The Ring Two (2005)

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Related Movies: sequel of Ring, The (2002) version of Ringu 2 (1999) Rings (2005) [sequel] Ring Three, The (2009) [sequel]

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...despite Mr. Nakata's track record and the radiant presence of its star, Naomi Watts, "The Ring Two" is a dud.

When I say the film defies explanation, that doesn't mean it discourages it. Web sites exist for no other reason than to do the work of the screenwriters by figuring out what it all means. At the end, for example, when Rachel rolls the heavy stone acrossthe top of the well, does that mean Samara is out of business? Rachel seems to think so, but wasn't the stone always on top of the well? 

--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)

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"The Ring" was a thinking person's thriller. "The Ring Two" relies on many of the typical tricks -- lights that go out in a cobweb-laced basement, doors that inexplicably slam and lock, hands belonging to corpses that reach out and grab someone -- guaranteed to provide effective, although cheap and readily available, chills.

--Ron Weiskind (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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We the moviegoing audience are not so lucky this time around. Oh, it's not that I'm saying dying would have been preferable to sitting through The Ring Two -- it's not that bad, just kind of boring and repetitious. We've seen this all before, haven't we?

--MaryAnn Johanson

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R-Two dazzles us with visual effects that are both fascinating and shocking at the same time; our interest never waivers from the edge of our seats...R-Two's biggest failing is the ending. A seemingly natural resolution is bypassed for an extra 10-minutesegment that is completely out of place with the smart, steadfast vision of the rest of the film. While this alternative ending does provide a sense of closure to the series and one final jolt, the symbolism it creates is comically constructed. 

--David Levine (FilmCritic.com)

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Creepy for all the wrong reasons, ``The Ring Two'' is the latest cynical attempt by a mainstream studio to separate eager fans from their money. 

--James Verniere

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This is one of the more insidious thrillers in recent memory.

--Rich Cline

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The Ring Two is another horror movie that doesn’t consider itself to be accountable for its horror elements. And in the end unintentional laughs mingle with some genuinely creepy images, and what’s notably missing is an engaging story.

--John Murray

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"The Ring Two" is definitely a case of going back to the well once too often — and, for that matter, back to the bathtub that also figured prominently in the first "Ring." 

--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)

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Director Hideo Nakata also made the original Japanese version of "The Ring," and here he shows a fluid camera and an ability to maintain tension. He keeps the tension up by making absolutely every situation seem like horror could break out at any second,even when it can't...this tactic becomes tiresome and gives way to boredom for most of the last 20 minutes or so, just when things should be getting more exciting.

--Daniel Neman

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Before you can say creepshow, Rachel is immersed in a story that attempts to reprise the moody horror of the first installment. C

--Robert Denerstein

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The movie works while you watch it, with plenty of scares both sudden and psychological--the best set piece from Ringu 2 even gets re-created, and you don't really need to see anything else from that lackluster sequel anyway.

--Luke Y. Thompson

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Adhering to the hallmarks of the modern horror film, the criminally stupid "Ring Two" features infuriatingly illogical behavior, arbitrary continuity that succumbs often to nightmares, and a reporter who is articulation-impaired and incapable of behavinglike a responsible adult. 

--Ed Blank

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Cast

Naomi Watts King Kong, The Ring, Mulholland Dr. Simon Baker Land of the Dead, Red Planet, The Devil Wears Prada David Dorfman The Ring, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Bounce Elizabeth Perkins Finding Nemo, Big, The Flintstones Gary Cole Office Space, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, One Hour Photo Sissy Spacek JFK, The Straight Story, Carrie Ryan Merriman Final Destination 3, Halloween: Resurrection, The Deep End of the Ocean [more]

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Hans Zimmer Gladiator, Batman Begins, As Good as It Gets Henning Lohner BloodRayne, Hellraiser: Deader, Santa's Slay Martin Tillman

After all the hype and expectation, this has to be the disappointment of the year.  --Eric Lurio How two men who know the material well enough to get it right got it so wrong, I don't know. Perhaps that's the mystery we should be investigating now. C --Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com) On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "The Rings Two" is a scary 7. If you liked being tormented by the first, don't miss the second. 7/10 --Susan Granger I can see someone admiring The Ring Two for its atmosphere, but I can't believe someone could actually like this movie. After all, The Ring Two wasn't meant to be liked. It was meant for money, and in that way, it will succeed.  --Jack Moore (The Movie Insider) I had hoped for more despite the trailers, but I found little to enjoy about The Ring Two, a film that ranks in with other poor (and perhaps needless) sequels.  --Brian Oliver ...It just becomes another story to watch, barely trying to be involving, and this time, when we leave the theater screen, it stays in the theater screen. 5/10 --Jeffrey Chen Considering the effective simplicity of the “mechanism of evil” of the first film (the haunted tape), I was surprised to see it buried after the opening scene in favor of a tepid child possession story that plays out like Audrey Rose meets A Nightmare onElm Street (with a major plot point straight out of “Ghost”, of all things…). Actually, “The Ring Two” is eerily similar to another one of director Hideo Nakata’s Japanese films, “Dark Water  -- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)

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