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Plot Synopsis: While investigating the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Mai (MIKI NAKATANI) learns of the existence of a videotape that causes those who watch it to die. She then hears the story of Sadako (RIE INO), the vengeful, supernatural force behind the tape. Journalist Reiko (NANAKO MATSUSHIMA) and her young boy (RIKIYA OTAKA) previously watched the tape and survived, but when Mai finds them, the child is fighting off possession by Sadako. As Mai tries to help them, Sadako’s spirit comes after her, too.
Quick Hit Review: Where Ringu was a slow, calculating supernatural horror film, Ringu 2, much like its American cousin, The Ring Two, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, though unile the American version, did at least have a few unnerving scenes that definitely creeped me out. This go around, Miki Nakatani’s Mai, who was very much a side character who only briefly appeared in the first film, takes a central role while Nanako Matsushima and Hiroyuki Sanada have far shorter parts. However, I actually quite enjoyed Nakatani, she seemed to possess some great on-screen presence and did keep the odd plotline going at a brisk pace.
Hideo Nakata returns as the director and although the atmosphere was pretty close to being the same, the strange storyline, which reminded me a lot of The Exorcist II: The Heretic strangely enough, was a bit hard to follow and perhaps this is where Japanese folklore didn’t translate to this American viewer. Even so, I still found Ringu 2 to be a decent enough sequel even if it doesn’t live up to its predecessor.
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Ringu 2 is an inferior sequel but still has its moments and the atmosphere stayed relatively the same while the story did feel a little more convoluted, even confusing.
