MOVIE REVIEW - The Ring Two (2005)
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek
The sequel to one of the scariest and most chilling movies in recent history 'The Ring'. Naomi Watts returns as Rachel Keller, and her son Aidan (Dorfman), are trying to start a new life a long way away from the big city in a quiet town. She is investigating another occurrence of the videotape she destroyed. But the horror she had been trying to escape is looking for her and her son.
You go into this movie expecting, as with most Hollywood sequels, something that will try to be bigger and scary. But this movie is far from that. For the first two thirds it is more drama than horror movie, just showing Rachel and Aidan Keller dealing with the fact that it isn't over and that Samarra still wants them. It is a completely different kind of horror movie to the first, a lot of the bizarre and freaky imagery is dropped for the slow plotting of Rachel and Aidan's relationship. And then Rachel's subsequent deeper investigation into Samarra's past. Only the final act comes anywhere close to what I felt watching any part of the original.
For what it is this film stands up pretty well, mainly in thanks to an excellent performance from Naomi Watts. If it wasn't for her I don't think I would have sat all the way through the film. But as many people will be expecting the big scares, it just doesn't provide, leaving the audience unfulfilled.
The Good: Naomi Watts. The deer attack sequence.
The Bad: The slow-plotting. Not 'The Ring'
The Ugly: Sissy Spacek's peformance.
Overall: A tank half-empty 5/10
Starring: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek
The sequel to one of the scariest and most chilling movies in recent history 'The Ring'. Naomi Watts returns as Rachel Keller, and her son Aidan (Dorfman), are trying to start a new life a long way away from the big city in a quiet town. She is investigating another occurrence of the videotape she destroyed. But the horror she had been trying to escape is looking for her and her son.
You go into this movie expecting, as with most Hollywood sequels, something that will try to be bigger and scary. But this movie is far from that. For the first two thirds it is more drama than horror movie, just showing Rachel and Aidan Keller dealing with the fact that it isn't over and that Samarra still wants them. It is a completely different kind of horror movie to the first, a lot of the bizarre and freaky imagery is dropped for the slow plotting of Rachel and Aidan's relationship. And then Rachel's subsequent deeper investigation into Samarra's past. Only the final act comes anywhere close to what I felt watching any part of the original.
For what it is this film stands up pretty well, mainly in thanks to an excellent performance from Naomi Watts. If it wasn't for her I don't think I would have sat all the way through the film. But as many people will be expecting the big scares, it just doesn't provide, leaving the audience unfulfilled.
The Good: Naomi Watts. The deer attack sequence.
The Bad: The slow-plotting. Not 'The Ring'
The Ugly: Sissy Spacek's peformance.
Overall: A tank half-empty 5/10
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