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Mixed or average reviews- based on 96 Ratings

  • Starring: David Dorfman, Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, Sissy Spacek
  • Summary: 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) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 37
  2. Negative: 9 out of 37
  1. Watts is wonderful, and the story's forsaken-child theme still has plenty of horrific power.
  2. 60
    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.
  3. Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    Delivers a decent puzzle and enough jumps to keep you enjoyably jittery.
  4. 38
    As far as I'm concerned, it's official: Hollywood has lost the art of how to make horror films.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 62
  2. Negative: 21 out of 62
  1. GlynnH.
    10
    Not as perfect as the first, but miles beyond anything else out there. I think that some of the things that don't make sense are because we have still yet to find out a bunch of stuff that will come in the form of the 3rd movie being a prequel. Because we still need to know why Samara is the way she is, that is not answered in this movie. Expand
  2. IlzeS.
    8
    The first part was better. Much scarier than this. This movie was good to look at. Naomi Watts was good. Anyway I like it.
  3. GavinC
    7
    Not as good as the original, but it's just as artistic.
  4. The Ring Two does have an entertaining opening sequences, but then it because a boring, scare-free and completely dumb sequel with bad CG and a lack of creepy imagery that was used in the first film. Expand

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