The Ring Two (2005)

Director: Hideo Nakata

Cast: Naomi Watts as Rachel, Simon Baker as Max Rourke, David Dorfman as Aidan, Elizabeth Perkins as Dr. Emma Temple, Gary Cole as Martin Savide, Sissy Spacek as Evelyn, Ryan Merriman as Jake, Emily VanCamp as Emily, Kelly Overton as Betsy, James Lesure as Doctor, Daveigh Chase as Samara (archive footage), Kelly Stables as Evil Samara, Cooper Thornton as Father of Emily, Marilyn McIntyre as Mother of Emily, Jesse Burch as Male Reporter

The movie trailers were promising. The premise was semi-promising.
Oddly enough both the premise and the trailers were scarier than this
sequel to The Ring. Yes, the original Japanese director returns and he
conveys the images and symbolism very well, but he does not provide
anything engaging here. The two movies do not seem to necessarily
connect. It's almost as if they remade the first Ring with a few
additions. There is not a lot of new material presented here. The movie
tries to scare us by using either the same or similar events from the
first. The ominous music playing throughout the film and the fact that
this sequel was made so nonsensically are scarier than the movie
itself. There are too many things that occur that you just have to
accept without explanation. And then after the movie's done, you'll be
left with plenty of questions including how the first one relates to
this one. I cannot place some of those questions here without spoiling
anything, so I'll leave that up to you. Okay, let's move away from the
negative and talk about the few positives this film has. The acting is
much better than the average horror film and, as stated before, the
images are presented very well. The visuals are nice and you come to
slightly care about some of the characters, although most of them do
ridiculous things. Other than that, I cannot think of much else to say
that is good. This movie was just disappointing. Do not watch this with
high expectations unless you are easily scared and jump at the "sudden"
music and scenes. The first Ring was good. It was different and
well-made. I did not find it particularly scary, but bizarre. This just
relies on music and jump surprises. Fear doesn't even come half circle
in this film. If you liked the first Ring and expect to see much more
about the story, you may be disappointed as well. But if you only want
to see a different version of part one, then you may enjoy this sequel.
Good luck =)

4.8/10 Stars