist" and "Omen" movies, and with little regard for credibility, The Ring Two has a familiar ring to it.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
An uneven story undermines this horror franchise, despite high-quality performances by Naomi Watts and David Dorfman.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Remember mood rings? The Ring Two is a mood movie - a bad-mood movie.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The scariest thing in the not-scary-enough The Ring Two is the notion that even smart, attractive adults - yikes, even mothers - just never learn, either.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Kruger's elaborations on the original mystery are superfluous, but Watts gives this everything she's got.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Despite some impressive technical achievements, it too looks like a movie with little reason for being.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
One-scene guest star Sissy Spacek packs enough genuine madness into her brief screen time to make the surrounding film feel like so much listless play-acting.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
The film is a dud in the tradition of such weak horror sequels as "Exorcist II" and "Dracula's Dog."
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
Doesn't do much besides giving original "Ringu" and "Ringu 2" director Hideo Nakata the chance to strut his stuff in front of a wide-release audience.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ed Park
This poorly conceived sequel to Gore Verbinski's "The Ring" ditches that film's scariest conceit.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
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.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Goes wrong in less than two minutes, which may be a world record for sequels to decent movies.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
As far as I'm concerned, it's official: Hollywood has lost the art of how to make horror films.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Despite Mr. Nakata's track record and the radiant presence of its star, Naomi Watts, The Ring Two is a dud.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
It's only at film's end that you realize the whole soggy, overlong mess isn't going to go anywhere.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 68 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Gavin C gave it a7:
Not as good as the original, but it's just as artistic.
becky gave it a5:
Well because only it was disappointing whenRachel closes the well my 2nd mum says there will be a 3rd but i do not think so and when loads of people say that Adian will die and he did not get abused
d ferris gave it a1:
All I have to say is "deer scene" I have never laughed so hard in my life. Not to say that the rest of the film could even salvage this horrible film, but that scene in particular was so lame that I had to show all of my friends...they all hate me now.
Stan M. gave it a4:
I was a huge fan of the first film so I was really disappointed by this half-baked piece of junk. This movie had none of the scares and definitely none of the creepiness of the first one. There were so many wholes in this story it was ridiculous. First, why the heck would Rachel even have a television in her house let alone a video player? Didn't the writer see Poltergeist and the all important last seen when the family shoves the television out of their motel room? And what was up with the deers? I mean were we supposed to believe that somehow deers can sense evil or was Aiden actually Damian from the Omen? And finally why didn't they just tell uswho or what Samara was? Maybe they think people will actually pay to see The Ring Three. If you haven't seen the first American version of The Ring see that and if you have don't waste your time on this.
carlos gave it a1:
One star for not naming everyone in the credits Alan Smithee. You have to earn the other nine by making something at least marginally watchable. This is an hour and fifty one minutes of my life that I will never get back. Hideo Nakata, I hold you responsible.
Andy W. gave it a0:
What's that? Did she just tried to kill her child with cocaine? And a group of deer just attacked the car? Oh wait a second, I know why this is happening. Oh I get it! Because it's meant to be the worst horror movie of all time. Wow, I've never thought of that. Hmmm
Sam gave it a7:
While thr first time I saw it made me jump a few times, all in all, this movie just wasn't that scary. Sure, it was better than the first, but like the first, it's only entertaining if you expect a good, well-done plot rather than a terrifying film. Also like the first one, it's only scary the first time.
